1994 Peugeot 605 SRdt - LARD ON THE SPREADSHEET

[phil_lihp]

Love it, the 605 is a such an obscure car but they look superb and seemed to get good reviews when new so it's a bit hard to work out why they didn't sell better, in fact I happened upon this a few days ago:

 

Sad fact, I recall my I Spy Cars book had the 605 in it and the key fact they chose for it was that the diesel would do 1000 miles on one tank. 

[dugong]

How has this got more likes than the Piazza thread? Baffling. 

Began cleaning a bit more of it today; paint's flatter than a pool table in Holland but through diligent use of bog brushes and interior cleaner some of the maft has been swept away. 



This is hanging, for example. Forgot to get a 'post' shot but got most of that cleaned out;  the exploratory 'doom prod' with a screwdriver revealed it to only be surface rust. Getting some Vactan on it pronto.
I think a c**y bar may have to be purchased / blagged to get rid of a lot of the weird gunky deposits in the paint. The wings are weirdly fizzy too - FA chance of some new 'uns turning up so treat and pray on that front.  

 

Can you possibly see what the issue is with siting a washer fluid bottle there? Is there a drain hole for when you inevitably splosh a bit into the frigging huge hole leading to the inner wing? 
Is there b0llocks. Stellar work, Peugeot. 

I reckon most of the gopping detritus has been swept out now - the previous owner must have been a massive KP Nuts fan because there was packet upon packet of their sweaty remains under the seats. 
No pictures to protect Vulgalour's fragile demenour. 

[Junkman]

What's really wrong with the V6, when can I have it, and for how much?

[dugong]

What's really wrong with the V6, when can I have it, and for how much?

 

The inner O/S CV joint is suspected dead. Plus, it has leather seats and I really don't want to sell it. 

You get a weird drumming noise, then some faint grinding, then the steering wheel pulls to the right and shakes violently before righting itself. 

 

Partridge's cute insistence on spending £0 on rectification / maintenance means the already shagged cooling system wasn't sorted out and that underlying drive line fault has only got worse. But I'll sort it. 

Currently it needs:

 

1. New rad / hoses + coolant flush 

2. Second round ATF change to rid it of the hateful Dexron III that shouldn't be in the autobox

3. Driveline fault / inner CV replacing

4. Under tray replacing 

5. Windscreen replacing (it's bonded in and I'm sure my insurance will be delighted* at having to sort that one). 

6. A psychotic Vulgalour specification clean. 

 

People can sod off telling me they want it. It's mine, and that's that. 

 

Given that most places go 'hrnnnrrrgggghhhh' when you ask about spares, it might take time for me to track them down.

I've found an under tray and a new windscreen's coming next month.  I'll get there. 

 

But it's still mine. People seem to have trouble understanding that. 

[Split_Pin]

I have watched that 605 TG review many times together with others from around that time with Chris Goffey and it is really informative yet entertaining viewing. I just want to see the car, hear a bit of a back story to it and find out some technical details and Chris delivers all of those.

[Dave_Q]

 

How has this got more likes than the Piazza thread? Baffling.

Maybe because it's an AS approved engine, XUD with Bosch pump, GR19 4 DA VEG.

[Junkman]

But it's still mine.

 

That's what you think...

[Pillock]

It is baffling - maybe the 605 is a car more of us within this slightly unique part of the internet can identify with. The Piazza is great, it's rare and good looking and I reckon on other forums the situation would be entirely reversed.... but the 605 is also pretty scarce and offers just that little bit more of "hanging onto the 90s" that seems to be quite a Shite thing. 

I could picture myself in a 605, having risen through the ranks of a base model 405 and then an SRI thanks to selling more rolls of carpet than my colleagues. Then once old man Grimley retired and the deputy area sales manager position opened up.....

 

Not sure if you knew this, but blu-tak offers the same sort of benefits of a c**y bar without the drawback of car-detailing-enthusiast prices. Keep it wet and it does fine, dragged loads of crap out of the paint on mine. I even did half the bonnet as a test, and Stevie Wonder would have been able to tell which half I'd done.

[Junkman]

The Piazza is great, it's rare and good looking

 

Yeah, but it is Japanese. I find Japanese cars irritating.

The moment you need an indicator lens or something, you're fucked.

Piazzas yield good rear axles though, I hear say.

[chaseracer]

Piazzas yield good rear axles though, I hear say.

Oh no.........

 

 

[hairnet]

I have watched that 605 TG review many times together with others from around that time with Chris Goffey and it is really informative yet entertaining viewing. I just want to see the car, hear a bit of a back story to it and find out some technical details and Chris delivers all of those.

his favorit one is good but then im a mega sad twat

[hairnet]

dungong

 

FAT 405 FTMFW!!!

 

i love them more than 405s

 

must do one one day before they disappear

[dugong]

Yeah, but it is Japanese. I find Japanese cars irritating.

The moment you need an indicator lens or something, you're fucked.

Piazzas yield good rear axles though, I hear say.

 

I can get almost all of the parts my Piazza needs through the IPTOC, indicator lenses included. One of the many benefits of having a decent club behind you. 

 

 

Went to the Thoresby Classic Car Show yesterday - then on to my friend's in East Ham. 

