407 air filter box assembly removal?

celica1994

Hey hows it going, My air filter box on my 2004 1.6 hdi Peugeot 407 apparently is broken and rattling around under my bonnet, im just wondering what holds the box itself in place, is it bolts, screws etc?

biko

Did you take the top off and the filter out and have a look/shake it?
Maybe just a loose bolt/screw.
Haven't removed a box on that car but it's usually pretty straightforward.

A video of top/filter removal.

Row

The airfilter box on the 2.0 hdi is different than the 1.6 hdi.
If you remove the top of the airfilter box (like when your replacing the filter) you should see 2 rubber grommets on the filter top cover that sit onto the 2 plastic studs on the top of the engine air intake and 1 plastic stud on the bottom of the filter box that sits into a grommet under the box.
See attached Pic....:)

celica1994

cheers for the reply guys, yea looking at the photo, I seem to be missing the parts that are circled, theres just two holes where they should be!

Nissan doctor

Its common on these, people just pull the filter housing up and the rubber grommets fall out and then they either don't notice or don't care enough to put them back, leaving the housing loose.

celica1994

so if I buy a second hand housing should the gromits be with it?

Nissan doctor

They should be, the bottom one won't though as the grommet is mounted in the manifold or whatever it is its attached to(can't remember off the top of my head) do the back of the engine.

celica1994

yea the bottom ones are still there, the metal pin things, just the airbox is jumping around like mad, not sitting down cause its missing this

Row

Just priced a new filter housing on servicebox and its
coming in at €191.87...:eek:

These are a cheaper option...;)
http://www.eurocarcare.net/various-engine-fittings/1422A3.html
Or
http://www.ebay.com/itm/270807026609

If you can get them any cheaper when you google "peugeot 1422A3" post back as I need to have a few of these as spare..:)

Btw check to see if the coolant hose under the airbox which feeds the egr heat exchanger hasn't any signs of wear because the airfilter box can wear a hole in this hose and we all know what can happen next...:eek:

celica1994

wow hell that's pricy!

think im going back to my Passat, the parts were nice and cheap lol.

yea Im gonna try locate a second hand filterbox, how do Peugeot justify the price of theyre parts???

Row

celica1994 wrote: »

wow hell that's pricy!

think im going back to my Passat, the parts were nice and cheap lol.

yea Im gonna try locate a second hand filterbox, how do Peugeot justify the price of theyre parts???

will you not get always with just the grommets..?
Are both the round lugs broke off your own airbox..?

Some parts are cheaper at the main dealers compaired to autofactors nowadays so its always worth shopping around...As you know the airbox is a dealer/breaker yard only part.

If one was to price a car all piece by piece then a 20 grand car would cost 200 grand in parts....this is why breaker yard owners have big rolls of cash..:D

lway

Row wrote: »

Btw check to see if the coolant hose under the airbox which feeds the egr heat exchanger hasn't any signs of wear because the airfilter box can wear a hole in this hose and we all know what can happen next...:eek:

+1 on this as i've been there, a loose airbox cut through the coolant hose on my 407 on the day of my NCT :eek:. I had no idea it happened, "Leaked coolant from one end of the test centre to the other" according to the tester but he still passed it. I had to go back into the test centre for a bottle of water to top it up for the trip home. Fortunately it was still under warranty from the garage I bought it from so they covered the cost, (I bought it second hand from a garage, not a Peugeot main dealer). Don't think i've any receipts for the work as the Peugeot garage that did the work dealt directly with the garage I bought it from. The mechanic showed me the damaged hose and there was a good clean cut through it. Worth checking out for.