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Stabilizer Link: I think he suggested to replace the links since he might have noticed torn or damaged dust boots of the links.

Do you recommend the body repair services at Carmart Workshop Ratmalana? I consider the quality of work and honesty. They said that we do not need to pay the repair bills from private account of customers, they'll handle all insurance claims. If anybody has experience with Carmart body repair workshop please share your information or else where do you recommend for Peugeot accident repairs (body panels)?

Hi Guys, Can you recommend a place to do Peugeot AC related repairs? My AC cooler seems to be busted. refilled gas 2 times only lasts for 3 days maximum when driving with AC, when not driving and stay at home for 2 days cool become reduced or no cold air. when checking at AC places they said there is no visual sign of leaking but gas may be leaking somewhere else, culprit may be the AC cooler which is under the dashboard. Can anyone know a good reliable place to do the repair especially some one who specialized or having fair experience in Peugeot related ac works if I have to remove the dashboard to check the cooling evaporator? Please help. Thanks.

Hi Guys. pug guy came last Saturday. He is most specialized in mechanical works. but told that he'll bring a electrician with the computer to do the scan. unfortunately electrician did not come. I had to replace the front suspension link coz it gave very ugly noise when driving on rough roads. He brought the part cost around 5900 TRW brand. Don't know exactly the actual price. Then he started fixing com2000 headlight, signal switch. He brought a used comm unit. but it also not worked. seems he is not familiar with repairing electric items, since then I thought not to give him electric related works and finally I decided to get a brand new com2000 unit. Ideal auto (panchikawatta) priced 34500 for a brandnew comm unit but they don't have in stock. I searched web for pug parts and found Hari*chan*ra motors at Panchi, Abayasingharama road near tower hall. I talked to the shop owner and he said they have one unit available and quoted 35K. Anyhow I thought to buy the unit to get rid of this. I asked the shop owner to fix the unit and he gave me contact no. of a person who do pug repairs in Rajagiriya, Darmapala Place. He is decent guy and fixed the com unit and It worked well. and also he did the scan to find the "ANITIPOLLUTION FAULT" and "AIRBAG FAULT". antipollution fault gone after clearing the fault code. he said it's due to wiring harness loose connection in gas pedal and not a permanent issue . Airbag fault also gone at that time, but came again after I came home. He said it is nothing to worry there may be issue in wiring harness. He checked also for the head unit and found no power to the unit and have to check the wiring.

The guy will come tomorrow to do the scan. Thanks.

Sure. I will show this to carmart. Now I'm worrying due to a problem encountered yesterday. I drove the car about 15km suddenly engine malfunction light came up and display shows 'ANTIPOLLUTION FAULT'. Experienced loss of engine power after that. Then I called the carmart guy who recommended this car said It could be fixed by scanning and also sometimes fault go away according to my driving style. I doubt that expensive repair is on the way.

Engine compartment fusebox unit has been replaced by carmart. Owner said after that it is not functional. but cannot accept theres no fuse related to the head unit in engine fuse box.

I checked the fuse. There are two fuses 15A and 20A called 'audio equipment' in the manual where the fusebox located under the dashboard area. I checked them and fuses seem to be good. Is there any fuse related to head unit in engine compartment fuse box?

Thanks for the prompt reply pug306xsi. It is the whole head unit which is not working. Yes cd changer in the back of the car.

Thank you all guys for your kind replies. Yesterday princess came home PEUGEOT 406 HDi D9 2001(yom) 2L with all the documents of history from the date of purchase, original manual and maintenance book. This is totaly carmart maintained car. Owner used the vehicle awesomely. Very good interior condition compared to other pugs I have seen. Orginal paint and few negligible minor dents there on one of rear side door. Few more things I have to fix. 1. On-board display says air-bag fault and dash indicater flashes. 2. Signal/ head light switch not working properly. Even accidentally in slight touch on the switch flashes signals and not auto off when turning back to steering wheel position. (Previous owner said carmart quoted 40k to fix this by replacing the unit) 3. Radio is not functioning. (There is a bill replacing the fuse box) 4. When ignition on dash indicator shows empty oil. But oil is in correct level when checking with oil dipstick. If anyone familiar with these problems please advise. other than above mentioned car is awesome. Still not driven a lot until being familiar with manual one. Thanks you guys.

