I have a 95 405 (uk car) heater matrix leaks!! can anyone tell me if I can do the job without remving the dash? The car has air con.
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18 years ago
I have a 95 405 (uk car) heater matrix leaks!! can anyone tell me if I can do the job without remving the dash? The car has air con.
Yes it can and if you do a search on Google groups you'll find the method detailed. Basically remove the glovebox, remove the centre console, disconnect the dash at the n/s and the middle. Get someone to pull the dash away while you get under and disconnect the pipes to the matrix and pull it out. Drain the cooling system first!!
This subject keeps coming up, so I've dug out the post I did in December
2001 (and repeated in May 2005) after I replaced a matrix on my Mark 1 J Reg 405 turbo diesel estate, which I did only after a lot of advice and encouragement from others in this group. And if you clamp the heater hoses under the bonnet at the bulkhead you don't need to drain the system.In fact apart from the one fascia screw I didn't need to touch the fascia at all. But note this is a 1992 Mark 1. This, at the time, saved me £440 over the book price quoted by Peugeot London.
WARNING: It worked for me, but I take no responsibility whatever for whatever mess you might get into. Note that at the time another poster said Mark IIs were harder and dash did have to come out. (See immediately previous post)
And once again I point to this link (originally posted by someone else)
Mark 1 1992 405 turbo diesel estate, without air conditioning. Basically you get the glove box out and everything else is easy.
The Mk one is a Hell of a lot easier to do than the Mk 2, but only because you have to pull the dash out to get the matrix out. And the glovebox is slightly more difficult to remove. Otherwise they're basically the same.
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