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Hi Folks, Due to now having a work car and a new car on it's way, I need to sell my beloved 406 exec saloon :cry: All it's done recently it sit in the garage, no life for a car like this. The basics are: D8 1996 P-reg Coming up to 150k Miles 2.0L tubby exec salon manual (non slush'o'matic) Silver wi...

Hi Folks, I think I've got a fuelling issue on my exec tubby, seems to be over fuelling on tickover, so burbles, coughs and hunts for a steady rev, but on the road, after 4k on the revs it runs out of puff. The question is... is the fuel pressure regulator the circular item on the top of the injecti...

Hi Guys, Been a long time since I was around and it's been a long time since the 406 was out and about. Just sits in it's garage nice and clean now I've got a work car, can't bring myself to get rid :? Anyway, on it's last run out I took it to a friend who did a bit of diag on it to see why it's nev...

I was coming to the conclusion that fuelling was the problem here as it does run out of puff at 4000 revs when I've seen these cars fly up to the redline... might also be why it idles like a nail, real lumpy and pops alot (sounds good with the exhaust tho :P ) I don't run it with silly amounts of bo...

OK, this is going to be a hell of a list if I can remember everything..... but from the top of my head in 2.5 years: Rear suspension drop links (the rubber/plastic anti-roll bars) Rear discs/drums overhaul rear trailing arm Front drop links Front pads it's had 4 new tyres recon turbo exhaust manifol...

Hi Martyn, I found that the turbo is a Garrett T25 which is also used on Saab's (95, or 2000, I can't remember). When I asked Niz to build me a turbo as mine seized, we used a core off a Saab (flea bay) but had to use the compressor housing and exhaust housing off the 406 turbo as each car has a dif...

Do you have a turbo or a 16v?

I ask because I've got a cat knocking around for the turbo which I could do with shifting, only done around 3000miles before I put a powerflow stainless system on it.

Just a note to say the Haynes manual does say to unbolt the lower arm and let it drop free and the spring just lifts out, put new one in the seating cups and do back up. Piece of pi...... cake :oops: I had Niz's lowered springs, so we installed them 'together' and I just took his front dampers with ...

I guess so, but the fact he ran rings around me, I don't think he'll be too bothered. Just trying to find out who it was as I would like to know what he'd done to make his pug shift more then mine... wondered if he'd had it chipped or something.

Thank you

I finally spotted my first 406 turbo (without looking into shop windows at my reflection)! yay! It looked pretty well looked after, S-reg D8, blue, original alloys, dump valve, lots of sh*t hanging in the back window, silver trim and black D9 leathers spotted on the bottom of the M60 at 3pm-ish toda...

Well, you learn something new every day then, I thought all SRI's were the 8v turbo units, looks like the 16valve bug passed thoughout all the range then.

Just wondering what you could do to give it a bit more pluck lower down.... Maybe an induction kit, or does that just help with forced induction?

It should be the same engine as in my '96 exec and it had always felt slow, after throwing too much money at it and a few trips to see Niz it was the intercooler which had a crack down the pipe on the side of the intercooler, apparently a common problem. Also, I did seize my turbo at one point and t...

That is true, I think I know the problem so I'm not paying to diagnose, I'm paying to install, which I guess any spanner monkey could do... one would hope :| I know you've prob been over every inch of your problem, but by any chance is the wastegate actuator at fault? If the turbo is spooling in my ...

hmmm.... This whole fiasco worries me. When Niz has referbed me a turbo for my baby, I'm not confident enought to install it myself, so it'll have to go into a garage to have it done....and also the cambelt whilst it is there. By what has gone on, isn't that a full invite to bend me over their recep...