DIY FIX broken heater blower on 307 peugeot

Why Am I posting this data.

Hopefully it will help other people with the same problems.

Well on the same day Saturday 16/09/07 I started to try and follow the wire diagram in the Haynes manual for the heater system with Aircon.

I started by removing the glove box and surrounding panels to gain access to the heater blower fan.

This was not to hard and do risk of braking anything.

1. I removed the blower motor and navigating it past the wire looms and brackets.

2. Tested the motor blower on the battery charger in the garage, spun up no problems.

3. So fault still lies somewhere behind this dash.

4. Located the resistor inside the blower aperture, if the reach in and twist it anti clock it will pull down and reveal the electrical connection.

5. The resistor contains 5 connections that pass the voltage across different tappings of the power resistor to give the speed settings 1 to 4.

6. Pin 1 must have had a poor connection at some point and was slightly tarnished crating a faulty connection on the spade terminal and on the connector plug also.

7. I cleaned the connections and added a little copper slip to the pin connections and refitted the resistor to the loom.

8. Refitted the blower motor and tested the system.

Result 2

I now have a heater blower in the car.

What is better i did not give Mike Thompson Stafford Ltd £650 of my money to fix such simple problem.

If the connection goes again i am sure if i was to cut the plug off the loom and solder the wires directly to the pins on the resistor i would get a 100% fix probably better than replacing the loom.

I have seen a few references to looms and 307 cars.

I think Peugeot are making money out of customers through poor product in some cases.

they should be trying to put a fix in place that does not cost £650.

Hope you enjoy the read.

some pics below.

DIY FIX Blocked Particulate Filter on Pageout 307 HDI 110BHP.

started with the "Diesel Filter Blocked"

This error actually means "Particulate Filter Blocked"

Misleading as to me the Diesel filter is a Fuel filter, not in this case though.

I jacked the car up to give good access to the Particulate filter,

1. removed Rubber pipes located just forward of the filter.

2. do not remove steal clips the rubber pipes pull off plastic junction held in clip on car.

3. Just follow the rubber pipes until you ket to the point where they are held against the car body.

4. pull pipes out of plastic clips and you will see the plastic union you can pull the rubber pipe off.

5. unscrew the sensor off the side of the filter and unplug wire connector put this in safe place.

6. undo the front clamp and rear clamp off the exhaust and a a little wiggling and the filter comes off.

7. If your filter is like mine (see pics) you can undo the 4 bolts and split the unit to aid cleaning.

8. Also undo feed pipe that joins front and rear section.

9. The unit then splits into 2 sections making it easier to wash out.

What did use? well I did not want to damage the filter so i used fairy liquid, hot water and a hose pipe on jet.

I washed both sections about 3 times until the water started to remain clean.

I found shaking the filer wile hose was in one end affective.

I would NOT recommend any banging of the unit.

I washed the unit out many times to ensure all soap was out of the matrix.

I used and Vax on wet to suck out any excess water, this was due to the properties of the filter matrix held water like a sponge.

don't tell Louise but i also slipped the unit in the oven to dry it out.

Well worked for me.

Fitted the Unit back together with a little "Note little" Gasket joint and fitted it back to the car.

Started the car and left to tick over for 30 mins just to dry out some more.

Result ........

So far error "blocked filter" has now gone away and it even seems to pull a little better.

Time will tell......

Next its The £650 Heater Blower.



















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Time to fix it myself. Fix Heater Blower and Particulate filter blocked.

Ok got up this morning and decided to try and sort out the error and heater problem.

I have posted pics on this blog to aid other people who may have the same problems with 307 HDI car.

Mike Thompson Stafford Ltd dont give good customer support unless your paying £100's pounds.

On the way home

Yes on the way home, sure enough the error "Diesel additive minimum level " was gone "Phew"

But guess what i got a new error Complete with an engine management light.

First
"Diesel Filter Blocked"

Then it flashed up

"Anti pollution Fault "

Then the engine management fault light came on.

The car then Limped home with a maximum revs of 2000

I turned the car off when i got home and when i restarted it, management light had gone off and it seemed to run ok.

Called Mike Thompson Stafford Ltd from work next day and got a useless reply.

went something like maybe the Particulate filter is just setteling down after the regen.

mmmmmmmm i dont think so......

anyway gave up with that avenue of support.

Update New Peugeot 307 110 BHP 4 Door.

Well did a little Research on the net about the "Diesel additive minimum level"

Special fluid top up required £20 per litre, and peugeot dealer required to reset the computer.

oh well never mind i can live with it.

Took it to peugeot Stafford for job to be done and asked them to do the cam belt also wile on the job.

Mike Thompson Stafford Ltd Phones me at work to tell me the water pump was leaking and if i wanted them to fit a new one wile it was in bits.

Well i knew it would be silly to say no so i let them continue, I did not mind because the car was cheaper that the 90bhp one i looked at and it was going to be all done.

I also asked if the mechanic could look at the heater blower wile they had the car, based on they should know the faults and be able to fit a new relay or switch whatever.

Got a call at about 4:45pm saying the car was done and ready for collection.

I asked if there where any problems and they said no its all gone fine.

I asked if they managed to find the fault with the heater blower and they said yes but they have not been able to fix it.

I said "no problem what's it going to cost" ( Wait for it ) ...........

£650 That the hell are you going to do to my car....

I said I wanted the heater to work not a new crankshaft fitted to the engine.

The lady on reception said it was a fault with the loom and resistor.

and the dashboard must be removed to fit the new wire loom. this is why it is £650 ( mostly labour )

The Materials to fix the car where aprox £70

I said thank you I will try and fix it myself.Publish Post

so off I drove with the car with its new special Fluid for the particulate filter.

Next......

