Fixing common car faults

f you own a car with the PSA 1.2 Puretech Engine then this post is for you.  This engine is fitted to many vehicles including   Ford, Peugeot, Citroen, and Vauxhall’s  It has come apparent that these engines fault at about 40k miles.  The symptoms. 1. Upon almost first few accelerations from setting off the engine light comes on.  2. The vehicle odometer near 40k or multiples of.  3. Flagging fault P15A8 on diagnostic tool. This is a oil pressure fault   The problem.  This engine although a good engine with some fantastic technology built in has a timing belt that is inside the engine.  This may have seemed a good idea to the designers but it deteriorates in the engine oil, flaking off and clogs and blocking the oil pick up. If left could end up in major engine failure.  The solution.  Quite simple really, remove sump (easy task) check and clean oil pick up. Then change cambelt. Quite a Job.  If you want to see how to diagnose and solve this on your psa 1.2 Puretech Engine i have made

 How2fixit has just hit a new milestone, 1000 subscribers.  It’s been some time since I wrote a post. So thought I would make an update.  Got some really good content now. Over 100 videos/tutorials.  One of the latest series is covering a common fault with the PSA Puretech 1.2 engine. This is fitted to loads of vehicles including many ford, Peugeot, Citroen and some vauxhall cars.  https://m.youtube.com/c/how2fixit1/videos Please feel free to take a look