From the workshop
The oil pressure light kept flickering on and the car kept going into limp mode. With the sump off, the oil strainer was completely blocked with debris from the wet belt.
44 seconds, with captions. Full transcript below.
Okay, this job was a Peugeot 2008, um, 71 plate.
It had the PSV engine in, which of course has got the wet belt.
Customer reported that the oil pressure light kept flickering on and going into limp mode, so we automatically knew really that it was the, the wet belt deterioration, as these are really common for that problem.
Began by stripping the sump off.
We found that the oil strainer was completely blocked with debris from the, from the wet belt, so we got that cleaned out straight away.
New sump on there, got that sealed up.
New wet belt kit, good to go.
Elliot knew what this was before the sump came off, because on these engines it is really common: the belt breaks down in the oil, the debris starves the oil supply, and the oil pressure light starts flickering. If that is happening on yours, stop driving it and get it looked at. Running on low oil pressure is how a wet belt job turns into a new engine.
The sump came off first, and the oil strainer was completely blocked with debris from the belt. A new belt on its own would have left that blockage in place, and the light would have stayed on. That is why every wet belt job we do starts with the sump off and the strainer cleaned.
This 2008 had the 1.2 PureTech petrol. The same engine is in the Peugeot 208, 308 and 3008, the Vauxhall Corsa and Mokka, and the Citroën C3, so the same symptoms mean the same thing in all of them. Not sure what yours has? Send us the registration and we will check.
The wet belt page covers which cars have one, the warning signs, what replacement costs and why the sump comes off and the strainer is cleaned every time.
Wet belt replacement, explained properlyEvery one filmed in the Dudley workshop, with the mechanic who did the work explaining it.
See all workshop videosStop driving it and send us the registration. We will tell you whether it has a wet belt and what the safest next step is, before low oil pressure does any damage.