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swap the coil packs arround and see if the misfire follows the movement

just replace both shocks and springs, keep changing the oil and filter, and it will keep on going

teamster1975 wrote:

mjb wrote:The V6 Exec has an alarm, but no auto shutting (grrr - going to leave it with an open window one day because of this!)

That's really weird, I thought the V6 Exec was the top of the range with all the toys!

you need all four windows too be one touch like the drivers, quite rare

it has a slightly longer stroke, but the pistons can help overcome this problem

yep, lower that by at least a grand, its 8 years old, and a 90

the HDi engine was first engineered back in 1996, and made its first appearance in the 406 very late in 1998 only available in 110hp
not many were available at the time which is why there are so few

a 2.1 td crank is forged and is a straight swap

you twist the knob, either left to right, as if to select one of the mirror's but turn it further, it fees like it will break the knob but it doesnt, thats how it folds in

pistons, rods, crank, oh and it will run like a bag of shite with those injectors

steve_earwig wrote:Or contaminated friction plate.

if it was slipping

get a valeo clutch, you can get a sachs one (much better) but your only paying for the box, i made this mistake with my 2.0 d8, its a sachs box but the clutch in it is still a valeo one

only if you get one with a stupid rear box, a well made exhaust wont be noisy if you dont want it to be

knackerd clutch pressure plate

they are very fragile items, i have seen them fail where the airflow has been enough to snap the wires inside it
the way the self clean is, after you have switched off, the element is heated with 12v instead of 4.9v for a few minutes to burn off any residue

TooT wrote:Sounds like a petrol engine problems to me

nope, almost all the ones that have problems are diesels