HOW TO: Heater Matrix Change | Peugeot 206
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- čas přidán 11. 10. 2018
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Replacing your leaking/blocked heater matrix in your Peugeot 206.
No need to remove the dashboard!
It may just be the two sealing O rings, but total cost of parts is £16 for both the O rings and matrix, so why not do both!
Link to one:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRAND-NEW-...
LEFT HAND DRIVE:
To anyone attempting this on a left-hand drive - according to the Peugeot manual you must remove the whole dashboard to change the heater matrix. Most mechanics will quote you 3-5 hours of labor because of this. It is possibly by way of using a Dremel to cut the corner of the plastic dashboard away, then glue it back together after the job is done. Took approx. 30 minutes of cutting and gluing time. The cut is made in the lower right side by your knees, so you can't see the cut unless you know it’s there. But obviously you will always have some visual damage. The throttle pedal will also need to be removed for access. 15minutes in/out for that.
(Thankyou to "free4all2" for that info)
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Thank you - great video. To anyone attempting this on a left-hand drive - according to the Peugeot manual you must remove the whole dashboard to change the heater matrix. Most mechanics will quote you 3-5 hours of labor because of this. I managed to change it the cowboy way by using a Dremel to cut the corner of the plastic dashboard away, then glue it back together after the job is done. Took approx. 30 minutes of cutting and gluing time. The cut is made in the lower right side by your knees, so you can't see the cut unless you know it’s there. But obviously you will always have some visual damage.
Brilliant information! I will highlight this in the comments.
Did you remove the throttle pedal too?
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@@PiggyPower Yes - you must remove the throttle to remove the upper most bolt holding the in- & outflow pipes (seen at 8:40). My 206 uses a digital throttle (no throttle cable) it’s just 3 bolts and the throttle switch. All are easily visible and accessible. I don’t know if it’s necessary to remove it if your car has a throttle cable.
Good info again, as I presumed. I will add into description later. Thankyou for helping 👍🤙👍
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@@PiggyPower I've attempted this right now on a lhd car. No cutting was necesessary, nor did i have to remove the pedalunit. Its tricky but doable. You can acutally bend the dasboard to remove the heater matrix without breaking it.
@@CK-br9mn indeed.
Hi Piggy, a great video clip without which I would have never attempted this repair. A few tips for those LHD enthusiasts. I have a 206+ version, not that its too different from the 206. Remove the panel under the steering wheel and the undo small chassis holding electrical sockets. I used fencing wire to hold the bits up and also the water hoses at the front. The console will bend and let you get the radiator out. And put a new one in :-). I saved oodles of € by doing it myself. Thanks to the video creator!
Yeah, LHD has those electrical bits in the way. The 206+ isn't any different in main architecture...it's the LHD bit that's different to this video ... Pedals too get in the way a bit!!
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I took my 206 to have the matrix removed. Used your video step by step and it worked brilliantly. Thank you so much 😊
No worries, glad it helped and glad you got it all fixed 👌🐷
I used this guide at the weekend, worked a treat.. If you're just replacing the two seals you can save time by only disconnecting the TOP pipe going from the engine bay to the heater.
I never see the benefits to just replacing the seals if I'm honest... As the matrix is so easy to get out at that stage... £6 for 2 seals, £15 for the matrix and 2 seals... But that's just my opinion 😂
Thank you......great video. I spent a very pleasant couple of hours today replacing my matrix. Made a whole lot easier because of your tutorial. All working and leak free now! The only thing i would do different would be to leave off the sponge as it made it a real tight fit back into the heater. got there in the end though! Thanks again.
Well done! And I'm glad it helped! (Love it if you subscribed,, I'm aiming for 5k!!))
Indeed it's a tight fit... But that's for good reason... Otherwise when the air is flowing, it will just flow around the matrix (taking the easy path) rather than through the matrix resulting in toasty hot cabin air!
Thanks again, nice to hear feedback like yours
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Thank you very much, same comment as from free4all2. Saved me loads on my 1998 206 1.6 petrol. Your cameraman is a genius by the way ;-). All the best from Britany
So pleased to help!! Haha...cameraman, editor, actor, moron, I have all bases covered! 👌
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Even felt smell of the heater fluid , thanks ,well done
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Glad I watched this, got a high mileage hdi and when the matrix went I thought dash out, time to scrap it, not now, cheers mate you saved me a lot of grief. 👍
Phew! Save! No problem... Hope the fix goes well and you get some more miles of motoring!
