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Cheers for that.
So between us my Wife and I have had 2 D8's and 3 D9's between us.
All been good cars, before that I had 3 306's which were forever breaking, having said that a mate brought one of them off my company and its now done 202000 miles! (306XLD N reg)

I see people refer to their 406 as D7/8/9.
Mines a 2001 HDI 110.
So what do the numbers refer so I can understand the terminology on this site please?

That's interesting because I tried to get the fan working on my HDI 110. Drove it really hard and sat with the engine running at 2000 rpm for 15 mins and the gauge never went over 90 and the fan didn't kick in. The fan does come on when I put the air con on so I know it does work. All of this follow...

Mine was cracked on my previous 406 when I got it. Get some fibreglass matting and resin from a car body paint supplier or halfrauds if you've loads of cash. Fibreglass the rear of the panel to get the strength up, then use an anglr grinder to open up the joint on the front face a bit. Fill gap with...

Robbie, Sounds like your problem is similar to mine see my thread " 406 HDI coolant air lock". Before you start taking the thing apart just try running it without the stat and see what happens. Mine has stopped chucking out water and pressurising since I did this. Now I have to get the stat back in ...

I'm off to get some rad flush then

Thanks for your reply. I don't think there is a problem with the rad as its never been any problem before this recent turn of events. I am considering refitting the funnel to the header tank & and putting the hosepipe on it to keep it filled up, getting water all over the place when it overflows. Th...

Hi, I'm new to the forum and need some help please! 406 HDI 110 (A/C) 2001 on 51 plate. (76000 miles)Had car for 2 years & 25000 miles, never any problems at all (and never had to add coolant!) Low coolant light came on. Put more coolant in. After 100 miles or so same thing. Have now replaced coolan...