Hello everybody, my name is Alvin and i just bought a used 408 1.6T this morning. Delivery will be after raya.

Please add me to the membership of this group. It's great to be here. I see that there are 226 pages on this thread, I've read maybe 30-40 pages. So please forgive me if I ask questions which have been answered before on one of the pages. I was wondering:

1. Is there an official Peugeot 408 club?
2. When are you guys going to organize a TT session?

I will share photos of my car once I get it. In the meantime, have a good day.

Bro, do you mind explaining what is this "downpipe" and "open pod"? Sorry I'm a noob here.

Hi Skyjack,

Thanks. I got it for RM18,500 with 126k on the clock. Saw many ads with 50-70k but didn't believe it cos kept seeing the same car (together with same background) in different ads with variable mileage. So when I saw this silver one (of which the colour I wanted) with 126k and superb condition, I took it.

Clocked 5k km now. Serviced and changed almost everything, still a few to go. Very happy with this car, now slowly gonna clean the engine trying to get back to 163hp or somewhere near.

My immediate worry now is a loud "krekk" sound when cold starting. Happens just once then have to wait for engine to get cold again before it happens again. Changed timing chain set, it disappeared for a while but now it's back. Renautech says it's some circuit valve inside the engine which needs to remove the head to reach. It's like doing top overhaul to reach so I'm thinking of doing top overhaul cos I wanted to clean the carbon on the valves and intake manifold. Might as well, also engine oil consumption is about 1 liter per 2000km.

Any opinions on this is very much appreciated.




That's my car. Anybody know where to find that window trim piece? I wanna repair or replace all 4 as they're sticking out and can't be pushed back. I asked a few workshops and they just gave me a blur face (like it's too small a job to do). Thanks in advance.

Sorry, forgot to ask another thing.

When I accelerate suddenly (not when you modulate the throttle but when you floor it) the engine kinda hesitates, it "coughs" a few times and then only goes. Anybody knows what might be the issue?

The turbo intake hose has come off before in the middle of acceleration due to the clip breaking. It's been replaced with a universal clip, not ori. It got loose one time after a long drive and I tightened it myself but after that the problem still persists.

I would appreciate it if somebody had this issue before and found the solution could share. Thanks.

Hi savvy_savvy,

Thanks but that is actually for the front windscreen side trim. I have ordered from Shopee and replaced mine, very easy to DIY. What I'm looking for is the door window bottom trim pieces. I've tried searching everywhere and even asked multiple workshops but can't find it.

Appreciate if anybody has replaced them before to fill me in.

Hi Skyjack,

I finally decided to do top overhaul cos the oil leak was quite high (as you mentioned too), I can clean a lot more than just the valves and intake but get new valve seals plus gasket and there were some other issues that needed to take the engine out to solve (flywheel oil seal was leaking). Walnut decarbo was RM700 from Bros Auto and another RM300 for hydrogen cleaning some place else, so might as well spend Rm1900 for top overhaul (from Octane Autoworks).

The "krekk" sound became a long whine upon cold start. After checks found that the timing chain was off a bit (about 1 tooth) and had to be retuned to the correct settings, Renautech did not ask me to come back after changing timing chain and driving it around for a while (I sent to Octane and they checked). That long whine sound finally traced to camshaft gear that sits right under the chain. Replaced with a second hand unit (RM330 siap pasang) last week and now no more that spine chilling sound.

Now I'm done with all the repairs and enjoying the extra pull after top overhaul. Really recommend anyone with mileage above 100k to do it. Next is downpipe and open pod then upgrade to a bigger intercooler before doing remap. Any recommended place for remap?

Hi Dovienya,

I suggest not to use any phone holders that sit on the dash as:

1. It falls off all the time (i bought 2 units and it falls off no matter how strong the clip is, maybe it's the surface material used on 408)
2. If it is one of those using rubber clamp or suction, it will melt over time and screw up your dash

What I ended up using is this below:

1. It is secure
2. It does not obscure my vision
3. It is flexible to accommodate vertical or landscape