If you could consider subscribing as a thanks... That be AH may ZING! 😁
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Thanks for this love your channel. Daughter has 17 yr old and everything wear and tear seems to be failing but not unreliable. Cracking little car, shes owned for 8yrs 60k miles. Only wear and tear failures, never stopped. She loves it to pieces. Changed rear axle last year. Wished id paid a garage. Much swearing and scuffed knuckles but done. Renewed all brakes. Now got this leak, paper towel is same colour as dip in coolant header and tastes of antifreeze so presume coolant and tell tale white deposits on visible heater plastic. Did one f these on vauxhall carlton 20 yrs ago, dashboard out. NEVER again but this looks ok with your valuable vlogs. Thank you tompieces
No worries! Yeah piece of cake on the 206 compared to many other vehicles... The 306 for instance is full dash removal! Have fun! Stay trucking and safe!
I've been searching for the fix of my puddle in the passenger foot well and finally I've found a really great and understandable video. Thank you!
No worries! Hope you manage to fix it and save some £££ on the way 🐷💪👍
@@PiggyPower I'm from Tasmania so it's $$$ here 😂😂
Ah ok, well I hope you save some "wonga"
A great video! I watched and followed the steps you described and managed to change the piping up to the heater matrix and the gaskets. Thank you! 👍👌
Well done 👍👍🐷
We succeeded. We changed the gaskets that had flattened out,
we have not dismantled the engine compartment tubes,
we managed to loosen the screw that was among the
two tubes and to "play" from the inside
without pulling everything out. The only thing is that
we are more successful in putting the screw back
you see it at 8:03 minute because it does not hook.
But that's okay.
We will check in the coming days if the loss has stopped. I spent 60 cents for the gaskets. Thank you so much for this video.
Awesome! Good job! Well done for saving yourself some monies!
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One tip. Before you remove matrix pipes it will be nice to use pressured air to blow out coolant from matrix and pipes. Otherwise there will be coolant on floor carpets...
You'll still have coolant trapped. Coolant is far heavier than air so won't be displaced with compressed air alone. It's a nice idea. But a little tub/bucket under the pipes will do the job easy 😊🐷👍
Thank you _ I did it, thanks to you! It only took 3 hours including several teatime breaks together with my daughter. :-)
Nice! Sounds epic! Great time frame and that you are having done it with your daughter! Love it 👍😁
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great stuff, i've just done a journey of 1686 mls to eastern Europe from Kent, and after arriving, on the second day, when I was about to clean the passenger mat, a green puddle a fresh antifreeze was stearing me in the eyes. Been quoted by a guy the equivalent of 100 pounds just to 'remove the whole dash, and mounting it back again'. Mine is a C4 citroen 2008, but with the same design almost. (slight variations on the engine bey) can't wait to fix it after the new year celebrating stuff. wish me luck, and a non-freezing-windy day:P!
Have fun! 👍🐷💪
Really useful, thanks. The spectre of having to fiddle with my 206 heater box looms large because my fan squeaks and my Aircon smells bad. Anything that (even partially) demystifies these jobs is valuable. Aircon cleaner spray, proper stuff as I remember, was really just pretty smelly perfume.
Get the matrix looked at, could be all mouldy. Also, get a "bomb" put in the car from a proper A/C distributer, these clean and kill bacteria which can cause the smell
Thanks and greetings from Switzerland!! 🙏👍
You're welcome! Awesome to have viewers in different countries 😀🐷
Thanks for the video, am about halfway through replacing mine atm :)
All the best! 👍🐷💪
Well wish every heater matrix I tackled was as less tedious as that! Engineers take note when designing, think of the poor service guy! Nice job mate.
Tell me about it... Usually a day's work. 406s are the same by the way, no need to remove dash... 306s though, full dash out. 🤦🏻♂️
Watched guys at Mickys have to remove the entire front end and radiators out of a VW transporter this week, just to remove an alternator...
Remove the whole front subframe/engine to access a starter motor on a old A Series Merc. Such fail.
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Wow great video. Well explained. Loved the timelaps thank you
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Excellent - thank you. I need to sort my matrix on a Berlingo. This has saved me a garage bill. Really appreciate your time making a great video.
