peugeot 406 rapier 2lt hdi 2002 stats and help

[parcelman]

HI THERE IM NEW TO THE SITE AND ITS MY FIRST PEUGEOT IVE OWNED,WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS WHAT ENGINE NUMBER I HAVE AS REGARDS PARTS,THERES THAT MANY.I WILL BE DOING MY OWN SERVICING BUT NOT SURE WHERE FUEL FILTER IS LOCATED AND HOW DIFFICULT TO CHANGE.ALSO READ ON SITE ABOUT ADDITIVE LEVEL??????,TOTALLY LOST NOW.THE CAR HAS 122400 MILES ON IT AND CAME WITH NO SERVICE DOCUMENTS SO IM CONCERNED ABOUT TIMING BELT,IVE BEEN TOLD TO CHANGE IDLER AND TENSIONER TO AS A MATTER OF CAUSE.IVE ALSO NOTICED IM NOT GETTING MANY MILES TO GALLON, IS THIS DOWN TO POOR SERVICING?.IVE ALSO NOTICED ON THE DISPLAY THE MPG COUNTER THAT TELLS YOU HOW MANY MILES TO THE GALLON YOUR GETTING IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING?????,IVE NO IDEA ABOUT THESE CARS ANY ADVICE OR HELP IS REALLY APPRECIATED AND THANKS FOR YOUR TIME GUYS.

[Doggy]

Hi Parcelman & Welcome
Get yourself a copy of Haynes 406 manual no. 3982. If you do your own work it'll pay for itself in no time.
2.O HDi comes in several versions 90BHP, (DW10TD) or 110BHP, (DW10ATED). 110 has an intercooler, 90 doesn't.
Not certain on this, but I think they all use the same service parts, (filters, belts etc.).
If you do a search on here for 'ServiceBox', (Peugeot's servicing software), you can sign up as an independant repairer and access lots of info about your car, enter your VIN no. & it'll tell you exactly which bits yours has. It will also let you download the 406 handbook & tell you the servicing intervals.
I think the cambelt's due at 72,000 intervals, so if you're keeping it you'd need to do it soon anyway and if you don't now its history, it's probably wise to do it sooner rather than later.
Sounds like you're looking at the instantaneous MPG, which normally updates every few seconds.
What MPG are you getting? What type of driving do you do?

[mjb]

hmm didn't realise AOL were still around...

[jasper5]

Fuel filter is located at the front of the engine, in my experience, the 90 has a cylinder with a large plastic ring holding the top on (it screws off).

The 110, has a cylinder with a nut on the top, you turn this anti-clockwise to undo the top of the filter housing (about 90deg).

There are usually two types of filter, one with a 12mm hole and one with a 24mm hole, the small one is usually the 90.

Be careful with the ring type fitting, it is easy to break off a pipe from the top of the filter housing....they cost £55 to replace.....yes, from experience

Always change the tensioner and roller when doing the timing belt.At your mileage, the water pump as well.

[djp30djp]

With regard to the MPG display, this is controled by the button on the end of the wiper stalk. Each press of the button takes you through a sequence of displays. It sounds like yours is showing "current MPG", just press the button & it moves to thr next display, hold it in for a few seconds & it resets.

[parcelman]

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP GUYS ITS MUCH APPRECIATED,AS FOR THE MILES,WELL IVE ONLY HAD THE CAR SINCE LAST WEDNESDAY AND IVE PUT IN £40 ALREADY,IM DOING ABOUT 15 MILES A DAY TO AND FROM WORK AND I TAKE IT NICE AND EASY,I PUT IN £20 ON SATURDAY GONE AND IT TOOK IT UP TO BETWEEN QUARTER AND HALF A TANK,IVE DONE UP UNTIL TODAY AND ITS ON THE LINE JUST OVER THE RED AND IVE ONLY DONE 90 MILES,SOMETHING IS WRONG THERE SURELY.

[DaiRees]

Hiya mate, the only way to really check the fuel consumption is to top off the tank and reset the trip. Then next time you top off the tank note how many miles it's done and calculate your MPG. Saying I've put this much in and only done about that many miles just ain't reliable enough. HDis should do well over 40mpg (depending on the type of driving and how heavy your right foot is), and over 50 on the motorway.

PS, please turn your CAPS LOCK off

Cheers