Pug 206 Woes - Page 2

Matt · 09 January 2009, 12:53

I'm not sure if your year is OBDII compliant or not (Pug left changing it right to the last minute).

"If" it's OBDII compliant, then why not just buy yourself an error code reader.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/U381-Diagnos...1460708&sr=1-1

Or

http://www.gendan.co.uk/product_GDEOBD.html

It's gotta make more sense than buying random bits.

Nasher · 09 January 2009, 13:07

Matt

Hi

I gave up Wednesday night and dropped it off at a local garage last night.
They are going to plug it in today and see whats up.
£48 Diagnostic check plus their experiance seamed worth it in the end.

Nasher.

Nasher · 09 January 2009, 18:02

Well, in a way I feel better about not being able to fix it myself now.

The garage plugged it in today, cleared out all the fault codes, drove it round their yard and its full of fault codes again.
They've been trying different things and have now given up for the day.

The garage owner told me "it's personal now" and he's going to look at it tomorrow when it's quiet.

I should add that the garage is a friendly non-franchised set up with all the modern gear you could ask for, and has a very good trustworthy reputation in the local community.

Nasher.

PeterM · 09 January 2009, 18:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nasher

The coil pack is one of the all in one units that bolts down on the top of the plugs doing away with any leads.

Nasher

Thats me done then - give me back a real engine with points & plug leads any day !

doggypaddle · 09 January 2009, 19:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt

I'm not sure if your year is OBDII compliant or not (Pug left changing it right to the last minute).

"If" it's OBDII compliant, then why not just buy yourself an error code reader.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/U381-Diagnos...1460708&sr=1-1

Or

http://www.gendan.co.uk/product_GDEOBD.html

It's gotta make more sense than buying random bits.

got one on ebay for the corsa 20 squids.......imagine my shock when it actually worked,
Nasher,
it sounds like the demons may have escaped from your coilpack and contaminated the ECU

Nasher · 09 January 2009, 19:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by doggypaddle

it sounds like the demons may have escaped from your coilpack and contaminated the ECU

Mmm, thats exactly what I've been thinking.
The garage did say that all appeared well after they'd cleared the fault codes but hadn't re-started it.

Just have to wait and see now.

Nasher.

doggypaddle · 13 January 2009, 10:44

any news on the pukeup yet? Pukeups are a sore point at the moment.......
mates 206 got well and truly cooked, bought another engine, fitted it and it was a poor starter.........heaterplugs, went to undo heater plug and a piece of cylinder head holding the plug in fell away with jb weld attached

bought another engine because its quicker and cheaper than fixing them this too had a heater plug our which then snapped in the head

had to drill that out, it took an hour to get the injectors out to swap then for the new set, and to top it all off the the stop solenoid died and the pump was full of swarf so we had to swap that too. its all done now and going again,

last night he informes me the wheel bearing has gone. and the valve clearences have closed up so that needs re shimming
i really dont like french cars

Nasher · 13 January 2009, 17:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by doggypaddle

any news on the pukeup yet?

The garage have today tied it down to a faulty injector, and are swapping it out for a used one they have on the shelf.
I'll be home too late tonight to collect it, but should be OK for tomorrow.

I did listen to each injector with a screwdriver and thought they were OK, but if thats all it takes I'll be happy.

Bad luck with your mates Pug, they say that Pug oil burners go on forever.

Nasher.

doggypaddle · 13 January 2009, 21:32

well at least they found the fault, strange though why would a faulty injector create so many fault codes? or were they all air fuel ratio related?

Nasher · 13 January 2009, 22:36

No idea, I'll have a chat with the guy when I pick it up and report back.

Nasher · 18 January 2009, 12:43

Finaly got the Pug back Friday afternoon, the injector they had turned out to be the wrong one, so they sourced another used one for me, which at £20 I wasn't going to complain about. They charged me 2 hours labour in the end for all the work they did, inc fault finding swapping out the injector etc so the final bill was £116 which wasn't too bad.

It now runs and ticks over really well. They fitted the injector, cleared the fault codes, ran it around the block, connected it up again and no more fault codes had been logged. My initial mucking about caused the initial codes, but they were cleared before the old injector caused a load more, I/they can't explain this apart from the rough running causing other problems.

Nasher

Nasher · 07 February 2009, 15:59

Well the poor little 206 never really recovered from all this.

Sometimes it was fine, sometimes it ran rough. It went back to the garage twice more, and each time they couldn't find anything wrong with it.

Mrs Nasher has had it 7 years but needs a reliable car, and something a little bigger was needed as the boys have grown, so we swapped it in for a new(to her) car in the end.

We've brought a 54 plate 5 door Astra with 30K on the clock. Its the latest shape one, and despite being the SRi with the decent suspension, wheels, interior etc etc, its a 1.7 CDTi (Diesel).

I have to say its a great car which we'll fight over at times, it looks good, handles well, its comfortable, the TD engine gets it going really well, and it should return @55mpg. It wasn't even a lot of money in real terms, such a good time to buy a car if you can raise the cash.

Nasher