No worries! Take it easy and don't get stuck under the dash! 😜👍🐷💪
@@PiggyPower Ha! I just looked up heater matrix in Haynes, looks like it's a full dash removal. The engine side is easy! Nothing in the way. Shame it's not like that in the cab.
Yup. The 206 is quite rare for being so easy!
@@PiggyPower I've cheated for now. I've used radweld. Don't know how long it will last for but its worked. I'm going to go over the dash removal so it should be familiar when I get to it. Thanks again.
Just be warned that stuff blocks coolant passageways and radiator fins so badly. May even fully block the matrix, which would mean restrictions within the cooling system, creating heat spots in the head!
So amazing and so clear to the point..thank you so much, I really appreciate this video..
No worries, glad it helped someone 👌🐷
Thanks for the video 👍 I’ve got this to do on my 206cc. Much easier than the 306 I did years ago!!
Oh, night and day easy/hard! Under an hour easily with the 206 if it all goes well !
Thank you so much for this video - the instructions are brilliant. I have a 206cc 2.0L and thankfully on this model you can get to the 2 pipes in the engine bay without removing the battery or the air filter pipe - which made it a little easier. My matrix (which I think was the 19 yr old original) only had 1 bolt connecting it to the pipes - so I am surprised it hasn't leaked before - I have fitted all 3 bolts so fingers crossed the seal will be stronger! The trouble I have with the 206 is that white coolant bottle makes it really difficult to see the coolant level inside.
No worries! Glad you found it helpful! Indeed, I hate the coolant bottle design. So difficult to see the level! 👍🐷
Great video, well done and thank you!
No problems, hope it helps 👍🐷
This was awesome. Having this problem now and this will probably save me a couple of hundred pounds :)
So please to help! 👍
If you think it earns your sub'... I would be so very grateful 👍🐷💪
Thank you. Great video. Was an easy job to do .
No worries! Yup, not as scarry as some make out! 😊👍🐷💪
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Thank you! Great video.
An advice if I may please.
I noticed I am losing the coolant with some coolant marks under the drivers seat (LHD) hovewer this only happens only when the heating is turned ON.
Could it be due to O rings not holding the seal please and does it make sense this leaks only when the heating is ON please.
Thanks loads.
If its leaking ... It's leaking... Grab a matrix and O rings and fix it 😜👌🐷
Moin Moin, ja klasse. Ich denke ich kann alles ebenso auf meinen 307 anwenden, es sieht sehr gleich aus. Das ist tatsächlich das am besten erklärende Video das ich bisher gesehen habe. - good job
Grüße Henrik
I am going to need that in English 🙈😬👍
@@PiggyPower Wonderful. I think I can apply everything to my 307 as well, it looks very similar. This is actually the best explanatory video I've seen so far. - good job
Greetings Henrik
Oh thankyou! You may find there is more to remove in the 307... Been a long time since I've done one, Tiggy knows them well, I'll ask him for tips and get back... 👍
@@henrikl7271 If your vehicle is LHD, it will be very tricky, as pedals and steering column will be in the way. If RHD, then removing a bolt of too holding the dash in place will allow you to pull the dash away enough to remove the matrix. They often leak at the O rings, like the 206, so ensure your replacement comes with replacement O rings too!
Great detailed clip
Thanks 👍🐷
Excellent man ...very helpfull and it will have me money 🎉
Super awesomeness 👍👍🐷
Best video , good job mate
Thankyou. 👍👌🐷💪
This is brilliant! I was investigating putting an electric matrix above the coolant-powered one, because it takes ages to warm up and defrost. Looks like it'll be a tight squeeze so might abandon that project!
Yeah, it shouldn't take long if the flow is correct and engine is running as it should. Many people blank the egr system...then moan it takes ages for the engine to warm up, for instance.
@@PiggyPower thanks for the tip! I'll have a look at that and hope it's not gunked up! :D
Also...if in doubt, flat out... Usually gets things warm and toasty... Worth checking it's not got an air lock too, these too air lock easily. ... But whatever you do... Subscribe 😛😉
Great video, any same methode for the evaporator? I know normally we have to ooen the dashboard as well.
Much more of a pig to do... Dash out time iirc
Merci monsieur vous m'avait donner beaucoup des informations demain j'irai au mécanicien pour le changement de radiateur de chauffage.
Have a go yourself!
Great job!
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Great vidéo thanks bro
No worries ..
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Thanks now I know what I need to do.
