Sorting out the ladies Peugeot 106 1.5d, lovely little plodding thing it is, 65mpg and 160,000 miles.
But the most bizzarre quirk of these engines are the valves clearances (lashes) closing up, giving poor starting rough running and lack of compression. "So what" say you mechanics, exhaust valves often do this.
But being french, therefore illogical, the inlet valves are the ones that close up. This was the case on ours, exhausts perfect at factory clearance. Inlets, zero clearance. It is a first for me, but a common thing on these little engines apparently.
Bugger! I've just burnt the bread.......