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Thanks for that info.

I'll take a look at the filter this evening or on Saturday and see if it is as yours was and take the cap off and try that.
The car moves well on the motorway and when I put my foot down it does go but when its around town it does suffer from slight hesitation so it has to be something simple.

cheers

I believe the 206 and 306 are 1.10 Litres for PS fluid.

Mine would start ok.
if left would tick over ok.
if you tried to rev it, then you got this kind of flat misfire, bit like the old days with petrol engines and choke, if you pushed it in to quick you ended up with this flat misfire where it was getting to much cold air to fuel.
on the HDi this would last for a couple of pedal down revs then she was...

Marc, Sorry if I have confused you. I have had this particular problem for a good while and have changed the following parts, LP in-tank fuel pump, HP Pump Control valve, Common rail Sensor
Does anyone know how/where I can get a schematic diagram of how the HP fuel system works from the start in the LP fuel tank to return to the said tank. I have...

No worries, a step at a time :wink:

This reminded me of the day one of the mechanics got married and the bad boys, his workmates, wired a kipper to the exhaust pipe of the honeymoon car. :-D

Cheers Mike for the tool advice and sensor checking method. I'll update next week.
Cheers all.

Mike,

Someone will be along shortly no doubt to tell you how to check out expected resistances of the sensors and how to measure them from appropriate pins in the abs connector which is probablly the answer you need.

Regards Neil

Thanks Neil!

Car failed on ABS light not illuminating . It's my brother's. He removed the dash pod, to find a...

Turned out to be O2 sensor bank 1.

That has been replaced and after running fine for a few days it suddenly won't tick over when cold.

Nipped out of work to take a look. Revved it for a minute or two until it settled down, symptoms were pretty much how a cold engine would have been with no choke back in the carburettor days. Drove it round the...

Hmm, the videos and stuff I’ve seen show the headunit I have but I obviously don’t know. Be nice if was an easy fit.

Getting someone with PP2000 wont be easy.

Vin: VF3**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff]

Both gauges kinda work for time to time, would pp2000 be able to reset the gauges??

Hiya Xantia, I hadn't seen yur post sorry but just read it. Seems to tally up with what I've found out already and mine does feel flat at times.
I understand fully the issues with carbon build up and that Redex won't clear the backs of the valves. I have found some improvement in the running since I bought it, probably down to the M6 every week...

Cheers Marc

I will give that a look over at the weekend once I demolish the door trim etc.
Shame it's not the passenger side that's a problem as that is the side I have a rattle so looks like 2 door pull aparts!!!

Many thanks.

Mart

Ok, so you have the 206 5 DOOR ESTATE 1.4 i 16v 90 Manual gearbox 5 with the ET3J4 Engine.

Unfortunately it doesn't state the architecture - only that is is multiplexed - so I suspect VAN bus. If you don't have access to another VCI (PP2000 interface) to try, then your best bet is to get it properly diagnosed - and I think you said you already...

Here you go.

You'll need one of these:

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Door Support Tool

Removing

Lower the glass approximately two thirds of its travel.
Protect the rear wing.
Support the door on the stands .

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Remove:
The fixing (1)
The stop (2)
The trim (3)
The mountings (4) (Take the...

Ok, that’s another diagram, I’ll need your VIN as there are several parts depending on your build code.

Hello guys,
Thank you for your help. My solution is replacing new comm2000. That's all. finish.

Thanks for the replys, decided to sell this and move on.

The first thing I would check is the battery.

A poor battery will play havoc with the electrical systems and can also be a little scary. It's happened to me and friends with the C5 and the Xsara - car worked fine on the way to work, come time to leave, try to start the car and lights up like a Christmas tree, needles going up and down, lights...

Charliedog. There are vast numbers of earthing points over the whole vehicle servicing different harnesses. if you have a specific system in place you want to know where the earth is, then let us know, I.e. door locking, electric windows, mirrors etc.

I think any 5w-40 semi synthetic will do the job.

If the engine otherwise runs fine (which it sounds to) but is idling high/hunting, then it doesn't it all look like an ecu problem to me.
I would suggest something like coolant temp sensor and/or whatever valve the ecu uses for idle control (not familiar with the setup on that engine so don't know if it just uses the throttle body or has a...

Thanks for your reply Oldpug

The eight small holes in the rail just provide extra lubrication for each cam lobe.

So with these rails are they meant to be actual extra holes in these oil bars?? as mine are just dimples in the plastic?
I wondered about drilling them out..?
I cannot even find a picture of a new part to compare against??

