HELLO PEEPS,

[rob100]

Hello everyone,
im Rob
thinking of buying a 406 coupe auto [v6 of course,]
hope to have a natter with you all soon,

[teamster1975]

Welcome Rob

[Welly]

Hello!

Why an auto? I mean unless you need an auto I'd be a little carefull because the Peugeot Slushmatic box is generally reported as being a bit troublesome and almost non-repairable

[rob100]

Hello!

Why an auto? I mean unless you need an auto I'd be a little carefull because the Peugeot Slushmatic box is generally reported as being a bit troublesome and almost non-repairable

I have a bad back & dipping the cluch does me in,
i know the auto box can give agro, just have to cross my fingers when i do get one,
had a 406 coupe manuel D8, cupple years ago, this time i want a SE, so its got all the toys,

[steve_earwig]

Hi there Rob. Anything to be gained by changing the oil more often than the book says? A lot of these gearbox failures (Bimmers spring to mind) is 'cos the oil changes are once every century. Or they're "sealed for life" snigger...

[mjb]

i think the general consensus is the auto box knackers with the torque of the v6, especially the 210bhp ES9J4S. The reason the diesels aren't affected so much is because they're not floored as often

[rob100]

Thanks chaps,
i dont fancy an oil burner its got that pain FAP filter
i was a panel beater till about 10 years ago,
i thought the auto boxes were sealed for life, i take it some are not then?

[steve_earwig]

Faps only seem to be fitted to 2.2 HDis and some later 2.0 110s (mine's an '04 but doesn't have one, then it came from Italy). Stiil, plenty more to go wrong.

Panel beater? How are you with bonnets...

I don't think Peugeot's are sealed, looks like that's a major cock-up anyway - I think it's BMW whose "sealed for life" 'boxes are failing at fairly modest miles and owners having a fight with the manufacturers who are saying they should have had an oil change

[rob100]

[quote="steve_earwig"]Faps only seem to be fitted to 2.2 HDis and some later 2.0 110s (mine's an '04 but doesn't have one, then it came from Italy). Stiil, plenty more to go wrong.

Panel beater? How are you with bonnets...

Well i havent done panel beating for a good few years,
i ended up hating it, chasing bonus and things, im the son of a 2nd hand car salesman
so been messin with motors for years, im livein the easy life at the moment im an engineer
for a coffee firm, so nice and clean, tho have been thinking of buy-selling motors again, still have
small garage to work on them if i clear some of the crap out,
not started the compressor in years, [another job for w,end]

[mbell666]

Manual boxes are normally sealed for life. Most auto box should be changed every so often.

[steve_earwig]

not started the compressor in years, [another job for w,end]

You think it's ok? Corrosion and that.

I was only kidding about the bonnet, someone just came on with a mangled one.