Thanks chan5. He said fully synthetic oil. Someone said using fully synthetic oil not good for Peugeot. Is it true?

Can anybody tell me how many kilometers can be driven 406 HDi after a service (Oil change)? Owner of the car said he is using synthetic oil.

Thanks you peugeot407 for all comments and replies. Now I set my mind to go for the diesel hdi.

This one clocked 101000 kms. This is repaired by carmart guy who knows the history of this car very well said there is no big issues but the price is little bit high and worth even for that price. But im worrying generally common belief that diesels give lot of troubles in maintaining.

Is it costly to repair the crank pulley fault? Owner said that he has replaced the pulley from the company.

Hi. I was a jap car user for past few years and considering all facts and reviews by the PEUGEOT experts I have great desire to having a 406. Got some advices from my friends who use PEUGEOT and recently I went to see some 406. Fist one I saw is petrol D9 2000 2ltr model with laether seats. But when i inspect the underbody it has corrosion. Secondly found a good diesel hdi 2L model. It is brand new import 2001 and owner has all the maintenance records from the date of purchase. Please give me advices on buying a diesel HDi model since im not familiar with diesels and even European vehicles. This one quoted for 1.7 million. But i have to fix the radio, air bag fault and signal auto off not working when turning steering wheel. Also there is a rattling noise in engine idle and when rev the engine it disappears. Owner said it is coming from some under guard covering. Please let me know whether this price is reasonable with said problems which have to be fixed after buying. Thanks.

Ok Thanks Don, I'll try to contact one of them.

I inspected the water drain tube from the firewall when ac running, I could see water drained out from the drain tube drop by drop, Don I live in Dehiwala area. Yes, Davy I think the water draining from the drain oulet is not enough.

Hi Friends, I found the culprit for AC leaking, Please look at the below attached pictures I have taken for reference, AC drain water coming from a wire sleeve. I started the car with ac on to see how this enigmatic water leaking happened. After observing for 10-20 minutes I noticed that water drops come along the wire sleeve attached to the cooler. That sleeve touches dash plastic panels and I think water flows along them to the floor board. Please give me advice on how to get this sorted. Do you know any reliable person to do the job or if it’s a simple fix, please brief me.

