Pug505GR
07-01-2008, 02:29 PM
Hi All,
I am the new owner of a 1998 V6 Magna Exec Sedan and would appreciate some advice.
The car has done around 215,000 kms but I've been unable to get any real service history on the car. The previous owner who had the car for 6 years worked in the body shop of a major car yard. He says that he used to give the mechanics there a six pack occasionally to give the car a service, but I'm unsure what the frequency of this was or what exactly they did.
The thing that I do know is the timing belt hasn't been done, but he didn't know if it was done at 100,000 which was before he bought it. So obviously that is on the top of the list to get done. I was considering doing it myself, but will take it to the dealer to get done, along with a bit of tune up and a once over.
The things I intend doing in the next few weeks is an oil and filter change, as well as run some injector cleaner through and change spark plugs. Am pretty sure that the gearbox oil (5 speed) could be just about due too, so I might give that a change.
Is there anything else that I should be looking at, besides coolant, which I'm confident will be okay.
I intend on doing a lot of the work myself as it's not too difficult. I've got a bit of experience with working on cars - owning a 24 year old French car (rolling restoration :rant: ) does that to you - but some of these new fandangled technology thingies might trip me up for a while.
Am very happy with the car. It runs very well, except there is a bit of a 'flutter' under around 2,000 rpms on acceleration, but then it goes at higher revs. Am hoping that some injector cleaner might clear things out a bit and remedy this. Has anyone else experienced this?
The exhaust is a little noisy, but I intend getting under the car this weekend to see just how serious it is. Otherwise all is great.
One last question, how critical is the timing belt on these things. I know Peugeots are very touchy on this and it is a brave man who takes them past the required interval. I'm just wondering if it's something I should rush to get done ASAP.
Thanks in advance, and I look forward to hanging around here. This will be my third Magna over the years, but I've never really gotten to know them, except that they are great cars.
Regards
Matt
Oh, one other thing. The car came with no paperwork whatsoever. Does anyone know where I can get an Owner's Manual, either original or PDF will do. Also what is the prefered workshop manual for these. Are the ones offered from Haynes - if they exist - any good or are they the normal Haynes standard? I managed to score electronic factory workshop manuals, but they are for the TH and TJ - much difference to the TF?
I am the new owner of a 1998 V6 Magna Exec Sedan and would appreciate some advice.
The car has done around 215,000 kms but I've been unable to get any real service history on the car. The previous owner who had the car for 6 years worked in the body shop of a major car yard. He says that he used to give the mechanics there a six pack occasionally to give the car a service, but I'm unsure what the frequency of this was or what exactly they did.
The thing that I do know is the timing belt hasn't been done, but he didn't know if it was done at 100,000 which was before he bought it. So obviously that is on the top of the list to get done. I was considering doing it myself, but will take it to the dealer to get done, along with a bit of tune up and a once over.
The things I intend doing in the next few weeks is an oil and filter change, as well as run some injector cleaner through and change spark plugs. Am pretty sure that the gearbox oil (5 speed) could be just about due too, so I might give that a change.
Is there anything else that I should be looking at, besides coolant, which I'm confident will be okay.
I intend on doing a lot of the work myself as it's not too difficult. I've got a bit of experience with working on cars - owning a 24 year old French car (rolling restoration :rant: ) does that to you - but some of these new fandangled technology thingies might trip me up for a while.
Am very happy with the car. It runs very well, except there is a bit of a 'flutter' under around 2,000 rpms on acceleration, but then it goes at higher revs. Am hoping that some injector cleaner might clear things out a bit and remedy this. Has anyone else experienced this?
The exhaust is a little noisy, but I intend getting under the car this weekend to see just how serious it is. Otherwise all is great.
One last question, how critical is the timing belt on these things. I know Peugeots are very touchy on this and it is a brave man who takes them past the required interval. I'm just wondering if it's something I should rush to get done ASAP.
Thanks in advance, and I look forward to hanging around here. This will be my third Magna over the years, but I've never really gotten to know them, except that they are great cars.
Regards
Matt
Oh, one other thing. The car came with no paperwork whatsoever. Does anyone know where I can get an Owner's Manual, either original or PDF will do. Also what is the prefered workshop manual for these. Are the ones offered from Haynes - if they exist - any good or are they the normal Haynes standard? I managed to score electronic factory workshop manuals, but they are for the TH and TJ - much difference to the TF?