Peugeot 807 Radiator Cooling Fan Removal

My People Mover Peugeot 807 has clocked 94K km. Recently the temperature gauge has been showing 100C while at standstill condition. The symptoms includes warm air in the cabin even with the Aircon system turn "ON".


Observe the Radiator Cooling Fan Speed and guess what ? The fan moved in a very slow / weak rotation/Speed. Guess the fan is dying. Knocking it will "rejuvenate" it for awhile but will display same symptom later.



Removing the Radiator Cooling Fan for this people mover is a 2 spanner job /very easy ( 5 spanner job is very difficult ). Here are the few simple steps.

You need to remove the plastic cover. It has 6 Plastic Studs.

Flat face screw driver and a Long nose plier should do the job













Please use a long Nose Plier to pull this plastic pins as they might break if use excessive pulling force.















Here are the Plastic Pins

















Please remove the Bonnet cable lever unit. Using a flat face screw driver and prise under the lever.












Once all the 6 plastic studs and the bonnet cable lever assy are removed, Just pull it out horizontally.















Please take note that there are 3 plastic hook below this plastic cover. So please draw this cover out horizontally so that you do not break these 3 locking hooks.




Don't pull this cover too out. You might snap the bonnet cable. !!!








Once you have done that, you can see the 3 speed Cooling Fan.















There are just 4 mounting screws ( 10 mm ). You will need a 10mm Spanner - preferably a ring spanner.





You have a wide working space. So no issue with removing these screws.







This is the back of the fan. The Aircon Condensor unit. Will clean it when I install back the fan. Recommended detergent to use will be AMWAY LOC ( I am not affiliated in any way to this company ) I use this cleaning solution as it has Anti Rust + Biodegradeble properties.. Using a spray bottle and rinse down with running water should do the job.













Once all the 4 screws are removed, take the fan out. You will need to pull the wire connector at the bottom as you draw the fan out.







A new fan is quite costly. 3 times the price of a Japanese model car. But this fan being a 3 speeds fan and have already worked near to 100K km ( considering the idling/waiting time while the engine runs. But the best part of this all, it actually cost me very little as I only change the carbon brushes for this unit. Quite a simple procedure.

Tested with the new carbon brush .. WoWWWW... it's powerful - the speed .. Now the Engine temperature + the Aircond is working as it should.

For installation, just work the other way around.

Hope you find this article helpful ..............................

Peugeot 406 Power Window repair

Well .. It's been awhile since I update this blog. Imagine how time flies. Have not been able to indulge in DIY activity lately. Anyway, my front passenger Power Window has come of aged. You can hear the motor turning but the Glass window doesn't move. Good thing it is stuck at the top position. Otherwise with the rain, the cabin would be soaking wet and despite the problem, it can wait till I get it fix.

Since I couldn't live with the idea that the front passenger window is not working and it would be very embarrasing if you are in a situation that requires you to wind down/up your window electronically and finds out that it doesn't work and I have to give all kind of excuses and I hate excuses...

So, on a saturday morning, decided to take the window motor apart and here is the results.

1.Remove the Door screws / 4 screws and another 4 at the front speaker mountings / Then the Door card / Door Rubber sheet.

2. Wind down the glass window to the bottom most pos

ition. If the motor doesn't work

( like my case here ), Just assist by pushing the Glass down while pressing the down window switch.

3. Remove the rub

ber lining surroundings the window frame.

4. Pull the Window glass out from the door and place it at a secure place.

5. Start remove the W

indow motor cable assembly. There are altogether 5 screws.Once all the screws are removed, pull the motor assy out.

6. Now look at the cable motor assy here :- Observe the points that I have marked. They are important later.

There are just 2 screws for the motor cable assy.

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Once I open up the assy, all the 3 studs are BROKEN.

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Plastics being plastics .. they break after sometime....

Here are the broken pieces. Clean the grease out from the plastics gear.

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I use Super Glue. That is what it needs. I cleaned the area from grease and I glued the stud in. Wait for it to cure. Then I glued the black rubber ring to the plastic gear to re-enforce and protect the studs. Hope with this step, the studs would be able to take the stress of the glass window and will last forever.

Once the glued parts are cured, just fix up everything.

Please ensure that the cable windings are wind correctly. Once the motor assy is fix in place, make sure the motor are wind down and load the glass window into the door assy and then, the rubber linings, etc..

I couldn't take more detailed photos as my hands are greased and I was so engrossed with the job that I missed taking photo shots of important moments. Hope this will do and if you have questions, please drop a line in my comment section and I will try to provide an answer your predicament.

Destination Chiangmai Thailand - Miscellaneous chiangmai

They say a picture paints a thousand words ... so here it is ...

They Sell turtle, frogs , eel , insect , delicacies etc at the market. If you have the appetitie for it you can get it here.

