I have the same car that had the same problem. I replaced the wire
that goes from the pos bat term to the starter, the b+ wire that goes
from the starter to the alternator, and cleaned both battery terms
until they sparkled. Since then, the car has always started.
The wires did not look too bad the the naked eye, but it's only $15
in parts, and it worked for me.
The body ground goes from the negative baterry term to the left side
of the driver's side head light. You'll have to remove the head
light and battery to get good access. It's half the size of the main
wires, and is green and yellow. I would at least remove and clean
this connection, or just replace the wire.
Finally there is a wire that goes from the neg bat term to the
engine. Clean and/or replace as nessisary/
PS be sure to disconnect the battery when re/reing wires. If you opt
to do them all at once, I'd remove the battery, and why not put it on
a charger while you work?
Good luck.
- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, "t505sw" <limonat@...> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> The wagons caught one of those chronic Peugeot bugs:
> starts no problem 1 out of 5 times. The four other times:
>
> I hear a hum (fuel pump?)
> A loud click from towards the right front (solenoid?)
> then nothing (no cranking)
>
> If I pump the gas a few times the next time around it might start
> about 1/5 of the time (coincidence?)
>
> Battery tested good (ye old AutoZone), no weird throbbing dash
lights.
> I cleaned the three relays near the fuse box. The wire from the +ve
> battery terminal to the starter(?) doesn't look corroded at either
end.
>
> How do I measure that >12V is reaching the starter?
>
> I would like to clean the
> earths; I have found a bunch of connections behind the LH and RH
> headlight frame -- but where is the engine ground?
>
> What diagnostic steps can I do?
>
> Thanks in advance for the information.
>
> --L
>
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