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Nice one bro👍 cheerz. Very usefull
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Smash (or just tap) that subscribe button if you could, would help the channel 😁
Thank you for tutorial.
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Thanks - well made video - I think this solves part of my problem cause the o-rings are definitely leaking. I am not really losing a lot of coolant tho.
My floor is quite wet after we had a lot of rain last week so I think it is leaking through the door as well.
Door seals are classic to leak also. Unfortunately it will only get worse with those O rings. If you check and there are bolts missing you might catch it...but unlikely as I have found.
Thanks for the nice words. 🐷💪
@@PiggyPower mine has only one bolt, there is room for 3
@@dutchconf that might be the issue. Try and find replacements before you take it apart. 👌
Great cars. Damn cheap to own and maintain.
I am getting rid of my 2020 VW Polo for a car like this. 600 quid for a oil change and spark plug replacement. Absolutely nuts
Yup! They saying buying a brand new car is more economical, especially if electric... Until you actually calculate the cost.
£600 could buy you a decent enough 206. Put £400-500 in it to maybe freshen up the brakes and suspension and a service... And it will last you years and years 👍 then when it comes to a service, buy the oil and filter for £25 yourself and spend 30minutes doing it 👍😜🐷
@Piggy Power - could you tell me if it is possible to change just the 'O' rings without doing all the removal in the engine compartment, ie, can you just loosen the screw that holds the pipes in place? Cheers
You need to loosen the hard pipes from the bulkhead to give you enough movement .. otherwise you could end up breaking the ends
@@PiggyPower Cheers buddy
Hi mate, I recently bought a 206 and have a sloshing water sound behind the dash whenever the revs are up the sloshing noise matches. The engine temp is nice and solid at 80-90 after a good run with heater off and 70-80 with heater on. I also have good heat through heater matrix into the car but I have this sloshing noise. Anything you could advise?
Thanks in advance! 😁
Try blessing the matrix...and check scuttle for water, the drains maybe blocked 👌
Great video! Can i do that but just in cabine your work(no working under hood ,no disconekting pipe)thanks :)
Well, no, unless you cut a hole in the bulkhead ... But why do that if you can just lift the bonnet? What is preventing you from this?... Cant remove the matrix which is connected to water pipes without removing the water pipes!? 🙈🤔
nice! could you make a vid about the engine fan/ the fan in front off the car, and how to fix it? or maybe tell me where i can find the two green relays to the fan i think thats my problem
Information on wiring and relays is in your handbook or readily accessible online. Talking or showing about wiring problems can take hours or boring video, not very good content for CZcams. Often it just takes patience and some skills with a multimeter
Good job, great.
Thank you 😁🐷💪
great job
Muchos gracias
Is this the same issue for the gti180s? As mines started leaking and is it commkn for the 206 range to have this issue?
All share same heater box/matrix. Nothing special about the gti180 matrix 😜👍🐷
Great video buddy. Can 407 HDI be done in the same way?
Unaware, sorry
Thank you.
My pleasure!
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Nice and fantastic video.
Let me know which model of car as i have 2005
All 206s have the same choice of two. 👌
Is that brake light switch the one for lhd cars or both?
LHD just has the switch on the pedal...which would be there, because LHD. 👍😂🐷💪
I've done the repair today myself, on a 2002 206 1.4 litre. I had to disassemble the middle console (where the shifter sits) in order to not cut anything. The seals looked good on the old one so I hope that was the problem.
Well done 👍
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Wonderful :)
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English 😳
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Thankyou! If it meets the level of good you required to smash that subscribe button... I would be most happy 😁👍🐷💪
Ok
Tnx 👍🛠
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thanks for the vid very helpful, will be looking at mine shortly, overheated on my way into work couldnt see any visible leaks round the battery so have been puzzled but for weeks ive heard what can only be described as a waterfall sound in the pas footwell, now this video makes perfect sense as to what my issue is,...fingers crossed anyway 😂
Low on coolant too by any chance? That waterfall sound may well be air/bubbles moving round the system, audible inside the cabin. If it was leaking that much your passenger footwell would be a swimming pool
@@PiggyPower it could be coolant going into the engine? i dont know where its going it ends up on the floor under the car but i cant see the leak
@@JRH087 it ends up on the underside of the car? If it was going into the engine, you'd have other signs. Like pressurising coolant system and exhaust fumes
@@PiggyPower it is smoking quite a bit but its freezing here at the moment, it was -4 last night, also have brown sludge in my coolant tank and fine glitter which from.exoerience id say is some sort of stop leak it looks like k-seal maybe, my radiators look fine and hoses
Yeah, brown and glittery... Someone's definitely shoved some stop leak in it.
