406 - DIY servicing?

As mentioned in another post, I'm looking for a 406 HDI. Is servicing one of
these a reasonable proposition for a DIYer?

 

If you have time on your hands todo it yes it is a d,i,y job and fun
todo. at least you know it all has been done.

 

Yes.




Oh you wanted a bit more. I haven't experience of the HDi but the mechanics
of the petrol model aren't bad. There are one or two jobs I haven't the
tools for (like hydraulic coil spring compressors and hub pullers) which
would stop me doing one or two jobs but you've probably got a load more kit
than me. I've had the front coil spring snap and couldn't do that myself for
lack of the above doofus (and time and garage space), brakes and discs are a
doddle (I changed pads with just a mole grip and a hammer).

 

good tools for doing pad. mole grips and a hammer.hahahaha.have to get
set of them and use them next time we get a car in for pads.

 

As with any common-rail wheezel, be very wary of the fuel system when
it's pressurised. It's ridiculously high pressure.

 

Tut, tut.

"No jobs worth doing unless it needs a new tool"

 

<Hangs head in shame, kicks cat>

 

Most hire places hire things out like that.but if you know some one
that does cars they might let you use there tools if they got that sort
of tool.

 

I remember hearing that one of the official test tools for leaks on one of
the Cit HDIs was basically a piece of paper on a very long stick. The
problem is that at that kind of pressure the diesel can shoot straight
through your skin...

 

That applys to any diesels high pressure pipe work though. Pretty much the
first thing we got taught at Lucas was if you where stupid enough to shoot
yoursef with an injector then go to caualty & get them to look up high
pressure injuries whilst they tried to send you home, after an hours
argument you'd have all the evidence you needed & you'd be in the right
place.

 

Indeed.

It always makes me chuckle that common rail injection is running at many,
many times the pressure of Citroen hydraulics - yet mechanics now quite
happily working on common rails are the same people who spent decades
running scared from a mere 70 bar.

 

Well I was visiting a friend and the warninglight came on halfway
between Gloucester and Liverpool. My friend has no tools except for
the above so.....

Malc

 

I don't think it was the pressure that scared them

 

True but there's the time and space factor too. I've got to work at
the side of the road because my garage was built for 1960s cars (and
it's full of other junk) and even if I do work in front of the garage
because it's en block I'd obstruct the other people in the road etc.

 

At least it did the job ..and did not cost you much,