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As some of you may know my car took abit of a knock about a week ago now the front end is rebuilt which i thought would of been the end of it so anyway , got the car off the ramp last night all seemed well , put the key in to fire her up and nothing at all from the dash not even a glimmer of light ,...

Got a few bits and bobs to go on to try and take it close to 2.2 spec , so fingers crossed she produces the results im looking for if not ive got a 2.2 in bits i will drop the lump into the 90 once ive worked out why it wont fire up , the whole front end is off my 90 at the second looks like ive don...

I dont think its worth claiming on the insurance my policys cost a fortune as it is , the front end is off the car the rack is fine thankfully according to the phone call ive had , a few bits on the passenger side are errm bent i will have a full list of bits and bobs to replace tonight my wallet is...

Oh the joys my 406 needs to come off the road for about a month i was driving home last night in the pissing rain with a biker following me long story short is i had to come to a stop very very fast due to a group of wild sheeps haha being a biker myself i knew the fella behind me wasnt going to slo...

I recently got my first 406 and im slowly working thru my little niggles one of which arrived at 5am this morning i normally drive down the alleyway my car is parked on with just my sidelights on so not to wake the old chap that sleeps in his chair at the end of the alley i noticed i had lost my dri...

Im really beginning to love mine more and more i went to visit my ma yesterday and i bumped into a few of my friends from the big city (bradford west yorkshire) and at the age of 22 and around which we all are they are knocking about in corsas , clios all between 1.0-1.6 petrols so we went on abit o...

Hello fellas Im just curious why people actually chose a 406 over its rivals the mondeo etc. I ended up with mine because it was a cheap "beater" that i found on ebay but since driving it and doing all the day to day stuff that was difficult in my previous and still cant get rid of fiat punto evo (2...

Well guys shes used the full mixed tank over today lots of different driving and a good boot down the motorway and shes fine no hiccups at all now shes back on pump diesel and stopped rolling coal :( i was having a good laugh with it and my mates Dturbo which smokes like a train oh well it was some ...

I will leave it then she flys with it unplugged i thought it would of flagged up as a fault and put it into limp mode it used to on my vectra 2L dti and cut all boost completely till you turned it off and back on

Shes a 2000 HDi 90 just for reference.

Hi guys me again, Had chance to do some work on my new 406 today now the ramp at my mates yard is empty again Any how when i bought the car i popped the bonnet and the mass air flow doo darr was unplugged previous owner said it had never been plugged in during the time he had owned it for the price ...

I left the house at 5am this morning for work walked to the car fingers crossed and she fired Woo! Needed 1 heat cycle that i always give any diesel thats been stood overnight she isnt stuggling with the mixed fuel at all , a little smokey off boost but what diesel isnt and it smells lovely when you...

Now my 406 is a HDi my friends is an early 1.9TD i believe a rattly old 300 thousand miler! He turned up to mine earlier with a drum of his own "mix" of bio diesel and normal pump diesel with a sprinkle of kerosene , ive always been led to believe that a common rail engine will not run on anything b...

Shes passed her health check guys been advised to drop the oil and coolent and change them out + a complete under bonnet service he has said its boosting correctly and pulls strong thru the range , "could do with a remap" first thing he said when he got out of it after driving round my village with ...

Im hoping so now ive found a front mount quite cheap off a friend thats just removed it from his car now hes going even bigger the exhaust is back on now totally decatted oh she whistles even on idle , im in love