Best off flushing it out and until clear. Then refill with coolant/water and check for leaks once up to temp.
Hi I've done this job on a right hand drive 206, it's a real nightmare. In the way, you have the accelerator pedal and the electric box with the fuses box and ecu. in order to support this electric parts, the lower bracket is renforce. I managed to do it but i had to force like crazy on this bracket.
One thing surprises me in your video: Peugeot didn't move the brake booster/master cylinder on the over side of the car. They only create this dodgy shaft!! This is ugly !
I presume you mean left hand drive.... See the notes in comments and description as to how to overcome the LHD problem.
As to the bar...
Many manufacturers apply this strategy to LHD/RHD conversions to make building them simpler/cheaper!
Well done for managing it still! LHD is tricky with this job!
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Hello Piggy.
I have the same problem but my steering wheel is left side!
Can i do the same work like you or i need to take off the dushboard ?
I've been told it is possible 100% to change just the 'O' rings on a LHD ... Not yet 100% sure on the entire matrix .. perhaps by removing the throttle pedal it allows access? I've not a LHD to look at, sorry
@@PiggyPower Okay i will give it a try. thanks for the answer !!! i am wary because here its cost 250 euro to remove the dushboard :(
Wow, €250 for 3-4hours?! 😮
@@PiggyPower yeah its so expensive :(
See another comment here... Removal of throttle pedal and then slight cut of the trim on the dash .. then it's doable on LHD 🐷💪
hi frm gary south wales found a puddle on both the driver side and passenger side heater off and not working and the air con is disable is it the fuse for the heater motor where do find to test it
the main radiator has replaced and coolant pump last year but the temperature gauge has been had at midpoint don't know what problem is
coolant will not calculate run the bottle
pleasee get back to me
Are the hoses to the matrix hot? Is it digital display or manual controls? Matrix doesn't often leak drivers side, that normally is door seals (wetter when raining!)
Let me know, I'll see if I can advise
the heater section is a mechanical selector.
the aircon is not working and the indicator will not turn on and the heater motor is not working.
i tested all the fuses in the engine bay and under the dash. none of them are blown
there's a resistor under where the car LCD gose
this might the problem the pipe has been hot at the heater end
do i need to replace the heater resistor
Resistor for the fan would be my next step. I have a guide video for that on my channel 👍☺️🐷💪
ciao, puoi dirmi dove comprare gli o-ring? Avete un link?
apologies for late reply, ebay, £5/6 ...just search for your car and "matrix o rings"
Hello mate i have a question for you , i replace the Matrix But the smell ITS toxic , ITS like melt plastic ... But i don’t now Why, tomorow i change Again. The filter ita change , everiting ITS new
are you sure the smell is from the matrix and you dried out the heater box where coolant may have pooled?
@@PiggyPower the Matrix ITS cheep one, i buy a nother one and ITS ok Now ✌🏻
It seems like there are two versions of the matrix, one for automatic a/c and one for non-automatic a/c.. Have you any idea which one would fit a 2001 Peugeot 206 1.6 16V Roland Garros?
Check to see if you have auto climate control or manual.... 👍
Thanks for the reply. The a/c, fan speed etc can be adjusted manually but there is a button which says auto, so i'm guessing that would mean it's got the auto climate control?
@@PiggyPower Managed to get the old one out, the auto climate control is the right one. On my car there is this bloody pin type thing, looks like a big nail attached to a electrical connector, i'd imagine a thermostat or something, it was just embedded into the matrix from the outside and was tearing along it as i pulled it out, didn't realise it was there until i got the whole thing out. Managed to bend it unfortunately but i'm a bit concerned about the way it was just pushed into the matrix making a hole in the fins, don't want to ruin the new matrix but i'm guessing it's important to have in there. Unfortunately there is no Haynes manual for the 1.6 16v for some stupid reason.
Haynes are useless anyhow.
That's the temp sensor for the auto system, random that it's there though, usually not in that position. The video covers a auto climate system and the sensor isn't located there.
@@PiggyPower Managed to get it done, wouldn't have been able to do it without the video, thank you :)
Did manage to snap the part of the dashboard that's the bottom of where the glove compartment is, very brittle. Never mind, some glue should fix it.
