spospe Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Joy Please let us know the outcome; I in particular am intrigued by your description of two apparently similar oil filler caps. As I have said before I have never seen under the bonnet of your type of vehicle, but in over 45 years motoring, I have never seen an engine with two separate oil filler caps! It is just possible, that a manufacturer could install an additional filler if the bodywork alterations of their conversion made access to the original filler difficult, or impossible, but I have never seen this. I have had a Google, to try to get a photo of the engine, but the Fiat / Peugeot website is useless for this purpose. Do let us know ............ Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocsid Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Is there any thing other than the "oil can" logo written on the caps in question? If so that would be very useful to know and could solve the problem. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Just in case anyone wants to check under their own motorhome's bonnet to see if its engine also has two oil filler-caps, it looks like Joy's 2006 Autocirrus 200 is based on the 'old model' Boxer with Peugeot's 2.2hdi 100bhp motor and 5-speed gearbox. The "Autocirrus" name has been used repeatedly over the years within the Elddis range, but the 200 model-number doesn't seem to have transferred to the latest Boxer chassis (or at least my efforts using GOOGLE suggest this is so). There's information and photos of a 2006 Autocirrus 200 on: http://www.explorer-group.co.uk/2006/Elddis/motorhomes/Autocirrus.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROON Posted January 3, 2009 Author Share Posted January 3, 2009 Eureka!! But firstly thank you Maggy ... Steve was lovely .... but before he rang I went home and looked through all my documents and all the engine photos ... no sign of the additional oil cap ... however, when I checked my phone messages, Brownhills had left me two messages. Apparently Peugeot added an extra oil filler because of ease of access as the other one is difficult to pour oil into. The 'extra' filler leads into the original filler. He said to be careful when filling it as it glurgs back in a bubble so stand back. Hope this is of interest to someone and thank you all again. Joy x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 ROON - 2009-01-03 12:08 PM Eureka!! But firstly thank you Maggy ... Steve was lovely .... but before he rang I went home and looked through all my documents and all the engine photos ... no sign of the additional oil cap ... however, when I checked my phone messages, Brownhills had left me two messages. Apparently Peugeot added an extra oil filler because of ease of access as the other one is difficult to pour oil into. The 'extra' filler leads into the original filler. He said to be careful when filling it as it glurgs back in a bubble so stand back. Hope this is of interest to someone and thank you all again. Joy x Glad it's all sorted Joy - .. and I, and perhaps many others, have now learned something from you ! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROON Posted January 3, 2009 Author Share Posted January 3, 2009 Aww shucks, Malc :$ :$ :$ ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatterdog Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Glad to of been of help and yes he is a lovely person, just like his dad. We have used them for the last 12 years or so now, although his dad & mum spend half the year in portugal now. Both have always been willing and able to go that extra bit to help with all our motoring problems not only mechanical but bent bodywork as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenewellhome Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Apologies for resurrecting this thread but today I had the opportunity to photograph the engine bay of a Boxer with the two fillers. The red arrows point to the two oil filler points, the yellow arrow is indicating the brake fluid reservoir and the green arrow points to the power steering reservoir. D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Sorry that this is off thread Dave but how do you annotate the picture with those arrows please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenewellhome Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hi Patricia, I use paint shop pro but here are plenty of image editing packages available that allow you to do simple things like this. D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 davenewell@home - 2009-01-14 8:31 PM Hi Patricia, I use paint shop pro but here are plenty of image editing packages available that allow you to do simple things like this. D. Thanks for that info Dave - will give it a try. Patricia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Interesting photo Dave. I can quite see why Joy was confused - I'm surprised that the filler caps are so far apart. :-| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin9591 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 BUT, to help out the blondes, one of these fillers should be marked "710". Regards C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Colin: What's the significance of the "710" marking, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carioca Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Derek Uzzell - 2009-01-15 7:41 AM Colin: What's the significance of the "710" marking, please? turn the cap round & you will see derek :$ :$ >:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Colin9591 - 2009-01-15 12:39 AM BUT, to help out the blondes, one of these fillers should be marked "710". Regards C On her original post, Joy says BOTH caps had an oil symbol. Her dilemma was; which one to use (it IS quite unusual to have two). ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9withdogs Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Colin9591 - 2009-01-15 12:39 AM BUT, to help out the blondes, one of these fillers should be marked "710". Regards C How rude! It's obvious that there is room for confusion here - even for men with brown hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Still don't understand it - I've looked at a Peugeot motor like that in Joy's motorhome and there's no "710" marking on either of the filler-caps. Perhaps the "710" marking is on Fiat motors rather than the Peugeot units? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Chapman Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Peugeot Units have 11345 not 710 on the oil filler. Yours Mike. (lol) (lol) (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I think Colin is intimating that all blonds stand on their heads! I agree Janine very rude or perhaps chauvinistic is more accurate? Of course, there are lots of blond men too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spospe Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 For the benefit of Derek Uzzell, "710" upside down can be read as "OIL" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 spospe - 2009-01-15 4:23 PM For the benefit of Derek Uzzell, "710" upside down can be read as "OIL" Copy cat spospe! However, I put it a bit more succinctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenewellhome Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 One other point I should have mentioned with the photo is that when topping up the oil using the front mounted filler it helps to remove the engine top mounted one as well as this will help to cut down the glugging that can occur during refilling and speed the process up a bit. D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Just to prove that there's nothing new under the sun... http://www.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=6777&posts=19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spospe Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Correct Derek, we should all have used the search facility before pontificating on this one. It is surprising that some of the earlier posters did not remember the case of the two filler caps and comment on it; perhaps by now they have left the forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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