Dyson for air filter?????

lisylou · Post by **lisylou** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:39 am

hi, i bought my 2004 1.6 allure model on the 2nd april this year from my local peugeot dealer, three weeks later i hd to take it back for new brake pads, but then on thursday last week, it broke down on me. i had it towed back to the dealership. i went in to see what was happening and they were blaming me for putting diesel in my petrol car (1 - i have never owned a diesel so would never have picked up that pump, and 2 - it wouldnt have fitted anyway), then the finally worked out that the air filter has been sucking up water......is this normal????? am now screwed as the car needs a whole new engine.....and they wont help at all. many thanks x

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:07 am

The air filter takes it's air from fairly low down in the engine bay i think, but it's not normal for it to suck in water otherwise all our cars would be dying. Have you driven through any puddles, shallow or deep recently?

lisylou · Post by **lisylou** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:19 pm

nope not at all! its hardly rained where i live in the past couple of weeks

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:42 am

I think the underside of the car would have to be submerged for the air filter to swallow water, sounds like a peugeot fobbing you off deal to me.

Post by **GrandadMonkey** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:51 am

You are not the only one
e.g. http://www.peugeot206cc.co.uk/viewtopic.php?id=3415

I have heard of air filter housing not being put back together properly after filter replacement, and of rainwater being directed into the air intake.

May find it on the www.206info.co.uk forum if you do a search. I remember this one which seems similar to your problem:
http://www.206info.co.uk/index.php?name ... filter+wet

Sorry to hear of your trouble, difficult to prove fault I guess, unless it had just been serviced?

Best Wishes,
Ron