306 Radio + Air con

External Since: Mar 14, 2005 Posts: 5

Hello,
I recently purchased a 306 TD sport S-reg 1998.

***RADIO QUERY***
If i manually pop in a station, say 97.9, it'll come up with RADIO 1 and
will play sound. However, if i do an auto seek, it doesn't pick up any
stations????? It just goes all the way through and never stops again.

Also, if i do manually select a station, if i go under a tree i lose
recption - bif naff!

I have taken out the (Clarion) head unit, and the aerial (with very weird
looking co-ax connection) is firmly in the back of the unit. The aerial on
the roof as a slight kink in it.

Now, Is this a problem? or is it just Peugeot?

***AIR CON***
I'm after the air conditioning pipes. Seemingly its the longer one that has
broke. But whilst i'm at it, i might as well do the shorted one too. Are
there any other places than peugeot i could get the parts?

Moneys a tad tight after just buy the car Surprised

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Cheers and thanks in Advance
ant

Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 7

Hi,
Recently bought a T-reg 306 xsi, it also has a leak in that particular pipe, by one of the brackets on the radiator, so i'm in a similar boat. I've been quoted £120 to supply the pair of pipes you mention, from an independant air con specialist, plus £40 to fit and £60+vat to recharge - very expensive in my opinion. I'm going to have a bash at doing it myself, I got lucky in a eBay auction and have bought the required pipe for £50 (have a look at these links for examples of recently finished ebay auctions, it'll give you an idea of the price you might get these pipes for, if you're lucky enough to find them: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4561415819, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10406&item=4559939301). I expect if you're patient you'll find pipes like these come up at auction again. I don't yet know how easy they'll be to fit though - maybe you can offer me some advice on how this is to be done and if any special techniques or tools are required?

As for your radio, the standard Peugeot clarion radio does NOT normally behave like that so something's gone peugeot with it. From what you've said I suspect the aerial rather than the radio, and if I were you i'd try buying a cheap replacement aerial (including cable all the way to the back of the head unit) and when that solves it get clever with my cable routing and aerial placement to make it look 'proper'.

Please let me know how you get on with your aircon DIY, also did you know a competent DIY mechanic can recharge an aircon system for around £30 by buying cans of refrigerant and a charging hose?