20 Most Recent 1989 Peugeot 405 - Page 3 Questions & Answers

The soot coming out of the exhust, is from burning oil which with out compression testing the engine can be one of two things.
1) the valve stem seals need replacing
2) the piston ring are either worn or clogged up.
But both these things realy need a garage to do if you are not mechanically minded.

These have a problem with the wires in the hinge area on the drivers door, click the latch so the door thinks it is shut, do what you do to get the problem and if you still get it then wiggle the rubber tube carrying the wires in the hinge area. If the problem is gone with the door open or you change it by wiggling then the wores have cracked and need fixing, peugeot used to sell a harness part.

I can't tell from your post, what exactly you need to have done. I have quite of bit of experience with pugeots, and am not sure why an 89 would be special enough to refurbish! If yor are in the U.S., i would recommend that you pick another project! Sorry if I am disappointing you with my answer, but i hate to see people waste their money! If there is a specific thining that needs to be done, I would be happy to try to help you find someone in your area who can help you. contact me at [email protected]. I am in Green Bay , Wi. USA and I don't know what would be practcal. I do, however, have contacts around the states , that may be able to help you out. Good luck, and feel free to contact me via email.

Did they add any de-icer (i.e. HEET, Maxima...) to the fuel tank? If not, dump a couple of cans in and wait 5 minutes. If there IS some water left, it should take care of it. THEN fill your tank. Good Luck

12 volt dc motors use brushes and commutators. One or both of your brushes may be making intermittent contact with the commutator bars, or your commutator bars may be bridged with carbon buildup from the brushes wearing down. To check brushes remove the slotted round caps and check them. Look inside the hole after you pull the brushes out. You will see parallel bars of copper. the spaces between all of them should be clear of carbon and debris. the coppers should be shiny.

NO CHANCE, the relay is an electrical "buffer"the grating noise is a motor/regulator/mechanism problem,take it somewhere else......if you have a trading standards office that you would like to visit......keep me informed.

If the compressor has 3 air connections on top then the two lower terminals with nuts are the + and - supply inputs to the compressor motor. The two top spade terminals power a solenoid valve which changes a triple sequence (illegal?) to a combined blended triple tone. I don't think polarity is an issue but to check this connect a 12V battery -ve to the mounting bracket on the compressor. Attach 2 wires to a headlamp bulb and connect one to battery +ve. Then touch the spare wire to each of the 4 terminals in turn. If the bulb lights that terminal is at compressor ground. You can determine the operation of the relay in the same way. Between 2 terminals the relay will operate. Note those and then test each to the relay bracket to see if one side of the coil is grounded. By powering the relay directly from the battery you can then use the bulb to determine which contacts are 'made' when the relay operates. You will need a relay to control power to the motor. The solenoid valve probably only takes a couple of amps. You could run both the motor and the solenoid valve from the same relay if you just wanted a blended composite tone.

You will get a spark if something is drawing amps, such as the lights you say are on.

i know that if it is spitting you need to change the spark plugs, this might also help the bad starting, and also the cut while running.

best of luck

being diesel and its age i would recommend using a 10/40 or if its burning oil,say a pint every 1000 miles then use 20/50 most of the multigrades will be petrol and diesel.

time for a engine rebuild ,its rings have gone

Go to google type in engine peugeot 405 engine diagram and many choices will pop up.

The 3 relays in the traingular box behind the grille suffer from bead connections. Try unplugging the engine temp sensor and see if the fans spin up. Let me know how it goes.

cv axel,or bent inner part of wheel

how do i change peugeot partner oil filter?

you cannot adjust cose they are idraulic

Hi
is it leaking from anywhere, quite common o saxo's they leak from the steering rack, they have a small circular seal that go's and drips fluid out of the bottom.

It is also quite common on saxo's for the power steering pump to fail, it's the same on the peugeots, this is most likely the cause so get that checked first, you can get one off ebay for about £30 and they are fairly easy to fit.

Hope this helps
Regards
Dan