Re: Car falling apart
Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 4:50 pm
A tell-tale of the TB failing is a jolty vibration when you stop the engine. rwb had the same issue - seem to fail after 10 years or so.
That little lot doesn't sound too bad to me, I bet the condenser is leaking? again cheap enough to sort (or leave alone) I only ever use my a/c if it's mega hot and I'm travelling to meet people for work a meeting (remember those?). Other than that I don't really like sitting in a cooled box.Captain Jack wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 10:12 am My 407 is on its last legs. There's lacquer peeling on the front wing, the interior blower is making a racket when at 100%, ABS fault is ever present, needs a new battery and now my air con died.
The air con issue seems to have coincided with the battery going flat and I had to jump start it.
It's been regassed just over a year ago and was blowing nice and cool until recently. Now the clutch does not engage at all but it will click on and off if I do an actuator test via PP2000. One thing I was hoping to do in PP2000 is find the gas pressure to see if that's why the clutch isn't engaging but I couldn't find it. Can that only be done with appropriate gizmos or is it buried in a menu somewhere?
If the gas did escape, am I legally allowed to replace the condenser/evaporator myself or will I need the garage to do it. Don't think I'll have a problem removing the bumper etc...
Anything else I can check?
Lacquer peel's a bit of a bummer but you might get lucky to source a replacement wing in the same colour.
ABS fault is usually a wheel sensor? again cheap.
Doggy - I like the sound of Bro's 200bhp'er and would like to buy it for a laugh.....trouble is being a fussy git I'd be forever calling you up to help me* fix it.