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is the vacumm pump the block where the break pipes come out of and it has an electrical plug at the front?

is it possible there could be air in the system and its needing bled ?

I don't understand how the vaccum works is that to do with the round servo unit. ?

Hope someone can help, drove put my driveway yesterday and pressed the brake pedal to find it really hard and could hardly stop, after about a minute brakes were fine. this morning going to work they were fine , but when I came out of work tonight I started the car and pressed the pedal (before movi...

gave the car to a local mechanic to fix and he said the leak was on the low pressure side (I'm assuming he means pre pump) so because of this he could cut and join the pipe, he cut the section out and pieced in a small section of rubber hose with 2 jubilee clips, has been fine so far. fingers crosse...

needing some advice on how to repair an oil leak on the power steering pipework. there is a rigid pipe (aluminum i think) comes out of the power steering reservoir and then changes to flexi hose and then re-connects to a rigid pipe and then goes to the pump, its on the aluminium pipe just after the ...

Thanks for advice much appreciated will check out the links later when kids in bed
and make a decision as to which one i go for,

Hello there, the battery in my 406 2.0 HDI is needing replaced, have looked at different ones on web sites but don't know which is the best type to buy. The existing battery was a Varta 12V L2 400/640 A (EN) I'm assuming the bigger the numbers the better, any advice on which battery to buy would be ...

Just to update you all. I actually forgot that the car had the auto headlight facility :oops: now i know how my dad feels this is the sort of problems i usually end up helping him to fix, maybe I'm turning into my dad OH NO!!!! I think that the photo cell where ever it is must be dirty making the sy...

Hi there this happens all the time day or night. after a few miles on saturday it corrected itself again and was ok for the rest of the day ,but came back on sunday.

Ross

Hello There, i have a 406 53 plate 2.0 HDI and noticed a couple of days ago that my headlights were on when the switch was in the off positon (engine running). what i can tell you so far, is that everything else is normal (ie) sidelights ok,headlights ok, full beam ok, fog lights ok ,indicators ok, ...

Just to feedback. Problem sorted, changed the fuel filter, which i was surprised was filthy, first time i have seen a dirty fuel filter, any time i've changed one in the past it has always been clean, but i've only had this car 1 year and previous owner could have ran about on empty all the time suc...

Thanks for your replies alot of good information I bought a new fuel filter tonight after work,it came with a new housing seal and a couple of blue plastic things which If im honest not sure what they are for. will fit tomorrow and let you know if there is any improvement. regarding the glowplugs, t...

Hello There, I have a 406 HDI and I'm having difficulty starting the car first thing in the morning,it will turn over for a while before finally catching, i have changed the glowplugs and made no difference. Once the car has been started it will be fine for the rest of the day and then next morning ...

Definately a fuel problem, had to re-prime this morning, as soon as i did this it started no problem, must be air getting in to fuel system somewhere between injectors and inlet to fuel filter.
just have to find it now.

Thanks for info and input much appreciated.

Ross