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Hello Peugeot Forums,
I have a problem with a 1.4 Peugeot 207 Sport, Model year 2008.
I bought the car 5 months ago from a dealer in the North of England, it had a full service history and MOT history which showed no faults at all with the car and had 56k miles on the odometer. Since then I have driven an extra 5000 miles to bring the odometer to just under 61k miles.
About 1 month after buying the car the radio tuner screen showed a 'Check Engine Oil Level' when I started the car, so I topped it up with 5w-30 (I cant remember if this is the name, but I know at the time it was definitely the correct oil). Since that day I have put just about 6Ltr of oil in (checking the oil level ~weekly and topping up as required), a couple of times the Warning came on again but if that happened it was topped up immediately. I understand that this is within the manufacturers reccomended levels (however it seems like a lot to me haha).
After putting about 4 Ltrs of oil in I thought there might be a problem with the engine and took the car back to the garage where I bought it as I also purchased a 6month autoguard warranty. The mechanic there had the car all day and next day told me he found no leaks under the engine and also that he took it to an MOT station to check if the car was burning oil (which he said it wasnt). He did however tell me to bring the car back in next time I was in the area if the oil light came on again, it came back on after about 3 weeks. However I live fairly far away from the garage so could not bring it in to see him.
Last week the car started making a loud clicking/tapping noise. The noise gets faster as you rev the engine, and seems to stop after a high engouh amount of revs (Although this might be because the noise is so fast it blurs away). I will admit, I did still drive the car the next day to work and back (about 2 miles). I took it to my mates garage yesterday to have a look at it and he told me the two problems (oil level and tapping noise) are definitely related which I did think was logical, he did not open the engine up but he said he was 90% sure that it was 'Tappet rings around the piston' or that there was a problem with the bottom of the engine, if that was the case then he said the car was basically a write off. I also have the car booked into a Halfords Autocentre on Monday where they are gonna do a full investigatory check on the engine and call the garage I bought it from to advise.
I hoped someone on here who knows more about cars (This is my first car) might give me some insight to what the problem might be, and if it would be expensive to fix it. I have a warranty on the car for another 2 weeks after which I am worried Im going to be left high and dry.
Here is a Youtube link to a video of the noise:www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=B4fahX2gPl4&feature=youtu.be
REPLACE (dot) in video
Sorry for wall of text Summary:
Peugeot 207 Sport 1.4 2008
Oil Level depleting quickly
Clicking noise from engine block (possibly piston rings/Tappet Rings?)
I have a problem with a 1.4 Peugeot 207 Sport, Model year 2008.
I bought the car 5 months ago from a dealer in the North of England, it had a full service history and MOT history which showed no faults at all with the car and had 56k miles on the odometer. Since then I have driven an extra 5000 miles to bring the odometer to just under 61k miles.
About 1 month after buying the car the radio tuner screen showed a 'Check Engine Oil Level' when I started the car, so I topped it up with 5w-30 (I cant remember if this is the name, but I know at the time it was definitely the correct oil). Since that day I have put just about 6Ltr of oil in (checking the oil level ~weekly and topping up as required), a couple of times the Warning came on again but if that happened it was topped up immediately. I understand that this is within the manufacturers reccomended levels (however it seems like a lot to me haha).
After putting about 4 Ltrs of oil in I thought there might be a problem with the engine and took the car back to the garage where I bought it as I also purchased a 6month autoguard warranty. The mechanic there had the car all day and next day told me he found no leaks under the engine and also that he took it to an MOT station to check if the car was burning oil (which he said it wasnt). He did however tell me to bring the car back in next time I was in the area if the oil light came on again, it came back on after about 3 weeks. However I live fairly far away from the garage so could not bring it in to see him.
Last week the car started making a loud clicking/tapping noise. The noise gets faster as you rev the engine, and seems to stop after a high engouh amount of revs (Although this might be because the noise is so fast it blurs away). I will admit, I did still drive the car the next day to work and back (about 2 miles). I took it to my mates garage yesterday to have a look at it and he told me the two problems (oil level and tapping noise) are definitely related which I did think was logical, he did not open the engine up but he said he was 90% sure that it was 'Tappet rings around the piston' or that there was a problem with the bottom of the engine, if that was the case then he said the car was basically a write off. I also have the car booked into a Halfords Autocentre on Monday where they are gonna do a full investigatory check on the engine and call the garage I bought it from to advise.
I hoped someone on here who knows more about cars (This is my first car) might give me some insight to what the problem might be, and if it would be expensive to fix it. I have a warranty on the car for another 2 weeks after which I am worried Im going to be left high and dry.
Here is a Youtube link to a video of the noise:www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=B4fahX2gPl4&feature=youtu.be
REPLACE (dot) in video
Sorry for wall of text Summary:
Peugeot 207 Sport 1.4 2008
Oil Level depleting quickly
Clicking noise from engine block (possibly piston rings/Tappet Rings?)