This is the Twin Peaks Apartment that we have rented. Quite reasonably priced. We have friends who are living in this "Farang" colony.

View of ChiangMai hotels from Twin Peaks ....

Destination Chiangmai Thailand - ChiangMai Oh Chiangmai

ChiangMai has a lot to offer. If you are up early, why not head to Bake and Bite for Breakfast. They serve good english Breakfast. Muesli, Blue Berry, Banana Pan Cake ,Egg Florentine, Spinach on English Muffins with Cheese Hollandaise sauce etc...















After walking around town, there is this nice cozy Tea Shop that serves all kind of tea. Complement with all kinds of cakes/cookies/ice creams















Look at the ice cream served .. yummm














At the backyard, they have gardens, in this cool weather, it would be nice to be out there having tea and chit chat.

If you want a good western dinner, the GoldenTrumpet offers a good varieties of good food.

Le Spice is a place that is very ironical. Why I say that is because the Cook that use to cook in Penang that serve good Tandori Chicken at the popular Kasmiri house ( Penang road ) is now cooking here!!. The tandori served tasted EXACTLY the way it is in Penang. Yummy..




















There is this elephant show that one could go to. Watch them play football,draw,move logs and much much more. Their paintingd cost more than my own art work !!. This place is about an hour drive from Chiangmai.

Their aim are not very accurate but nevertheless they are OK

Or Visit an Orchid farm. The colours are very intriguing an they are very lovely.

Visit the flower market. Exotic and good value for money. 10 bucks for a bouquet of roses !.














Now this is an interesting signboard ... Wonder what it means...


















Guess.. there are lots of things to do here.




More to come ...

Destination Chiangmai Thailand - ChiangMai

After the Floating Market, our destination now is Chiangmai. It's going to be a long drive for this stretch. Around 9 hrs drive and it's about 760 km away.

If all goes well, 1 more refill of " Gasohol" ( Ron 95) should take me right up to chaingmai.

The condition of the freeway is better for the northern part of thailand. There are 4 lanes freeway and in bangkok, there are even 5 each way so total 0f 10 lanes without taking into account the Frontage lane on both sides of the freeways.

Some of the strecth are really straight as you can see here and I guess I am fortunate there wasn't much traffic to delay my trip. Smooth sailing all the way.

We were about 43km away from Chiangmai and it was around 6:00 pm. We decided to take a breather/freshen up at Doi Khuatan Rest area. I needed nicotine top up. You can feel the temperature is cooling. Doi Khuatan is a hilly area and we had to do the climb. With the 807 fully loaded, there was no lost of power. So far quite satisfied with it.

As planned, at about 7 pm, we arrived Chiangmai town. Some traffic jam due to the rush hour. The rental apartment is at Twin Peaks on Chungklan Road ( Beside Shangrila Hotel ). At least now I can look forward to some good times... heard the thai traditional massage is good.

Destination Chiangmai Thailand - The Floating Market

After a good night rest, woke up early ready to take on the next challenge. Good thing nowadays we have wifi at most of the hotels in thailand. I think we need to catch up eventhough WERE AHEAD at one point of time. But that is another story for some other time.Check on emails and keeping abreast on the happenings in Thailand and Malaysia. My navigator studied the internet and the floating market is only 7 km away from where we are staying.

So, early in the morning, we loaded the 807 again. Interestingly, we are only half way to Chaingmai and 807 is already fully loaded. My Navigator cum Load Master cum Co Pilot is already complaining that we have too much stuff.








Now I have to give credit to Thailand for making it very tourist friendly with CLEAR sign board, Correctly PLACE and in ENGLISH. I believed that more people will be travelling into thailand using their own vehicle in the future. This brings to a question was my Navigator really good or it's the Thai authorities that provided user friendly clear sign board that even a "blind" driver can't miss.












Took the drive from the hotel, followed the road sign and guess we are there in no time. We arrived there quite early as there were ample parking space for cars. Not sure if I was early or is that the recent political development that causes tourist to stay away from thailand. According to the Star, Penang Hotels were fully booked due to the political situation in Bangkok. Asked the businessmen in thailand and they admitted there is indeed a "slow down". Even their new Tourist Minister is inviting Tourists to come back !!!



You can take a sampan ride and enjoy the ride. Shop/buy/eat on the boat. It's a good experience that you should not let it pass.
















There are shops along the river and they sell anything from handicrafts to coffee
Just a note here, if you are the first customer of the day, the money that you have paid, they will use it to bless their merchandise/goods. They believed this is good luck to them. But also on the same note, once you have bargained /asked for specific price, he/she may choose to sell you at a lost, make sure you take it, you cannot walk away from the deal, if you do .. then he would give you his mind !!!! @#$!!***((!!!!)