Goce's 06 twin turbo diesel peugeot

[Tozguy]

Oops, then the R17s get my vote.

 

[Nogoingback]

I like the 17's a little better, but they both look fine.

 

[GoceKU]

Today's project is to use the old bearing i removed from the 607, modify it so i can bolt the rims i got to check them for straightness. Started this project by chucking the bearing in my lathe, because i did not want to make a spacer, or look for a brake disk, i cut the stepped part out, and faced it. Then i grabbed a piece of a scrap steel and machined a spindle. Then took both of them to the big garage and mounded it to my bench vice and checked the rims i bought, one by one, they are all straight.

 

[GoceKU]

Well i've been driving the 607 a bit only on "private property" because of the coronavirus many or the inspection stations are closed and the DMV is worse than before. But as always know the trouble hunting begins, I had one message about auto adjust headlamps on the dashboard but after 30km the ABS/ESP/Adjustable suspension light come on, it seems to happen when i touch the brake pedal after few turns, also when the gearbox gets up to temp seems to downshift hard and going from park to drive there is a hard engagement, i've read what i could find online and everyone is saying to do a fluid flash, from the look thru the service history i only found one note where they written gearbox replaced in 2016 and found a 2015 date on the gearbox heat exchanger. This vehicle runs a common Aisin TF-80sc gearbox that many volvos use, but many of the parts stores are closed so i had to make a trip to the main city to find some gearbox oil, main peugeot service centre was a bust , ones they heard of the 2,7 hdi, they said No we don't work on those and have no oil for them. So after some search i found me the main importer of Mannol oils, germany company the guy working at the counter said that my car needs Dexron 6 but i wasn't fooled, i know Dexron 6 come put only a few years ago and my car is 15 years old so i did a bit of searching on my phone and found the right mannol oil for my box. He looked it up and he did not had it in his warehouse but he could order it, so i left him a deposit and arranged for 8 L do be delivered to my city. After i got back i still had some time to get the rims i bought to wash them inside and out and send down the curved edges most of the scratches are only in the powder coating only few are down to the aluminium i don't want to use any filler i'll just blend them in.

 

[GoceKU]

Well It's 3 time me writing this post, others got somehow lost, anyway my gearbox oil arrived and i got to work changing it to do it right way i had to dig out an old old PC that supports Lexia 3, Peugeot Diagnostic, this took 2 hours i had to install windows xp and PP2000 then i lifted the 607 on 4 jack stands had to dropp the bottome brace to get to the drain plug and fire the engine and left it running for an hours to get the gearbox oil to 60 degrees the with the engine off i drain all the oil and filled it with new oil, fired it went thru all the gears up and down with the wheels turning got the new oil to mix with the old and up to 60 degrees again and drain it again then i filled it again and did it all over again, last thing i did is to set the level with the engine running at 60 degrees temp till it drips. Much more difficult task than on a manual gearbox and took me more than 6 hours. Next day i took it out for a drive, it shifts nicer no jerky shifting when cold and when i collected all the old oil i only had 6,5 liters and had 8 so the box was 1,5l down on oil. I hate wannabe mechanics that don't care.

 

[GoceKU]

Today early in the morning i drop off the freshly touched up rims and tires to be mounted at the tire shop, pictures don't do the tires justice, how big and wide they are i can only fit one tire in the trunk of my car, i had to cover my seats and use them. Because of the quarantine there are only few tire shops open and wanting to be as correct as i can i unloaded the tires and rims and left them my phone number to call me when they are done, this way we all avoid any direct contact. After lunch they called, they had mounded them and pressure washed them and left the away from the public area to be safe for me to load them, they have their act together and price for mounting 4 tires with new valves and balancing them with stick on weights 10 $ for all of them, normal pricing. I was surprised in this time they turn out to be real pro's. Got them home, and mounted them to the 607 with new centre caps and new chrome bolt covers, i ordered those black aftermarket centre caps to compliment the black paint but vehicle paint being metallic black and caps solid black don't mach at all i'll be looking for some OEM silver ones. I wanted to take it out for a drive to feel how it drives with the right size tires but by the time i was done, stay at home order was in place.

 

[Downunder Bob]

A very nice looking car, well done.

 

[GoceKU]

I've been driving this car on some of the back roads around me to keep the fluid circulated and workout the last remaining bugs it has. The ABS, ESP/ suspension issues are fixed, just a brake light switch. The air conditioning is giving me fault code about the variable compressor circuit, that is unknown territory for me. Also i'm learning some of the gadgets this car has, like speed limiter, cruise control, voice activation, also the time and speedo seam to calibrate there self thru the navigation, pretty impressive for a 15 year old car.

 

[Tozguy]

Any idea of how many of this model were made by Peugeot?

 

[GoceKU]

They are very expensive so not many i found this numbers.

Year Worldwide Production
2004 18,100
2005 19,100
2006 10,500
2007 7,500
2008 3,900
2009 1,900
2010 1,000
2011 53