Can i just check, should there be a noise coming from the heater matrix or around that area? Never noticed it before but it sounds like. i dunno maybe water flowing, maybe a fan spinning.. not sure if it's normal or if i did something wrong. Turning the heater fans on or off has no affect on the noise. It's not particularly loud but kind of worrying.
Again, thank you for the video!
Noticed I had this problem and saw it was a red like liquid and had a feeling it was some coolant getting in. I have the exact same symptoms so I assume it's that. My car is getting a big service and repair so I'll mention it to them and hopefully it's not too pricy (would do myself but it's winter and don't have a garage unfortunately). Very good video though 👍
Chuck a coat on... Fix on it with a hot water bottle wrapped round your waist 😉 whole you're at it...you can service the car yourself too 😜
@@PiggyPower hahaha oh the cold is totally fine it's more the rain getting into my engine since I'm in the southwest and rains a lot 😂 maybe I need to invest in a thing to cover the car 🤔😅
Thank you for the inspiration in the video dude. Already done lots of fixes to lights and Interior already so seeing these vids always helps 😁
No worries... Just work on it when it doesn't rain??
Rain in the engine bay is no issue at all by the way. Designed to cope with the wet conditions 👍
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Hi,where is the evaporator, how I can do the cleaning??
If you have AC the evap is deaper into the unit. You will need to go full dash remover.
What do you mean by cleaning?
Hi, at 5:12 am you remove a bolt,
can you tell me what size is the torpex key? Or give me a link to buy. Thank you !
At the beginning of the video I cover all the tools you need, including the torx size. 👍
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Someone had dropped a pencil down my ventilation-canals on my Citroen C3 (same as on Peugeot - it even has the Peugeot Lion on it) and this was blocking the airflow-controls. I had bought a inspektion camera - but this was not really helpfull as everything is dark in there.
I then thought I could see more by removing the heater matrix - but no awail. Finally I deceided to drill first one - then another 20 mm hole from the other side, as I at first really could not see anything - but when I was just about to call it a day - I spotted something like a kind of black tube that was sitting vertical and blocking the aircontrol-wing from rotating.
With a hook-shaped metal-wire I somehow got it tilted horisontal and I heard what turned out to be a pencil fall down into the matrix-slot from where I could retrive it - and now I could adjust the airflow without any problems and I just had to glue something over det 2 holes I had drilled.
No need to remove the complete dashboard and the pencil could actually just have been left in there, if I had not already removed the matrix.
What a story 😂👌
Where does that foam seal go?
Did you watch the whole video? I mention it couple times after 12min marker 👍
How long did it take?
It shouldn't take a proficient technician more than an hour .. DIY mechanic maybe 2 hours with a tea break ... 👍
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Do you have to drain all the coolant out the reservoir in the engine bay b4 removal?
It will drain anyway!
@@PiggyPower ok mate, mines just started a little leak after a slight bumper boink off a bollard🤣 but I think it’s only from the matrix itself, should I just get a new one or try and tighten it up?
Is it leaking inside? From the joint or from the matrix?
@@PiggyPower it’s leaking from the matrix box (the thing you pulled out) but it’s only a very very slight leak and I’m thinking it might have just shifted the seal/box out of place
Soon find out when youre upside down with a torch 🤪
Same thing as a heat exchanger?
I guess so. I use that term HVAC systems but not in vehicles funnily enough
do you know the diameter of the gaskets?
Not off hand. The O rings are so cheap to purchase I haven't had the need to measure them. 🙄
Sorry
Can you tell me what the size is of the 2 O-rings?
Honestly, I know what you're getting at, just buy the right ones, they are a slightly odd size and thickness. 👌
@@PiggyPower I want to buy the O-rings before disassembling the cooling system so I thought, maybe you know what the right size is.
You can buy them before, just buy from Peugeot or buy the matrix and they come with the O rings.
@@PiggyPower Peugeot doesn''t sell these O-rings and why should I buy a new matrix if the old one is not leaking? The cause of the leak are the O-rings.
Because 50% of the time the O rings are leaking because of the housing the O rings are in. Plus a matrix is like £15 with O rings!
If you're guna take it apart for 2 o rings... Why not replace the matrix while you're there?
