Hello,

I'm searching for any suggestions on what might be going on with my old 406 (1996, diesel) without having to go to a peugeot dealer.

I have an intermittent fault that is rapidly becoming less intermittent and pretty dangerous - orange engine management warning light comes on with a big "stop" sign. The dangerous part is the accompanying loss of power, steering, brakes, the lot, when I'm slowing down and the clutch is in.

It doesn't matter if the car's warm or cold. Today, whilst driving round auto-electricians and mechanics for advice (none have any idea what's up), it has juddered a bit before cutting out or threatening to, in second or third gear. Applying the gas a bit can save it from loosing power sometimes.

An auto electrician who endeavoured to look at possible error reports, informed me that the car was made before they started putting what I think of as a hard drive in 406s (forgive me for not knowing the right term). So, his software couldn't help.

I know the glow plugs need replacing. Could this be anything to do with it? The last job done on it was to do with the imobiliser key pad a few hundred miles ago. ?

Any suggestions would be very gratefully received.

Thanks,
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hi
have read as many other posts as i can find, all with similar symptoms to myself.

recently car has been quick to heat up, temp gauge goes from zero to midway first thing on a cold morning, doing about 30-40 for a mile and a half.

gauge stays at midpoint whatever the driving conditions, some of my journey is 60 (ish !) on A roads for 20 minutes, some is crawling through town.

heater hasnt been a problem, usual amount of heat, neither warm or excessively hot. changing temp or fan settings has no influence on the temp gauge.

fluids had been topped up and as normal until this started.

way home sat, 6 miles into journey and temp needle suddenly goes to max and yellow warning light came on., pulled over, switched off, and back on, temp was in middle, light was off.

inspected under bonnet no leaks or obvious, contunied journey as normal. normal journey today. to work. inspected fluid levels and reservoir was empty. topped up, and left engine running 15 minutes on drive.

temp gauge is showing middle, but no heat in any of the pipes to or from the radiator..

as with other threads.. am i likely to be experiencing a thermostat stuck shut?? or anything more serious like the water pump?

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Any Ideas? Is this garbage or sound about right. There charging me 3 1/2 hrs labour at 92 to tell me this.

Regards Read more