Since i signed up with this forum, though recent, i have been just an ocassional visitor here, especially reading car talks, like i am a freak on that, and also on politics now, because of the unavoidable drama going on in the political history of the most endowed country in africa, 9ja. I have a 406 prestige, 01/02, though i'm not too sure of that model, as it is not clear to me how the French coded the year of manufacture. It is not like other cars i have driven. I have never used my cars more than 3 years, but this one is like a spell cast on me, it is 4 years old now and still drives smooth. Though i adopted it with a gear problem right from the car dealer's shop, but because i do not give up on things easily it took my time, money & sweat to get to the root. The first mistake i made was to change the gear that came with it, as it was not given complete transmission, jacks at some point and ocassionally refuse to return to gear one when the car comes to a stop or iddle. I had to put off the engine to correct that. All other gears i bought works fine for maybe two weeks or a month like the last one did, then the ususal warning light"automatic gear fault" showing on the screen, seriously believe me it is not funny, especially when confronted with statements from neighbors. "if this car no kill you, you go kill am" said my own friend. I warn at last, problem solved. After a brief deliberation on what to do the rescue the car, we decided to procure for a gear that comes with the engine, because my engine is a V6. We got one from Aba for 280k, and ever then my car became born again till date, that was when we realized all the gears sold to me were for four(4)cylinder engine. When i asked how the whole exeprienced,even my mechanic could not know the differrence, his answer was that the both gears are similar with no mark to differenciate them. Now, i believe the present anomally i observed maybe be simple to get an advise from this platform: Friends, i like long distant waka and this french boy dey serve me well on that. My temperature increases when i am on the high way. Logically this should happen when i am in traffic, but it never happen, rather it gets normal, and i expect it to come down when i had plent wind on a high speed. What could be the cause....somebody help!!

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Since i signed up with this forum, though recent, i have been just an ocassional visitor here, especially reading car talks, like i am a freak on that, and also on politics now, because of the unavoidable drama going on in the political history of the most endowed country in africa, 9ja. I have a 406 prestige, 01/02, though i'm not too sure of that model, as it is not clear to me how the French coded the year of manufacture. It is not like other cars i have driven. I have never used my cars more than 3 years, but this one is like a spell cast on me, it is 4 years old now and still drives smooth. Though i adopted it with a gear problem right from the car dealer's shop, but because i do not give up on things easily it took my time, money & sweat to get to the root. The first mistake i made was to change the gear that came with it, as it was not given complete transmission, jacks at some point and ocassionally refuse to return to gear one when the car comes to a stop or iddle. I had to put off the engine to correct that. All other gears i bought works fine for maybe two weeks or a month like the last one did, then the ususal warning light"automatic gear fault" showing on the screen, seriously believe me it is not funny, especially when confronted with statements from neighbors. "if this car no kill you, you go kill am" said my own friend. I warn at last, problem solved. After a brief deliberation on what to do the rescue the car, we decided to procure for a gear that comes with the engine, because my engine is a V6. We got one from Aba for 280k, and ever then my car became born again till date, that was when we realized all the gears sold to me were for four(4)cylinder engine. When i asked how the whole exeprienced,even my mechanic could not know the differrence, his answer was that the both gears are similar with no mark to differenciate them. Now, i believe the present anomally i observed maybe be simple to get an advise from this platform: Friends, i like long distant waka and this french boy dey serve me well on that. My temperature increases when i am on the high way. Logically this should happen when i am in traffic, but it never happen, rather it gets normal, and i expect it to come down when i had plent wind on a high speed. What could be the cause....somebody help!!

go to a car wash, ensure they caver or remove all sensitive parts, let them flush the ac condenser and radiator with a high powered jet of water, it should solve the problem. i used to have a Peugeot v6 stick. meanwhile how did a 4cyl transmission fit into a v6?

Thank you my friend. your advise is taken. I will give you feedback once tried and tested ok. Meanwhile, to answer your question, i have no clue how a 4cylinder engine gear fits to a v6 engine gear space. What i observed was that, the second and last gear i bought before i finally got the present one that came with the engine looks same, and cannot tell the difference. So, the lesson to me is that i'd looked for a gear that comes with the type of engine i have befoer maikng payment or they the mechs can't get it right aswell.