Hi, My 306 94 L reg XND has just failed its mot,
Heating matrix replacal £94+vat & £300 +vat labour wipers £20 load arm? £20 +vat & £30+vat labour service £125 crazed pipes £20 & £20 labour possible cambelt replacement - not quoted.
I was thinking of not bothering with it all... unless
If I can bypass the Heating matrix, apart from me putting up with the cold, what possible side effects can happen(to the car)? Any ideas welcome, thanks. (I'm no car expert!)
Easy to do, no known drawbacks other than no heater, poor demisting etc.
Find the two hoses, next to one another usually, going to the bulkhead. Disconnect both. Find a piece of metal tube to be a good fit in the hoses, join together and clamp with jubilee clips.
Why not change the heater matrix yourself? It is not hard, just time consuming hence the high labour charge. The service will be little more than an oil & filter change, possibly new plugs plus checking of fluid levels. Easy DIY. £20 of parts and an hour or so of your time. Could be well worth changing the coolant as well. It goes acidic over time and can start eating through things (like your heater matrix??)
The dosh you save should be put towards a cam belt change.This is not an amateur DIY job and is best entrusted to a local citroen/pug specialist not a main dealer who will likely be expensive. Also change the cambelt pulleys/bearing. If the cam belt breaks then it is big, expensive, engine damage and you will be throwing the car away when you ge that quotation!
I would consider getting an MOT elsewhere first, they may fail it on more or
*less* stuff.... This is a well known loop hole in the MOT system...Andy
No problems whatsoever. In fact theres a 106 diesel sat on my drive with the matrix bypassed. The owner drives around in a ski jacket, gloves and hat, but the car itself is fine!
Hi, thanks for your suggestions..
Just 2 last question.
If I bypass my Heater Matrix, can the Garage fail me on my MOT for that reason?
Also, they say when they push down at the back left of the car, is is a little more easier to push than the right, so they say I need a Load Arm? rplaced. Does that sound correct?
Thanks in Advance!
That garage is being rather harsh. I've never heard of a heater leaking or being bypassed failing the MOT. And the suspension has to bounce quite a bit to fail. Very unusual on Peugeots.
Hi,
It sounds as though they're scrabbling for work - all of their prices are well and truly high, or so it would seem to me - and I never yet heard of an MOT fail on a non-functional heater (mine hasn't worked properly in 3 years, and no garage has ever bothered about it), unless you're intending to drive the car at the North Pole (in which case you might have a problem). Why do you want to bypass the heater matrix? Sorry, I came into this thread late, and in spite of synchronising on all messages today, I missed the top of it.
As for the Load Arm ...????? That's a new one on me - check in a Haynes manual, and see whether you can identify the part - or ask at the local Peugeot Main Dealer or someone like this
Personally, I'd have said that suspension deflection was quite a subjective matter - but that, if the car bounces, you'd be more likely to be into it for new shock absorbers.
If you want to discuss it more, contact me off-group and I'll see what I can suggest. It sounds to me as if you're being had over.
Philip
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