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And sorned for about 6 months. Any good ideas to get her back to feeling good?
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 gilesy
Seasoned Pro  Location: Greenwich - in that London Registered: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5,133 Status: Offline |
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 Posted 20th Mar 2014 at 18:15
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thugpuggin
Seasoned Pro  Location: Bristol Registered: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 26,784 Status: Offline |
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Give it some compliments, buy it flowers etc. ________________________________________ Black X Reg PIII.VGTi 6 A4212 pt 1 A4212 pt 2 Searching the streets of Bristol for 1.36p/day.Joint Kent Leader |
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Posted 20th Mar 2014 at 18:16
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calibra306
Seasoned Pro  Location: Gravesend, Kent Registered: 06 Nov 2011 Posts: 1,315 Status: Offline |
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Mine has been aswell. Ive always started it every week and let it warm up and put heaters blowing on.Im on the verge of putting her back 100% for putting back on the road. ive put new wheels and tyres on im gonna flush and do an oil change inc filters. Also took battery off for a full recharge. im gonna change rear discs and pads and probably fluid change ie brake fluid. ________________________________________ V6 Power!Faster I can go the better! Its not what you drive, its how you drive that wins the race! |
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Posted 20th Mar 2014 at 18:39
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gretsch-drummer
Regular  Location: Leeds Registered: 12 Feb 2011 Posts: 276 Status: Offline |
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^I've read its best to just leave it and not start it/let it idle every weekend.....All I've done it taken battery off and put it on a trickler. Will be on the road this month after 3 month SORN.________________________________________ Ph1 Cossack 6' |
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Posted 20th Mar 2014 at 18:48
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armzsc6
Seasoned Pro  Location: Crowborough Registered: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 3,445 Status: Offline |
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Idling constantly can cause the bores to glaze not to mention engine wear occurs mostly when cold so starting it once from cold every week doesn't do it good really. Always take the battery off, leve something absorbent inside the car like rice, don't leave the handbrake on.Once it's been sat a while before starting it for the first time unplug the injectors and crank it over for a minute or 2 to et some oil pressure up and flowing nicely around the engine. Then start it up. ________________________________________ Black power baby! SUUUUUPERCHARGED Seat Leon FR TDI 190BHP 300lbft daily gti-6 killer :p 12x 306's owned so far Cambelts, clutches, service work carried out on All makes and models, Peugeot Citroen / mitsubishi specialist. Pug planet / Citroen Lexia diagnostics / code reads available. |
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Posted 20th Mar 2014 at 20:24
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scotzman
Seasoned Pro  Location: Dundee Registered: 24 Jun 2011 Posts: 1,408 Status: Offline |
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My lawn mower has been laid up for about 6 months and started up just fine the other day  ________________________________________ '90 1.6 205 GTi, '98 306 GTi-6 |
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Posted 20th Mar 2014 at 20:29
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dangti6
aka JKshooter  Location: Taunton, Somerset Registered: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 10,305 Status: Offline |
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Is it for sale?________________________________________  |
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Posted 20th Mar 2014 at 20:51
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jamiek_uk2000
Seasoned Pro  Location: Llanelli Registered: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 1,925 Status: Offline |
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dangti6 wrote: Is it for sale? The lawnmower or the car? ________________________________________ 205 GTi Red - G939 RTU - Died!306 GTi 6 Diablo - Being resurrected! Project Thread Looking for: VTS P1 Rack PR1.2 16" |
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Posted 20th Mar 2014 at 20:57
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rikky
🦔 Location: cheshire Registered: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 26,793 Status: Offline |
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anything. he buys anything. if it's for sale, it's his________________________________________ 306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3) winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club] |
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Posted 20th Mar 2014 at 21:10
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
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armzs16 wrote: Idling constantly can cause the bores to glaze not to mention engine wear occurs mostly when cold so starting it once from cold every week doesn't do it good really. Always take the battery off, leve something absorbent inside the car like rice, don't leave the handbrake on. Once it's been sat a while before starting it for the first time unplug the injectors and crank it over for a minute or 2 to et some oil pressure up and flowing nicely around the engine. Then start it up. Pretty much this.  I turn the engine by hand every two weeks as opposed to starting it. Also, when it comes to starting it whip out the plugs too when cranking for a min or two. The reason for this is because that way as there is no compression, the load on the bottom end bearings is significantly reduced whilst they have no oil. Then once the oil pressure light goes out (normally after 30 secs of cranking) plug the injectors back in, put the plugs in and fire her up.  ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone  |
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Posted 20th Mar 2014 at 23:28
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oldbrownshoe
Seasoned Pro  Location: Holon Israel Registered: 08 Aug 2008 Posts: 1,795 Status: Offline |
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Try ten years like mien for real frustration.________________________________________ French military victories?Did you mean French military defeats? |
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Posted 21st Mar 2014 at 00:23
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armzsc6
Seasoned Pro Location: Crowborough Registered: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 3,445 Status: Offline |
