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307 empty radiator

Our bad boy 307 just had its last ever visit to a Peugeot main dealer for its 30,000 mile service, now out of warranty.

They reported that the radiator was completely empty... and wanted £240 for a new radiator.

Hold on. How has this happened? And wouldn't we have noticed? They reckoned it could have been empty all winter and the car would've run okay, not showing hot on the temperature gauge. Can this be right? Have we been 'running on empty' for months?

This only happenend yesterday, so haven't had time to thoroughly test it, but haven't noticed any water leaking out since they topped it up. Didn't let them put in the new radiator. Told them to top it up.

They also found that one of the brake lights wasn't working and said they'd have to replaced the whole unit since whoever put the last light in had damaged the socket or something. Didn't really understand that. It does tend to go through rather a lot of bulbs.

Don't trust them an inch, so haven't let them do any of it. The search is on for an independent dealer to look after it until we decide whether or not it's worth keeping now it's out of warranty.

Androo

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Androo
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If there was no coolant at all, then I suppose your coolant-temp-guage wouldn't operate - because there'd be nothing for it to measure ! Have you noticed the guage staying permanently on zero ? And if there was no coolant at all, then you'd expect the engine to overheat in a *very* short space of time ! Surely the headgasket wouldn't last for "months" if that was the case ?

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Nom

Sounds like obllocks to me. In fact I'd be tempted to speak to Peugeot UK about them and Trading Standards.

--=20 Malc

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Malc

UK about them and Trading Standards.

Exactly my thoughts. The coldness of the air outside, I would've thought, is fairly (if not totally) inconsequential. Engines get hot and need cooling.

The temperature gauge has always risen to the place you'd expect in the normal way.

And the one thing we haven't had any trouble with is the engine. So far anyway.

Hmm.

Androo

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Androo

Utter crap from that garage about the rad. Bulbs are a different matter. I have found through my 307 that when a bulb goes then you MUST use a Peugeot branded replacement, especially on headlights. Since I used them I have not had any trouble with bulbs continually blowing. And I'm not saying that because I work for a main dealer!!! Quite a few customers have had problems with bulbs continually blowing and they have all been cured by Peugeot bulbs and cleaning of the earths for the headlights.

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Nigel

Was your heater working ok - if so there must have been water in the system otherwise water would not flow through the heater matrix !

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Mike D

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