Tutorial: Drain motor, air filter, filter in diesel
(Renault Espace 4 2.2 L DCI)

  • 24 September 2012
  • Rédigé par Richard
  • Tutorials

In this tutorial you will see how to do maintenance on the Espace 4 2.2 L DCI from Renault. It comes to make the engine drain by changing the oil filter. The air filter and fuel filter will be also changed.
Make the engine oil drain

Remove the oil level gauge to facilitate the release of oil later. This gauge is located …


Tutorial: Change the pulley and belt accessories (Renault Espace 4 2.2 L DCI)

  • 24 April 2012
  • Rédigé par Richard
  • Tutorials

This tutorial will explain how to change the belt of accessories on an engine 2.2 L DCI Renault Espace 4. In this speech, I speak specifically of the accessories belt pulley because that is a pulley Damper. This pulley will be also changed as it may cause a serious failure on this engine.
What is a pulley Damper?
A Damper pulley is …


Tutorial: Diesel Particulate Filter DPF (Peugeot 407 HDI)

  • 1 September 2011
  • Rédigé par Richard
  • Tutorials

This article details how to fill the reservoir with additive of particulate filter (DPF on the Peugeot 407 HDI). This additive is necessary for the proper functioning of the DPF. I put first the functioning of the DPF; This will allow better understanding of maintenance related.
How does a DPF
A particulate filter (DPF) is a filter through which pass the exhaust …


Tutorial: crankshaft spi seal flywheel side (Peugeot 306 1.9L D – XUD engine)

  • 15 August 2011
  • Rédigé par Richard
  • Tutorials

If you have an oil leak that appears to come from your flywheel, it can come from your crankshaft oil seal on the side of flywheel engine/gearbox. The crankshaft oil seal on crankshaft pulley side is systematically changed when timing belt is changed. On the other hand the spy seal gearbox side is usually changed when one realizes that it …


Tutorial: Change the clutch (Peugeot 306 1.9L D – XUD engine)

  • 14 August 2011
  • Rédigé par Richard
  • Tutorials

This tutorial details how to change the clutch on a 306 1.9 L D. Most maintenance on a car are to change a piece whose wear is provided, necessary or inevitable. This concerns for instance all filters, brake pads and brake discs, shock absorbers, belts or even gaskets spy. Among the pieces of this type, the clutch seems to be that …


Tutorial: Change the gearbox (Peugeot 306 1.9 L D – XUD engine)

  • 13 August 2011
  • Rédigé par Richard
  • Tutorials

In this tutorial you'll see how to change a gearbox on a Peugeot 306 1.9L D of 1994 (XUD engine). It is a fairly heavy intervention and which requires a good experience and a good equipment. Think that it will have to maneuver the gearbox under the car and she weighs between 30 and 40kg. The equivalent would be to make …


Tutorial: Change clutch cable (Peugeot 306 1.9 L D – XUD engine)

  • 6 August 2011
  • Rédigé par Richard
  • Tutorials

This tutorial shows how to change a clutch on a 306 cable 1.9 L D model 1994 (XUD engine). Clutch cable will, therefore, a mechanism of automatic playing catch-up. This mechanism has become common on our vehicles for some time already.
Engage or disengage?
To avoid any confusion later, it should be noted immediately 2 points:

Engaged: it is the State of the …


DIY: Change the drive shafts (Peugeot 306 1.9L D – XUD engine)

  • 1 August 2011
  • Rédigé par Richard
  • Tutorials

This tutorial will explain how to change the drive axle on a Peugeot 306 1.9L D of 1994. This intervention is relatively the same on many other vehicles. The drive axle will not wear quickly but steadily. Past 100000km, it is normal to have to change them. On the other hand, if one of their bellows is damaged while it …


Small serie of tutorials for the Peugeot 306 1.9L D

  • 1 August 2011
  • Rédigé par Richard
  • Tutorials

I will start today a small serie of tutorials which will concern the Peugeot 306 1.9L D (1994 model). If you have the Turbo D, these tutorials will also be able to serve you as detailed interventions are virtually identical.
This series of tutorials will cover:

the change of drive shafts
change clutch cable
the change of the gearbox
the change of the clutch
the crankshaft …


Fault: Diesel that will not start or stalls at startup (Peugeot 306 1.9L D/TD)

  • 23 June 2011
  • Rédigé par Richard
  • Tutorials

Do you have a diesel that does not start or that stalls after startup?
Your car is old enough? By that, I mean that it has more than 10 years.
This occurs if you have not rode for a few days or after the weekend?
If you pump a little on the PEAR / manual fuel pump, the motor starts well and hold …