Hi, I’m very glad to see that so many precious comments are being posted, Hope I can get the things sorted out by following the excellent advices given by Davy. Thank you very much Davy for your invaluable time spent on this. Also thanks to ramishkad and Reckless for sharing your valuable thoughts. @Davy – As to the first step I checked all my drive belts from a garage very close to my place, mechanic said that all the drive belts are ok and tension is at the correct level. He didn’t drive and check how power steering works to get some sense as I described the problem to him. Alternator and AC fan belt looks changed recently with Mitsuboshi brand but power steering belt looks very old and its brand BANDO. Any how I cannot trust the mechanic as he was busy with other works at that time. He further said that to inspect the power steering U joints (as he said it’s ‘Kurusiya’), if all ok then it would be PS pump or rack. Anyhow I want to get my power steering belt replaced and see the results. I wanted to check the radiator; although they are not experts in radiators they said that radiator has been repaired several times inspecting the signs on top tank still there is small leak and previously applied some glue on it. Since I wanted to get rid of this I got reconditioned radiator for 10k from Delkanda. I got an aluminum AE110 radiator but noticed that one of tube from the lower tank has a big bent which blocks the flow of fluids. Then I have to change it, bugger at shop gave me AE101 model copper made (tanks are made with plastic) radiator instead of AE110 model. I didn’t notice that at the shop. It’s lengthy 1-2 inch than the original. Mechanic said it doesn’t matter It can be fitted into my vehicle. So I let them to fit it, there after no any sign of leak. But I’m worrying that shop has AE110 aluminum radiators almost like brandnew. I would have changed it again and get the correct one which comes as AE110. Doesn’t matter if this radiator will perform the same function without any problem? Checked the AC draining on floor mats from T*P Co*L @ Kalubowila. Guys checked the AC system for any leaks, draining system worked well also pouring water to the tray and checked whether it drains from the draining tube. They suspect that the seller has done an interior job without properly drying the floor mat and refitted everything. AC guys applied newspaper sheets underneath the carpet to absorb any water residue and instructed to look for any water dripping after driving with AC on. If the problem persists said to come and further checked. I told them the heater is not working, a guy checked it and said heater lines are not blocked or bypassed. Heater valve is also working; they asked why I’m worrying about the heater, they also block or bypass already working heaters in vehicles as the heater is not necessarily needed in a country like Sri Lanka except not living in Nuwar-Eliya. If heater is working engine may heat up excessively? Don’t know why they bypass heater lines. I have to get the ATF and timing belt change without getting any risk. Previous owner can’t remember what ATF brand he used. Should I flush the ATF? I can remember same happened to my first car (Corolla EE111) when I needed to change the ATF, mechanic removed the ATF oil sump and cleaned it with petrol, used Toyota DII as ATF. Is it ok to doing the same? I didn’t have any knowledge at that time. With regards to the windscreen should I do frame rust repair in a good body repair shop and get the windscreen re-installation done at a separate place like S*m*r*s*n*ha windscreen? I forgot to mention last time; previous owner said that since this car had not been used for a long period by first owner engine oil was frozen/clotted and after flushing the system engine worked like a charm. My mechanic also said that this cars engine sounds good as AE110 model. @ramishkad – I’m going to use coolant after replacing the radiator. Any how I followed the awesome post on this AL forum about flushing the radiator by Schiffer. I didn’t use any chemical just used plain tap water to flush. What kind of coolant good for this radiator? Premixed coolant or concentrated coolant which has to be mixed with water? @ Reckless – Thanks that you like my avatar . ATF and tune up still pending. I must do the ATF change in my next schedule as the first priority and change spark plugs. This car plug cord set replaced with so called Japanese made one not the genuine oem. It looks very new and hope does the job without any issue. Should I get the genuine plug cord set, I asked agents they quoted 16.5K for plug wire set. -- Sorry again my thread becomes lengthy. Thanks in advance again Davy, ramishkad and Reckless for your prompt replies on my issues.

