Thanks all for the ideas. Can't say that we have cleaned all the
connections, but have certainly checked continuity etc for relevent
contacts mentioned in the manuals, especially connections relating to
the 6 flash code. After all the hours the owner is rapidly losing
enthusiasm for this car. We will see what the weekend produces.
John
- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, Pug NZ <pug-yahoo2@...> wrote:
>
> Try to listen for the injectors when it is either not starting, or when
> it stalls.
>
> It sounds very similar to a problem we had with one of our V6 505s
which
> was eventually traced to poor connections between the wires and the
> terminals for the fuel/injection/ignition/starter relays. I found that
> it is not good enough to replace the relay, or even to wire the
> terminals so that the relay is permanently on, the fault would still
> occur. Eventually cleaned and soldered all the wire to terminal joints
> and solved the problem.
>
> I found the fault when I had unravelled the relays a bit, and had one
> held up with the engine running, and felt it click as I moved it
ever so
> slightly.
>
> I presume you have a wiring diagram and diagnostic info?
> Regards,
> Kevin
>
> John Parsons wrote:
>
> >Well, I would say that we are pretty close to junking this car.
> >Perfect body, new paint, good interior but this electrical gremlin we
> >are chasing is getting the better of us. The problem started with an
> >intermittent starting/running problem. Car would fire but die as soon
> >as you let off the key. Investigation of relays, etc. did not really
> >fix anything but after fiddling with connections and the like we have
> >not seen that problem for a few weeks now.
> >
> >Now the problem, and it is intermittent to some extent is as follows;
> >- as soon as micro switch is opened we get 6 flashes of the detination
> >light
> >- car has a horrible miss which seems to be the injection system
> >cutting out
> >- sometimes it will not idle, but just dies after running (length of
> >time varies)
> >- other times it will idle and run fine, no light even, then it just
> >goes for sh!t again (this is all just sitting on the shop floor, not
> >changing anything, just trying to get the pattern to repeat so we can
> >nail down the problem.
> >
> >We have checked, tweaked and or replaced the following;
> >- all relevant relays, including tachometric
> >- throttle microswitch (gave wrong reading when open so we replaced it)
> >- throttle potentiometer – replaced and reset
> >- various temp sensors checked
> >- tried other MAF unit, no difference
> >- tried injection and ignition ECU's from well running car. While the
> >injection ECU from the bad car makes the good runner run like crap and
> >stall, the ECU from the good car has little effect in the bad (bad,
> >bad, very bad!) car.
> >- As per manual, relevant ECU wires checked for continuity or
> >resistance values – OK
> >
> >Car has been hooked to scope and ignition side looks good. Injection
> >seems to be the problem but for the life of us we cannot figure out
> >what is causing it to act up. As I said, it can be idling and just
> >die. When trying to drive it while it is acting up, it is as if the
> >injection shuts down and then starts again – result is that of a
> >horrible miss. It might then just clear up for a little while and
> >then start all over again.
> >
> >I am sure we have tried things that I have forgotten to mention but
> >this is getting long. Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> >John
> >
> >
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