I also had this with a 309 i had, one of the liners had a small crack in it, symptoms just like head gasket failure

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most likely cause of the bottom end knocking was the oil and water mixing when the head gasket went

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A little insight-

Car came to the garage for some repairs, whilst having the car in it didnt run to well, carried out a compression test and one of the cylinders was down, other than this the car ran ok ish, no oil in water or vice versa.

We removed the cyl head to find it had recently been off, three rounded off head bolts etc, the head had been skimmed but not enough, you could see where it had removed the surface and area's where it hadnt, most of the exhaust valves were leaking and needed the valve seats re cutting and a decoke, all this was carried out and put back togther, all the compression's where better and the cylinder with the lowest had increased by 30psi but still not up to scratch.

Advises Rob not to do a track day as at the minute the engine was still repairable, the car left and obvoisely now we have the issue where it has ran the bearing shells out. Still repairable but alot more workj involved as the crank will need to be removed to have it polished or re ground.

Bugger.

Carl

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Its a tricky one, its one of those things you just never know, they are not the sort of things you can see unless you strip the engine down so they are never checked, common things that wear them out are poor lubrication, in frequent oil changes giving the engines grief when cold etc.

As the cars done 100,000 if i remember right, you will never know the cause.

A track focused car will always wear thing out quicker than a road car not just the engine, its given more abuse when its used.

Carl

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C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK
36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn

MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest.
Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs

Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo