P0401 P129F Dynamic air flow test c4 picasso 1.6hdi

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P0401 P129F Dynamic air flow test c4 picasso 1.6hdi

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On normal driving my 2012 1.6hdi shows no faults on diagbox relating to airflow, however if I do dynamic testing on diagbox on airflow ,stationary ,engine warmed up the two faults show up ,see pics showing ref air flow 250 and actual 394.
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any reason dynamic test shows fault but not when driving? Have changed maff x 3 times ,egr x3 and map, hoping this might be related to my c1391 fault.
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Re: P0401 P129F Dynamic air flow test c4 picasso 1.6hdi

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I can't answer, but I scanned my 3008 yesterday as I was having some handbrake trouble, and on checking in the engine I saw the same that air flow was around 400 vs a reference of 250 or so at idle, and the EGR was showing as closed. Occasionally I have a long crank, idle is slightly rough (but then it has been for the 50k I have had it!), and I thought very occasionally I could feel a bit of hesitation on cruise - our original C4 Pic did some of this when the EGR valve was sticking. Dunno, no lights on, I'm ignoring it!
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Please post in English.

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Hello, I’m experiencing the same issues. Have you managed to sort it out?

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Mahmut + wrote: 16 Apr 2026, 06:31Hello, I have the same malfunctions. Did you solve the problem?
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Hi, I'm experiencing the same problems. Haven't you solved the issue yet? #-o
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Found that as fault only came up on when on diagbox static test , never under normal driving conditions that it was just a abnormal revvingg condition on test that caused it ,cleared faults never did test again and never had faults again or ay driving issue , my c1391 fault wass totally unrelated to any engine /car problem, when i went into engine ecu using diagbox(which isnt scary or compplicated as some people make our) you get options to enable or disable everything ,i had a permanent abs/esr fault ,it turned out abs was disabled in ecu options, enabled it and all faults and lights cleared , suggest if you have diagbox and any faults that you cant clear before replacing parts check everything that should be working is enabled in engine ecu, another thing is i went to a ecu programmining /fault clearing company and they said it was abs ecu related and not engine as shown by codes, that was rubbish , all braking function options are within engine ecu..
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Thank you. I have a Diagbox device. Could you send me a screenshot of the engine ECU settings you mentioned, showing what needs to be worked on and what you've corrected? I'll try it right away.
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I did this months ago and have since deleted pics , it is pretty straightforward once youve selected engine ecu, there were a couple of times i just continued option when gibberish came up it then just moved on until i got a list up of options ,i actually i actually enabled three braking options one of which i wasnt sure i had ,when i came out and checked car my abs light was still on ,i went back in and disabled the 3rd unsure option and all my lights / errors dissapeared, car has been fine for long time since . I am old and useless on computers but found it was simple once i had discovered route into engine ecu,