Recently I welcomed my 6th Peugeot, a 70,000 mile 10-year old 407 SW 2.0HDi, and I've been giving her a thorough going over and service before putting her to work.
Having had issues with my 406 2.2 HDi additive system, I decided to check the additive. I was encouraged to see clearly using DiagBox that there should be 1639 ml in the additive tank. The reservoir volume was declared as 2160 ml. I had some additive so I thought I'd top up anyway and then let the ECU know what I had done. I watched a few videos and it seemed straightforward as it was on the 406. I filled via the breather and, although I didn't measure it, I reckon I poured in 2.5-3 litres from my 5 litre can before it reached the overflow. Quite an achievement I thought given the size of the reservoir and what was already supposed to be in there! Anyhow...
Informing the ECU is where I had most fun. Try as I might I couldn't find a place in DiagBox or PP2000 to 'reset the counter' as I did on the 406 and as I'd seen in the videos I'd watched for the 407. After a bit of head scratching I thought I'd look at my DiagBox which I bought back in 2013. Should be OK for a 2010 car I thought, but I found there were downloads on eBay to bring it up to v7.83 (from my v7.06). That was a very long night getting that installed! I also found Service Box 2013 on eBay - another long do! £2.98 and £1.99 respectively so didn't break the bank and were easy downloads when all sensible folk would be tucked up in bed.
Service Box was the first port of call. Was I doing it right? Was I using the right stuff? The filling process was right. The stuff I'd used was a worry. Service Box told me my additive was Infinium F7995, there are warnings about mixing, and a caution that "any other product causes a malfunction with the filtration system"


DiagBox v7.83 opened up a lot more things for me to blunder through. What I thought was logical didn't bring up a way of telling the car she had a tank full of additive, but eventually I found how to declare the tank had been filled. Can't remember how I got there but it was a relief, because I know I had brimmed the tank and I had now told the brain exactly that. The parameters measurements now say 2160 ml in a tank with a volume 2160 ml. Good I thought, but what had gone on before concerned me. Had the tank been practically dry? If it had been, would the pump and injector have survived?
The only relevant actuator test I could find for the additive system was for the additive pump. I can hear it run so I'm hoping it is good. I couldn't find an actuator test for the additive injector like there was for the 406 system. (The 406 injector was supposed to click when tested and it did, but, as age took hold - or was it that additive I was using? - , it didn't so I went to a manual system with appropriate PPE...).
Along the way I saw something somewhere about priming or filling the additive system pipework but I cannot for the life of me find it again. Do any of you experienced folk know if there are any other steps I need to take to make sure I've got the 407 additive system properly filled and properly ready to go and keep going?
Thanks for coming this far!