Pug's returning 42mpg at the mo. 

[Eddie Honda]

 

As was this tenon saw.

^^^^ That's not a feckin tenon saw.

 

This is a tenon saw:

 

[dugong]

^^^^ That's not a feckin tenon saw.

 

This is a tenon saw:

 

Wow, cheers for letting me know at 2.29 in the morning.

[Junkman]

I have watched that 605 TG review many times together with others from around that time with Chris Goffey and it is really informative yet entertaining viewing. I just want to see the car, hear a bit of a back story to it and find out some technical details and Chris delivers all of those.

 

Yeah, but he doesn't woollard the cars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Went to the Thoresby Classic Car Show yesterday - then on to my friend's in East Ham. 

 

 

 

Your friend in East Ham sure is with a better building society than I am.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Good thread this, interesting vehicle. Will a dead XM V6 give you a new inner CV joint?

 

I've never yet come across a knackered inner CV as they hardly do any articulation in normal use. Are there any holes in the inner CV boots?

[dugong]

Good thread this, interesting vehicle. Will a dead XM V6 give you a new inner CV joint?

 

I've never yet come across a knackered inner CV as they hardly do any articulation in normal use. Are there any holes in the inner CV boots?

I'll check. The car doesn't steer itself or owt; just enough to affect 'feel' through the wheel.

Will have to have a ferret around.

[Liggle]

I realised I never did a proper thread on my second 605.

 

 

 

 

I used to live 5 mins away from here, are you a local Dugong?

[Lacquer Peel]

I think we cross-referenced the parts in another thread and a PRV V6 XM driveshaft is indeed the same. Or different. I don't remember.

 

 

 

Here we go. Clear as mud.

[dugong]

I used to live 5 mins away from here, are you a local Dugong?

I am not; I'd simply been to the Parcel Force depot two roads away to pick my Piazza grille up.

[Crusty Sills]

A friend of mine had one of these as a taxi, he used his business cards to cover all the dash lights that kept coming on!!

Stupid question possibly but is it true they share doors and some parts with an Alfa 164 and a Saab of some kind or is it an urban myth?

[Lacquer Peel]

A friend of mine had one of these as a taxi, he used his business cards to cover all the dash lights that kept coming on!!

Stupid question possibly but is it true they share doors and some parts with an Alfa 164 and a Saab of some kind or is it an urban myth?

 

The Type 4 cars were the Lancia Thema, SAAB 9000 and Fiat Croma, and the Alfa 164 later. The first three did share some parts including doors.

605 is based on the Citroen XM platform, nothing to do with the Type 4 crew but Pininfarina designed the 164 and 605. They look a little similar, but to my mind the 605 looks like a more elegant 405, also designed by Pininfarina.

[ParanoidRenodroid02]

New guy here, just been looking at 605 on the net after looking at this beauty and remembered what a great looking cars these were. It's brought back memories of walking past a burgundy one as a younger lad by a mates house, wishing dad could afford one when they came out but the Talbot Solara had to do! Always been a fan of the late 80's through to late 90's Pininfarina styled Peugeots.

 

I thought these were part of project 4, should have realised really with it being from PSA that they'd be based on the XM, they certainly do look similar to the Alfa 164 which is no bad thing, although better from some angles in my humble opinion.

 

It's such a shame that we don't get such variety of big luxury barges these days, no more big Vauxhall, Ford, Rover - well for obvious reasons, Citroën or Peugeot, I've got nothing against German cars but it does seem to me that it's the get a Merc, BMW or Audi and job done these days. What are we leaving the next generation of shitters a load of bloated SUVs!

 

Anyway of to the poundshop to get a job lot of blu-tak and looking at C6 wishing they'd come down a bit more in price!

[dugong]

A wild MYSTERY NOISE has appeared (no, not the windmills). 

Take a right hander too tightly and the left hand wheel goes 'BRRRRRRRRRRTTDDDDDDTTT'. Can't see what's hitting the tyre, no obvious rubbing in the arch; 
I reckon it's the mud flap wibbling around as the body leans. BCT rear tyres for the ultimate in wet weather terror. 

Tested the brakes yesterday coming back from Thoresby - a bloke in a T6 Transporter pulled straight out in front of me when I was doing NSL on an NSL. 
The horn is as loud as his judgement was atrocious. 

 

Here it is living the repmobile life of yore on the M1 (VW being repaired just in frame). 
It needs to go to Forton Services at some point. 

[dollywobbler]

Really need to get this together with my XM for a platform face off. Sadly, I'll be in the East soon, but sans XM. Fail. Again.

[dugong]

Really need to get this together with my XM for a platform face off. Sadly, I'll be in the East soon, but sans XM. Fail. Again.

 

If a spring breaks the brakes still work. It looks a bit different and you can fit more in an XM because hatchback. 

 

Test over. The Internet is saved from rampant chin stroking intellectualism. PIECE OUT, ALIEN BLUDZ

[scruff]

lolz

[Junkman]

should have realised really with it being from PSA that they'd be based on the XM

 

They aren't based on the XM. They and the XM share a platform.

[Jim Bell]

The Internet grows by a foot squared every time someone says the 605 was based on the XM. It shrinks by 8 inches squared every time someone corrects someone who says the 605 was based on the XM.