Hi, this is my first post to the AL forum which I need to get some advice and clarifications from you all experts in the field. Your valuable time spent on this greatly appreciated. I always used to browse this forum and find solutions from the already posted threads and everyday this is my one of favourite place I most prefer to come and read posts. I recently bought a Toyota Sprinter SE Vintage SE G grade Limited (AE110) 1997 (Auto Transmission) car. I got this from a car sale and the seller had it with open papers. It was not a good bargain I was so impatient and hurry to buy this car. Although this is my third car I didn’t drive my previous cars even ten thousand kilometres. I thought this time I don’t want to change the car frequently as I did earlier and do all the things which are necessary and drive the car for at least 50K miles with smile . I regret about my previous cars because even for the short period of time I had to use, I looked after them very well and sold. Now let’s discuss about my new purchase Sprinter SE Vintage. Car odometer has 119K kilometres, but according the age of the car I can’t trust that the odo has been altered by the seller which is very commonly known as sale buggers do. Car interior looks very good according to its age and all upholstery, seat covers floor mat dashboard instrumental panel were in very good condition. Exterior also good but has few things to be considered including minor dent on left fender and it seemed that the front windshield has been replaced and the frame edges where windscreen attached started rusting. I didn’t bring any mechanic to show the car when buying and in my test drive I didn’t notice any issue according to my little knowledge. However after driving the car at my convenience, following issues identified, Steering wheel is slightly hard to turn after engine reach to its normal operating temperature. I replaced the power steering pressure hose because when I show it to a mechanic he indicated oil stains on pressure hose. But the situation is same as before after replacing the pressure hose. I checked the engine bay for any oil leak, didn’t find any sign of oil leak on hoses and no sign of reducing oil level in reservoir. I think mechanic didn’t check the belt tension. However I’m not worrying much about this. There’s a little rattle noise I suspect that it’s coming from left front wheel when driving at normal speeds. When I shifted to Reverse gear car noticeably vibrating due to low RMP. Idle RMP decreases in reverse gear. Anyhow just after starting the car RMP is around 1000 and gradually comes down to normal idle level in D position. But in R position car vibrates and idle become very low. Also I noticed that water dripping under the car floor mats in front passenger and driver side when running AC. I checked under the floor mat and noticed sponge layer attached to the floor mat where it touches the body also soaked with water. It doesn’t smell. One day I dried all the carpets on sunny day and checked, it happens only when AC running. The radiator tank welded with brass. Sale guy told that tank has been repaired and will never come any leak in future. Radiator filled only with water without coolant. There was a gear shifting problem when I drive on Highway, My normal RMP when driving on highway was around 2000 and the speed around 80-90Kmph. I wanted to stop the car at Welipenna station and slow down the car to its speed 40-50 and suddenly I changed the decision and wanted to drive straight a way to Kottawa then accelerated the car but RPM rises around 3000-4000 and car moves very slowly at 30-40Kmph. Then what I have done is stopped the car safely with hazard lights on. It seemed that gear is not shifting, however try to accelerate again and gear sifted, anyhow I drove the car with caution and noble triple gem blessed me to come to the destination without problem. But problem never comes until now; I drove the car on highway 2-3 times after that. Except to the above mentioned problems car runs greatly, I don’t know how significant of above causes to be big issues. But I wanted to contact the previous owner and get the genuine comments of the car because it has been already sold by him. I searched all the classified sites and related web pages using web archives about this car and found the previous owners ad on famous classified site. But ad page expired and I got it from google cache. Found his mobile number and called him to build the conversation frankly. After the discussion with him got to know the engine oil he used which the sale guy didn’t know when I asked and few important things about the car. He drove the car at least 40k Kms and when he bought, it had the clock around 103K. and he said now it should be around 156K, blamed that sale guy may have altered it. But I can’t trust him coz he said he changed the timing belt and the date and mileage on the sticker on timing belt cover. It is 109K and date was in November 2013. I suspect he is lier that not the sales guy but the previous owner has clocked the car before changing timing belt and advertised on classified sites. But I never mind the mileage, car seemed pretty decent comparing to the other cars in its age. I will post some photos later. Said that he has replaced the cooler with brand new one which is not Japanese made or genuine reconditioned one. AC is working well but heater is not working, it has touch type AC controls with AUTO option which is native to the SE Vintage G grade. Radiator tank not repaired by him but his previous owner has done but encountered with radiator leak and welded it as temporary fix and replaced the radiator cap. Since he had no time he neglects doing permanent fix. That’s his comment. He did not changed the transmission oil recently and changed only when he bought and done 40K kilometres. Not sure he has done more than that without changing ATF. So far I wanted to know your comments from you all and advices on followings and greatly be appreciated for your valuable time spent on this thread. What causes the power steering issue? Is it normal or should it be checked? Does AC condensate on floor mats or any leak? Should I need to replace the cooler with good reconditioned one because it’s not Japanese made. Don’t know how accurately fitted it. Should I need to replace the radiator with good reconditioned one? How to get the heater fixed although not necessarily wanted. How to avoid rusting on windscreen frame? Can it be repaired? Car got caught to heavy rain (all the day it was raining) and I had to park the car at open space since I was away from home, noted that water condensation under roof velvet cover area where windscreen edges meet. The car windows originally came with light brown (bronze) colour tint. But front windshield colour has green tint since it has been replaced. Few scratches and chips noticed on windscreen. I wanted to get original bronze colour tint windshield but difficult to find. Any expert advice appreciated. What should I do for transmission issue even the problem gone now? But previous owner said there was a misfire but I didn’t notice. Sorry for long thread and if I posted in wrong category . Please help me to prioritize the things to be sorted out. Thanks in advance for your great support