Turn Indicator Bulb Replaced

Yesterday evening, the turn signal indicator for the right side suddenly began to toggle nervously twice as fast as normal - and I realised that the front bulb had gone. Bought one today at Halfords. Was not quite sure how to fix it, so I paid the £3.99 fee and let them do it. And it was more complicated than I had thought: it needed to be done from under the front wing, where the wheel is located. It took the guy almost half an hour! Good that I did not attempt this myself. The engineers/designers at Peugeot appear not to have the bulb changing procedure thought through a lot.

Major Repair: Injector #2

I left MrPercy for a few days at the garage for identifying the cause of the engine noise. David suggested it could be the camshaft. But after some investigation, it turned out that it was one of the injectors. The same problem had occurred with the Peugeot Expert also in other instances, as documented by several YouTube videos, for example that one below.



After injector #2 had been replaced in the shop, the engine again ran smoothly and quietly.

First Interior Upgrade

The table was covered by a quite ugly greenish wood imitation plastic foil. I removed this and placed instead a more pleasant looking marble imitation foil on that board. Cleaned the floor.

Removed the curtains, as it seemed a bit embarrassing to drive around in a van with fabric curtains at the windows. And fixed the glove compartment with a few furniture parts from B&Q. First I tried to use a magnetic catch, but the force was too little - the glove box kept opening again at every road bump. Then I used a mechanical catch with little ball spheres - and that provided the necessary closing force. Is now a bit hard to open, but at least it does not open by itself anymore.

First repair: the fan

Driving in UK without a fan is not possible: the humidity will fog up the windows, and this is then unsafe to drive. So the very first order of action was to get the fan fixed. As the very first measure I had bought a fan/heater from Maplin, so that I could at least get a temporary fix of the foggy windscreen. But then I brought the car to the garage nearby, who always have done a great job, at reasonable prices, so that they could investigate what the problem with the fan was. It turned out that the fan was there and was working fine, but the electric power connection had simply been disconnected. When the fan was working again, it made a bit of an annoying noise, but at least I could switch it on and regulate it ok from the panel.

The mechanic told me that the Diesel engine did make a very loud noise, unusual even for an old Diesel. I made another appointment to fix that issue too.