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If you can be arsed taking the plugs out then yes it's worth doing  ________________________________________ Black power baby! SUUUUUPERCHARGED Seat Leon FR TDI 190BHP 300lbft daily gti-6 killer :p 12x 306's owned so far Cambelts, clutches, service work carried out on All makes and models, Peugeot Citroen / mitsubishi specialist. Pug planet / Citroen Lexia diagnostics / code reads available. |
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Posted 21st Mar 2014 at 12:34
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Ed_van_dijk
Senior User  Location: Halesworth Registered: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 636 Status: Offline |
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scrap it________________________________________ Astor 6 |
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Posted 21st Mar 2014 at 12:50
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mik
Seasoned Pro  Location: Kent Registered: 17 Feb 2011 Posts: 2,100 Status: Offline |
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Some good tips here - in the interests of making the engine last a bit longer I'll take some of this advice in future. When I de-SORNed and started mine a few weeks ago I just cranked it a bit and turned it off before it caught a few times to get some oil moving before starting it properly which probably didn't have the full effect. Although I stored it with handbrake off, and I pushed the car back and forth a couple of feet every week or so to keep the brakes un-seized and to stop the tyres getting flat spotted. ________________________________________ Cherry Rallye SOLD |
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Posted 21st Mar 2014 at 19:24
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
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armzs16 wrote: If you can be arsed taking the plugs out then yes it's worth doing I would say it's critical if the engine hasn't had oil in the bearings for a while, not whether you can be arsed or not Pete... ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone |
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Posted 21st Mar 2014 at 20:12
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gretsch-drummer
Regular Location: Leeds Registered: 12 Feb 2011 Posts: 276 Status: Offline |
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So looks like I'll be whipping the plugs out and cranking for a good few seconds before starting next week, been stood for 3 months.________________________________________ Ph1 Cossack 6' |
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Posted 22nd Mar 2014 at 18:05
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
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gretsch-drummer wrote: So looks like I'll be whipping the plugs out and cranking for a good few seconds before starting next week, been stood for 3 months. I did this today in fact when I fired up my GSXR1000, first time since September.  ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone |
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Posted 22nd Mar 2014 at 23:11
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gretsch-drummer
Regular Location: Leeds Registered: 12 Feb 2011 Posts: 276 Status: Offline |
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Is it worth unplugging the injectors as well?________________________________________ Ph1 Cossack 6' |
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Posted 23rd Mar 2014 at 17:01
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
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gretsch-drummer wrote: Is it worth unplugging the injectors as well? That way you won't flood the cylinders at the same time. ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone |
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Posted 23rd Mar 2014 at 17:05
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gilesy
Seasoned Pro Location: Greenwich - in that London Registered: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5,133 Status: Offline |
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I ignored all the above advice and it started first go |
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Posted 23rd Mar 2014 at 17:20
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
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gilesy wrote: I ignored all the above advice and it started first go  Should we expect anything less from you though? ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone |
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Posted 23rd Mar 2014 at 23:48
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gilesy
Seasoned Pro Location: Greenwich - in that London Registered: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5,133 Status: Offline |
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As I have a P1, I just neglected to put my pin number in so it turned over without me needing to take the plugs out... |
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Posted 24th Mar 2014 at 00:21
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armzsc6
Seasoned Pro Location: Crowborough Registered: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 3,445 Status: Offline |
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No it will turn over without you needing to disconnect the injectors. Will stop those and the plugs from firing but will still be under compression with plugs in. ________________________________________ Black power baby! SUUUUUPERCHARGED Seat Leon FR TDI 190BHP 300lbft daily gti-6 killer :p 12x 306's owned so far Cambelts, clutches, service work carried out on All makes and models, Peugeot Citroen / mitsubishi specialist. Pug planet / Citroen Lexia diagnostics / code reads available. |
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Posted 25th Mar 2014 at 14:06
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welshpug!
Capt Pedantic  Location: Bigend, Wales. Registered: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 25,817 Status: Offline |
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not like the engine will be drained totally of oil unless its a fully fresh build.________________________________________ need a part number? get on here - http://public.servicebox.peugeot.comBring on the Trumpets. |
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Posted 25th Mar 2014 at 14:58
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rikky
🦔 Location: cheshire Registered: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 26,793 Status: Offline |
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gilesy wrote: As I have a P1, I just neglected to put my pin number in so it turned over without me needing to take the plugs out... pin number FTW they're the best part of the p1's ________________________________________ 306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3) winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club] |
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Posted 25th Mar 2014 at 15:00
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