Changing Coolant

Bought Distilled water and also Redline Coolant
8 Litres cost RM7.50

Redline Coolant
Bought this yesterday.

Radiator drain Knob.
need to turn this to discharge the old coolant out.

Preventive Inspections - Pre-CNY holidays

Did an Inspections on the 406 today to prepare for the CNY. All checked out A OK. However saw some cracks on the Drive belt ( the one that drives Aircond,Power Steering Pump and Alternator ). Will get it change tomorrow.


The belt starts to cracks. Hope you guys do your Preventive Inspections too. Especially CNy holidays, workshop could be closed for days.


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Heater Core Updates

So far the heater core is holding on. No leak. Hope this stays.

Running tempt. is hovering near 90 degrees during hot days and at traffic lights stops. Rest of the time >80's degrees <90 degrees.

Will be flushing out the older redline coolant this weekend and replace it with a new bottle. All the efforts was real worth it.

Lesson learnt, the 406 Heater matrix is repairable and one does not have to remove the whole dashboard to fix it.

On the 405, is also possible except one will need a revert tool as the dashboard is reverted. will embark on my 405 later this year.

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2006 2nd TT - Auto Detailing session

Hi Guys,
Oh what a night. It was fun,tiring and satisfying. The results speaks for themselves.
Here are some pics ....

I must be crazy to be here



Another Sifu at work


My shine will beat them all


Let me show you all the right footworks


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405-Dashboard down !!!

Notice how dirty it is ?


dashboard - Rear view


The airflow from the top of the blower fan goes to the cooling coil


Behind the dashboard.

Hi Guys,
Had an opportunity to see 405 dashboard strip bare. This is normally required to replace the AC cooling coil that has sprung a leak. For those who have not seen how is it like behind the dashboard, here are the pics.... ( I am not good at taking fotos - guess you just have to live with the quality of pics taken )

Notice the condition of the cooling coil ( Dirty ). Despite the fact that this car was well taken care off. If your blower fan speed is slower, guess it's time to clean the cooling coil. Now have to figure out how to clean it without having to remove the dashboard.


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How to Remove Peugeot 406 Heater Matrix / Core

Hi Guys,
I have re-connected my hose today. All system checked out OK.
No leaks, at the inlet,heater matrix and oulet. Set to 30 degrees C. The Hot air makes me feels like like Winter again.





Hi Guys,
Took the heater core out and there was 2 holes in between. The first welder doesn't want to weld for me. The 2nd one did it for me for RM18/xx. Pressure tested OK.
Installed back the core and the Glovebox. Have not connected the inlet hose yet. Will wait till weekend to do it. Who Knows if there is going to a big "Flood". The pics shows the leaks.

1st TT - Sunway Tunas - 8th Jan 2006

Hi Guys,
Our first TT of 2006. I was DIY on my Peugeot 406 Heater Matrix that was leaking. You do not need to remove the whole dashboard as required from the Peugeot 405. There is a short cut to this. Just need to remove the Glovebox. Remove the plastic hinges at the glove box. There are 2 if not I am not mistaken. Just pull them. Then remove the screws that is holding the glove box in place. There is however 1 screw that is located at an awkward position. YOu will need to use the torque wrench L shape and using wrist power to unscrew it. Thanks to Wlchin for removing the 1 screw that was so difficult to remove. Once that screw is removed, the rest is no issue. Will be taking out the heater matrix tomorrow for welding and hope that it works

Sorry I did not take photo of the screw locations as I was too engrossed with the Heater Matrix removal.








This Squad is mighty expensive.