When...

Thank you. I must admit, I feel it's something to do with the belt/pulley set up. Possibly one of the larger pulleys? Due to the speed at which it seems to cycle .

I'm always bemused that for every test I ever presented, they never show the engine temperature - in this case it clearly states No Engine Temperature Taken .

That always happens with my vehicles at MOT. However, the garage I used to go to (six years or more ago) always removed the dipstick, measured the temperature probe depth against the stop...

CitroNut (may his soul rest in peace) used to call the Euro Crap Parts , and he would never use them after a few bad experiences.

I don't think the aircon is the problem its lack of output from the engine at low revs. When tested against the other almost identical car - even the same colour! the other car Pulls away better, this one sometimes stalls when pulling away on a gradient if cold, putting on the aircon just makes it worse.

Peter

I do both, and then transplant the marks to the new belt just in case you have the, 'which half tooth?' question

I suppose the answer to all this is......The car is worth what someone is prepared to pay for it. If you can get the insurance company to agree its worth £10K great, but you will only get £10K if its written off. Stick it in Autotrader or what ever you will get guys offering £2K-£3K ,if its in show condition may be £5K. There are less than 100...

Considering what my mechanic said, I thought it would be a lot harder. Thanks for your help!

Given that the last ‘decent’ garage he went to changed the whole transmission, without fixing the problem (and at considerable cost), a proper diagnosis surely has to be the way forward. :wink:

A diagnostic is basic advice that really should be first on the list for something like this - unless one has unlimited funds of course. It is still...

Many companies have databases that are factually incorrect. Good examples are a certain auction site and a national uk auto and bike retailer as examples. I've spent time getting some of these to get their databases updated - but as you can imagine, with thousands of parts, it is an impossibility - so I can only do this when I know certain parts...

I do not know of any good recommended mobile mechanic services, but I will ask around.

I asked a guy on YouTube about the possible differences in 306 models, and he said, from the tunnel back, all hatchback 306s have the same exhaust design. It's the manifold, diameter and downpipes that differ. . Not sure if he meant the same differences could...

On the canals the 'step' that the upper gates rest on is called the 'cill'.

So I took the caliper off, and got the old slider boots off. The slider is very rusty at the ends so obviously needs replacing. The boots have become disconnected from the metal mount so also clearly need replacing.

However, the bushes are trickier.

How do you get them out? With a press? Can they be driven all the way through?
The existing ones...

You could just ask the tester for a print out from the smoke tester which will have the actual reading on it.

Saying which, is it likely a massive airlock will cause this and ill need to crack the injectors to bleed it? Not shooting you down btw just theres still fuel at the lines regardless of time left.

Will try a jerrycan and feed it into the filter instead of the lines from the tank

Got a BOLs coming over for the 407, tried to combine shipping and get one for my C4 2.0i 16v petrol, doesn't exist. I was advised to buy two. One for the car and a C5 one for the engine. That will be the Revue Technique route. Obviously not a common model in the UK.

Mines a 136 but the handbook doesn't say anything regarding type or quantity, just a 'dash'. A mates coming over at the end of the week with a BOLs, didn't realise I'd miss one so much!

Ok, sorry to hear that news.

As others have said, it's very unusual for the oil feed to block and the turbo to fail on one of these engines.

The late 1.9TDs with Bosch mechanical pumps had an ECU to control the timing, so a Lexia can give useful diagnostics, especially with a fault that appears to be related to timing.

The timing belt jumping a tooth (or perhaps more now) is a good suggestion.

That's some serious bit of 'hacking', of the very physical kind. You certainly did persevere!
Confirms that it isn't the sort of thing even a determined thief would attempt at the roadside - unless a mobile workshop was on hand.
Glad you finally got it started. All you have to do now is make it look decent! #-o
Look forward to a final photo or...

Have you tested to see if the starter solenoid is getting power when the key is turned to 'start' position? Use a 12v test light and a friend if possible. If it is it should also click, like a relay. If it doesn't get power then there is a poor connection on either the +ve or earth. Does the large red lead that goes to the solenoid have power? If...

Thanks for the reply Marc, just about to open a celebratory beer. Really didn't want to prise the bumper off so I stuck a 10mm long reach socket on a 3/8 extension up inside the wing and unscrewed the bumper retaining bracket sufficiently to be able to ease it away from the wing, thus releasing the bumper. New lights are now in. CT next week....

Cleaned the key, tried the spare one, now they both work ! thanks to all contributors.