I didn't see where you put the foam
All the way round the outer edge of the matrix/heater core helping seal it against the heater box wall 👍🐷
Much help ? Thanks
Is that a question 😂
I fitted my new heater matrix and tube today . You video made this job a peace of cake ,1 hour 20 mins to complete the job 👍
Once again thanks 😃
Woohoo! Not bad for a first timer! 👍🐷👌
Is it neccessary to disconnect the pipes in the engine bay?
Mine drips a little bit, guess it's been doing it for some time now. Haven't tried to replace a heater matrix before
Yes. Or you won't be able to remove the pipes under the dash.
This is one of the easiest heater matrix replacements out thereto be honest... Most need the entire dash to be removed!
@@PiggyPower oh well, i'll do that then 😁
Just gotta find out what i need of parts, before buying
Matrix, eBay, ensure they come with new O rings ... Shouldn't cost more than £20 delivered
@@PiggyPower it's a local store i can get a Valeo one from, so i can check if the o-rings is included.
I don't need anything for the rest of the dismantled part of the system?
in pegeote306 is the same process???
Not even slightly. Full removal of dash in a 306
well shit 🤦♂️
thanks for responding
I'm doing one next Friday and will do a video guide on how to do it as a few have been asking
Wonder if bar leak would cure?
It might. But it would potentially block up loads of water galleries elsewhere that you don't want blocked. Plus this is what, £15? A bottle of barleak or whatever is £7/8?! And eventually you'd need to swap it out anyway?
A bodge is never the long term solution!
@@PiggyPower agreed just 17yrs old wondering how much longer
How much longer for what?
If you mean how long will the car last... I find cars only become wasted/due for scrap once people stop taking care of them. Service them, keep an eye on rust, don't leave bad noises unattended... Cars go on for years beyond what most assume. Throw away society/wanting latest gadgets/models.
Huge kudos to your daughter being happy with the old 206! Drop us a DM if you want some help 👍🐷
Unfortunately for the left hand steering wheel 206s one needs to remove the whole dashboard to change the matrix ...
Someone messaged about doing it on a LHD and they just about managed it without dash removal... Not sure how though...maybe took throttle pedal out?
For 306 it is whole another story I think... the entire dashboard needs to come out, I don’t have the courage to start that. My heating is pretty bad on my 306
Yes it is. Much simpler than more modern vehicles though.
Good video but you have the glovebox at the wrong side..... Just ordered a radiator addatief hope it works if it Don t then I go for the repair.....
It's on the correct side. Everyone else has it on the wrong side 🤣🙈
I can assure you your money is better spent on a new matrix and O rings than the additive which will either 1) not work 2) block coolant passages and cause more problems 3) work for a short while and then fail again
@@PiggyPower I had some good results in the past with those addatiefs( liqui moly or eurol.). And the core is stil oké but the o rings failed I guess,.... To remove that core on a left hand drive you need to lift the dash 3 or 4 cm and slide it out....
@@MrRichard57000 indeed. Just loosen the dash a little. Unbolted the pedals helps too on LHD.
Additives won't sort a o ring leak. If you suspect just the O rings, you may manage to replace just the O rings in situ. But I rekon it's easier to do the whole thing
Broke my two clips that you show at 9:42. :(
Woopsy
@@PiggyPower found it curious that in the official Peugeot documentation they say to cut them when replacing the heater matrix and secure it with screws. I guess I just followed the rules then... Or maybe I misunderstood what I read.
Cut the old ones maybe...not the new ones?
@@PiggyPower old ones? Didn't understand what you said. The new matrix doesn't come with them. Here's the procedure I'm talking about if you're curious: filebin.net/2mb1q6jlwuv951ct
Ahh ok, yeah, bend them back or snap them off. There are screws securing the matrix, as shown... So no worries 👍
And when European cars were in Indonesia, almost everyone removed this heater because it was useless in tropical countries😂
I guess it would be. But then, you could just not turn the heater on!
@@PiggyPower ya,karena tujuannya itu😁
I wish I knew what that meant 😂🙈🐷
Hello mate i have a question for you , i replace the Matrix But the smell ITS toxic , ITS like melt plastic ... But i don’t now Why, tomorow i change Again. The filter ita change , everiting ITS new
The smell of what?
@@PiggyPower plastic, today i changed and ITS ok now , But i don’t now HOw much ITS smel normal
Shouldn't smell any plastic at all
@@PiggyPower one week not 3 monts