New Peugeot 307 110 BHP 4 Door.

Well stroke of luck, Back on ebay found another car 307 hdi 110 4 door Same day.

Ticked all the boxes for a start.

Went to view the vehicle, found no real problems with the car such as body work bumps etc.

It had done 97k with a full service history from Peugeot.


What problems did it have that i knew about from the inspection.

Error on screen "Diesel additive minimum level "
Heater Did not work.


Not to bad i am sure i can get it sorted.

I offered £3500 for the car and a deal was done at this price.

So we drove away with the new well second hand car.

you can tell its 110 BHP it wants to pull all the time and you can feel the turbo in all gears.

307 Update

Well some time has passed since my last post so I thought I should pose an update.

The 307 I purchased of Ebay on buy it now never went through.

The seller of the car karl924 was a pleasure to deal with, gave no hard sell and was fine with me giving it a good look over before a final commitment to buy.

I decided not to complete and and karl was fine and a pleasure to deal with.

So we where back on the market for a new car.

I knew i wanted the 110 BHP and not the 90Bhp.

Also i did not like 2 door, it just did not feel right.

Back to auto trader and Ebay to look for another car.

New Car "2003 PEUGEOT 307 HDi S"

When i returned from the car boot on Sunday Louise asked if we could buy the 2003 PEUGEOT 307 HDi we had been watching.

It was on bidding but it had a buy it now price of £4350.

Louise had looked at some of the other cars that had been sold and all had very good feedback.

The other vehicles had also been placed on Auction bid with a buy it now option, and most of them had just been purchased close to the end of the auction.

She did not want to miss it, so I just took the mouse, asked her if she liked it and then I pressed the buy it now button.

So we are now the proud owner of a 2003 PEUGEOT 307 HDi S

£4350 without even viewing the car heheheheeh

The car is only in Cannock so will not be to hard to collect.

So there is now some questions that will be answered over the next week.

1. Is the new car OK ( was it a bargain or a lemon ) ?
2. Where does it leave my Gold PEUGEOT 306 D Turbo?
3. if i do get it how will i get it back 140 miles?

We will have to wait and see

Pics of new car

Bargain Day

Well Its Sunday and the sun is out.

Time for a trip around the car boot sale,

I am always on the lookout for a bargain purchase, this is either to add onto ebay or to increase my tool collection.

My daughter Joined me this bright and early Sunday morning.

We arrived about 8:30am and wandered around for about 3 hours, buying a few bits and bobs, nothing to exciting,

Although Zoe did get 6 Neons for her car. I guess some wiring will now be in the pipeline for me.

We also purchased a lovely unusual bunch of flowers for Louise my lovely wife who was missing us loads.











We left the large morning sale and decided to call in on the afternoon boot sale on the way home, it had started to spit with a little rain, This always turns the tables towards the buyer getting a bargain :-)

wile walking around i noticed a Bosch Jigsaw half under some bits and bobs.

I used to have a jig saw many moos ago, just a cheep one, but it packed up and ended up down the tip, so i have been looking for one for a wile, ( only if it is a bargain though)

I asked how much it was and the girl said "£5.00 And it has some blades with it to"

oh wow looks good how quickly can i get my hands on the saw and the £5.00 in her hand before she changed her mind, fast I can tell you.

Purchased a large 15mm masonary drill the one for drilling through a wall to fit radiators.

This was a Top quality drill bit also, not one of the rubbish things you can buy.

£2.00 Jackpot another winner ( put it in the bag quick ).

Anyway got home gave Louise Flowers, she loved them becasue she had never seen them before .

And I looked up the Jigsaw on the net £138.00 new .......

I like bosch tools, they still seem to have retained a good element of quality given the current manufacturing antics going on.

As you can see from the PIC the saw is in very good condition.

And yes it works flawlessly.

A Stroke Of Luck Update!!

On Friday I called up Homeserve with reference to my 3 months free cover on the drains and plumbing.

I asked if I was covered.

The Rep replied yes I am and asked if I would like to take out the cover for the year at £35.88/year

I replied I would be delighted to take out the cover, Pay them £35.00 and they will dig up the sewer and repair it. ( bargain ).

They arranged to send an engineer out Saturday morning between 9am and 12pm.

The engineer Pitched up just before 12 and i showed him the area the drain was collapsed.

He asked me how i knew it was damaged at this point and I showed him the video footage you can see on the blog ( If interested ).

He was pleased because he did not have to do anything to investigate the fault.

There was one problem though.....

The fault was under the public footpath just outside my gate.

The engineer made a phone call to check i was still covered, he confirmed this was fine and another company with a licence to work on the public footpath would have to come out on Monday for an estimate to repair the faulty pipe.

I am covered for up to £2000 per claim and 2 claim's per year, so i hope it will not cost more than this.

So all in all it still looks fine, so my fingers will remain crossed.

we will have to see how this works out........

Road Kill

Well last night we went out for a meal in Lichfield, this was a very short notice night out but a little juggling and rearrangement of my busy schedule i managed to free up a night.

11 of us from work managed to meet up and make our way over to a lovely curry house.

We all had a great night and it was great to catch up with Jon who had left our company some time ago.

He misses us so much he wants to come back. I miss his good quality of work also, please come back all is forgiven.

Anyway, where did the title of this post come from you may ask.

Well wile on the way home from Lichfield to Rugeley, our chauffeur ( Driver ) made a comment there is something in the road. and its moving......

Oh gosh its a rabbit... "someone said"

I was sitting in the back so i never made eye contact.

Next thing there was a loud thud from under the car.

Rob made a comment that made me laugh " maybe its ok "

Get lost it was 100% Road Kill for sure. ( Fear Factor Prop Creation )

A nice night out to catch up with everyone.

And the meal was very nice also.