New S2 Avant Nothelle N300 owner

[LSG]

Someone was selling one early this year on the forum coz I said Brian smith should buy it as his is not very good but he said it has been like it for years and I shouldn't worry. Don't know if it sold.

[Tractor Dave]

It’s quite common for the harmonic damper to go wobbly with age.

But can I keep using it?

[Tractor Dave]

How many bulbs are there? I cant imagine they would all blow. I'm thinking its more likely a wiring issue.

Anyone had the pulley wobble?

[newsh]

It’s quite common for the harmonic damper to go wobbly with age.

[newsh]

Apparently the old switch has been superceded and you can now buy new switches that have leds in them.

[Greg_S]

The grain of rice bulbs are easy to replace on the switches, I did mine a few years back. I got the bulbs from ebay i think.

As for the pulley, that does sound more worrying as at high revs its going to have higher forces i expect.

[Tractor Dave]

As I slowly fix things that aren't working, I find new things I didn't even know were broken! I took the car out fishing last night. It was the first time I had driven it at night and I noticed that none of the window controls in the door are lit when the lights are on. Shouldn't they be?

I also have something more serious to worry about. I notice that when I start the car one of the drive belts screeches. Both the PAS and alternator belts appear tight but there is a rubber powder around the pulley indicating something is wearing. When I watch the anti vibration pulley, its not running true at its outer end. You can see a wobble. I suspect that the rubber damping has distorted whilst the car was laid up. Any advice guys?

[Tractor Dave]

My interior light switch was broken and I couldn’t get a new one.
This Coupe one is still available from AT for about €10. It’s almost identical but the housing is smaller.
So I set about swapping the broken bits over.





Now it’s all fixed




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[Bowie69]

You can get in OK if you remove the oil pressure switch...

[Tractor Dave]

Even better

I bent an old open ended spanner to do the job. It's tight in there!

[newsh]

[Tractor Dave]

Great news Dave!
I’ll order one of those for the Cabby which has the same symptoms

Cool. I'm well chuffed. Don't buy it from KMS as their stock is incorrectly marked up. They do know and were withdrawing the listing. I will send you the link where I got mine.

[newsh]

Great news Dave!
I’ll order one of those for the Cabby which has the same symptoms

[Tractor Dave]

Finally I fixed my oil pressure gauge issues. After getting another aux gauge to test that end, I had the same issue. I have now tried three different second hand senders to no avail. The wiring now all tested good so I was still scratching my head.
I was going to buy a new sender from TPS but they are on back order and will be £100 plus vat when they do come in.
I got this Intermotor one. It’s a straight fit and looks good quality. Fingers crossed it lasts. It was £29.

When fitted, everything was working as it should. Phew.


There is a diaphragm in the sender. My theory is that this perishes over time, approximately 25 years to be precise!
Hence, three apparently good second hand senders were all broke.

Just the wheel bearing issue to fix now.


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[John.]

Mr Auto. Been very good so far. Part of the PSA group.

Cheers.