November 2008
Folks,
I've just bought an 07 plated 307 1600HDI S, well 8th October to be exact!, and have noticed that under hard acceleration i get quite a bit of smoke out the exhaust.
Any ideas what this could be?
Also i've checked the service log and the warranty certificate hasnt been stamped by the priginal owner. Does this mean i'm screwed over the warranty?
Cheers in advance,
Marc Read more
For some reason, my stereo, indicators and heated rear window all suddenly died. Any ideas why this could be? Surely they shouldn't all be connected? Read more
hey guys,
I have the same fault... i was trying to fix the blower on my saxo, i found that there was no power getting to the switch itself and all fuses were ok! so i routed the power from the cigarette lighter just to get me going for the time being, but now my indicators, stereo and alternator seem to be playing up, all fuses seem ok, the hazzards work and i've tried replacing the relay for the hazzards, but i've got the same problem. The alternator is showing a dimly lit battery light indicating it's not charging, but this only comes on when a relay under the fuse board energises after starting the engine and slightly increasing the revs, on idle it's fine. intermittantly the hazzard relay chatters when the indicators come on, but it seems to be linked to the relay under the fuse board... i've undone what I did to the blower switch incase, but no joy :( any help would be amazing guys :)
cheers
Steve
Hi,
After my car stopped for no reason I took it to my local garage, who said it required a new main diesel pump, approx cost £700, as i could not afford to pay I sold the car on e-bay as a none runner, the mechanic who bought the car rang me 2 days later to say that there was nothing wrong with the pump the fault was the E.G.R. valve.
Has anyone heard of this happening as the fault was highlighted on a diagnostic machine
and the garage were certain it was the pump.
{Y reg, so that'll be 2001 then?} Read more
Not being a mechanic and having used this garage for several years I had no reason to doubt what they said about the pump being faulty, so I did not ask for a printout of the diagnostic test, although I must admit it has know crossed my mind to ask for the printout and get a second opinion.
The mechanic who bought the car actually lives 80 miles away so would have no reason to put my local garage down, apart from to warn me to be aware,
But he did say he checked the car changed the EGR valve and the car was fine
brought xantia was told cambelt gone have checked i think ok but not sure any easy way of checking.also have changed glow plugs and checked voltage across them that's ok so a little bit stuck now hope some1 has ideas.thanks Read more
fixed my r reg citroen now after using my t reg citroen as a donor car again , don`t think i`ll ever get this car started. never mind !i might use it to find out where stop solenoid is as still can`t locate it . anyway thinks for your help in solving my problems .
This estate has the diesel TDCi engine. It has been owned from new, done 26,000 miles and has the engine oil changed every six months. Regretably it does a large number of short journeys. The car runs brilliantly. The oil was last changed at the end of June. The oil is dipped weekly and until a fortnight ago was at the corrrect level every time. A fortnight ago it was 'high', above the bulb and showing on the wire. I assumed that it was an anomaly, but it was the same last Friday and again today. I assume that it is diesel that is getting in but I can see no sign of contamination.
I will be changing the oil within the next month, I will have a close look at what comes out.
What is going on please? How can it be prevented? Read more
I checked the sump when I did the oil change - like new, partly because beneath it s fitted a substantial mill board and felt undertray (which I have to remove and refit for each oil change). The nine pints I used is registering just about at the maximum. Whereas I always used to put 10 pints is each time. I do final dipping after standing over night. I continue to monitor.
halilley
I was in a main dealer the other day picking up a brochure for my wife and the salesman there used to work for a different main dealer where we bought my wife's last car from. I was just chatting about our buying experience at the other dealer, which was really bad, and he said that they now charge £30 for a test drive.
Now I can't make up my mind whether this is sour grapes, a sales technique or fact. Has anyone else ever heard of a charge for test driving prior to purchase of a brand new car? Read more
Many thanks. I hope your dealership continues to flourish.
Hi there
Looking for some help. My grandad bought a 607 about a month ago he already has 1 and the new 1 hasnt got the power of his old car. The turbo seems to come in at around 3000 rpm where as the other is progresive from a lower range. We have had the car on diognostics and it came up turbo preasure sensor so we changed it out. Still no joy. We then stripped the car down and adusted the waste gate on the turbo ( the car had a new turbo fitted by pug in france and the gate was at it lowest point so we adusted it by about 10 mm to the line on the threads where we could see it had been previously) We ran the car and the inter cooler pipe preasurised so we thought we had cured it. However the next day same problem. We have changed all the vacume sensors on the back wall of the engine bay. Checked the fuel filter. And the pipe still isnt preasurising at a lower range. The turbo is working you just have to drive the car at high revs to feel it coming in. When we first disconected the lower inter cooler pipe (black plastic pipe) there was oil in it. Any help would be good as we are completely lost as what to do next. The car has had a lot of work done in france if it helps i can get a list of the work done.
Thanks for reading
Andy Read more
Sorry for late reply, I`m still having the problem with my 607, change Solnoid valve, EGR valve, Air Flow Meter.But still losing pressure on motorway and as soon as I go up the hill...... Had enough. thinking to put this car into the bin. Unless any one knows what to do to pix the problem? Tnx
Yesterday my Legacy went in for its 12,000 mile "service" - oil and filter change and inspection at a main dealer. They rang saying they'd drained the oil and didn't realise that the diesel used a different oil filter and they didn't have one in stock. A double whammy! I couldn't leave the car with them for another day so they refitted the old filter. They've offered to have the car back and fit a new filter saying that would be ok. I think I'd prefer another fill of new oil as some of the old oil in the old filter will have mixed with the new oil. Is that fair enough or am I being over fussy? Appreciate any views. Thanks. Read more
The car is going great and I carried out a little mod myself the other weekend and trimmed the driver side rubber overmat, which provided another 4mm of accelerator pedal travel and unleashed a few more bhp!
You're driving the thing flat-out then?! Surely not the best way to maximise diesel type power characteristics surely!
Hi
My 206 has just started to make a whistling / screeching noise when i am driving it. It is there all time but seems to go away at over 20 revs. It is similar to a fan belt noise but isn't as loud. Could it still be the fan belt? Also tonight when i had just started it the revs increased and decreased on their own. When I then tried to pull away there wasn't much power and then it came back - juddery but not for very long. Could the two things be linked? Read more
Cam Belt tensioner can screech when worn out. Otherwise check condition of auxiliary belt. If its getting near a cam belt change consider getting the whole lot replaced sooner rather than later. Check also the condition of the crank pulley its a two piece contrivance bonded together with rubber and can separate. All can cause a catastrophic engine failure if the cambelt gets thrown off by the tensioner pulley siezing or by the auxiliary belt failing.
Hi there .....
Our 04 807 Executive 2.0HDi is throwing up an odd fault warning that isn't mentioned in the handbook.
When the car is started, the LCD infor panel above the the stereo shows "Brake Fault" and beeps. The handbook discusses this in conjunction with other warning lights, but in this instance nothing else shows, purely the LCD warning.
Does anyone have any idea where to start looking?
Thanks in anticipation. Read more
I've not got any way of reading the fault codes, so got to get it booked in to my local dealer. All brake warning lights seem to light when the ignition is put on, so no particular reason to suspect them at the moment ....... Will check fluid levels when I get a chance - awkward at present 'cos I broke my ankle two weeks ago !!
Dealer wants £35 to plug it in and do preliminary investiogations?
Browse
Marc
The warranty certificate hasn't been stamped by the supplying dealer?
Is this a forged service book to cover a mileage haircut?