Noob here, collect 406 tomorrow

Coxy · Post by **Coxy** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:50 pm

Never owned a Peugeot before and had intended to buy a cheap £500 small runaround, but somehow ended up buying a 406 V6 3.0!

Anyway I pick it up tomorrow. Just wondered is there anything I need to know? Any 'must do' mods or changes?

Cheers

Post by **Doggy** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:51 pm

Greetings, Coxy & welcome to the forum.

Know nothing about v6's personally, but someone who does will be along directly

Post by **teamster1975** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:16 pm

Welcome in coxy!

FarmerPug · Post by **FarmerPug** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:37 am

i dont know much either about the v6 engine, other than its the one i want, and it sounds fantastic.
Its not a must do, but a strut brace at about £30 really does improve the handling immensley, probably more on a coupe.
Also if you find the interior a bit dull, its easy to paint the black parts a nice shade of grey which lightens it up.
And if the running costs are a bit high, you do have the option of an lpg kit (although probably around £2k)

Also i suppose its good to say check when the timing belt was done, and replace if necessary.
Welcome in by the way.

Coxy · Post by **Coxy** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:02 am

Cheers, well luckily timing belt was done recently. Car has a whole folder of service history and it's in fantastic condition.

If a strut brace will make any difference on the saloon then I will get one. As for the interior, I don't think needs brightening, has beige leather so it's not all dark.

FarmerPug · Post by **FarmerPug** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:52 am

ah right your a saloon driver, even better, yes the strut brace has a good effect on it.

FarmerPug · Post by **FarmerPug** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:21 pm

ive got a biege interior aswell but still painted the dash

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:31 pm

A picture is worth a thousand words.

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:35 pm

Coxy wrote:Just wondered is there anything I need to know? Any 'must do' mods or changes?

Yes. Remove the air filter box, and to the rear of it, just inside the oval pipe connector, is an oval band of steel. Remove this before it gets sucked into the throttle body jamming it open.

You may also like to take a look at the trip computer retro-fit thread on here...

Gary406 · Post by **Gary406** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:42 pm

powerfull motor mate the 3.0 v6 . i once had a ride in one my old mate had wen i 1st started driving 8 years ago.

all i remember is it had a lot of power and i mean a lot .

big fuel bills tho running a v6

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:15 pm

Also, get the n/s/f wheelarch off and check the condition of the air intake hose. If it's collapsed or full of holes, just rip it off - you'll get most of the car's power back. Not as much as a good condition hose gives, but it does have the advantage of raising the intake away from puddles (which can drown 406s if deep!)

Gary406 wrote:big fuel bills tho running a v6

I've managed a very easy 707 miles to a tank in mine with 2 passengers, a full boot and the remaining 2/3 of the rear passenger area full of luggage... but I do average about 20mpg on my daily commute

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