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Thanks all for your responses. The "repaired" starter is in service and the French Wench starts on command. I have tracked down Bosch starter and alternator data book on the internet, via AussieFrogs, and this lists the Bosch starter BX 110 017 as applying to V6 Citroen and Peugeot. It is beefy enou...

Hi All. My French Wench with the 3L V6 autobox, probably one of the last made as was new in late 2003, failed to start (solenoid sometimes clicked, sometimes not) and after days of battery charging and testing, the Wench was towed off. The starter motor was pronounced faulty and sent for repair at a...

Thanks for your reply. The job is actually quite easy, I discovered. The seven bolts holding the inlet manifold are loosened and the throttle body (name?) seperated from the manifold. Do not do, as I did: keeping the throttle body attached to the manifold, and loosened the air intake into the thrott...

Hi all. A misfire has been diagnosed as a faulty coil on cylinder No. 5 which is in the rear bank. I ordered new coils for each of the rear bank cylinders, these have arrived but the Pug agents can't do the job for a week. The car is an early 2004 V6 (about the last one made). How difficult is it to...

I hope you get it fixed alright. What mileage have you covered? I would doubt if there were anything wrong with the engine itself. I have a problem with a similar - also V6 automatic and probably one of the last 406's built, as was first registered (in South Africa) in early 2004. The last month, ha...