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Peugeot 306 - uneconomical to repair?

I took my Peugeot 306 GLX (1998) to a car electrical specialist after a local garage told me they thought the ecu was faulty - but couldn't be sure, after they had replaced the throttle cable following an intermittent starting/stalling problem. It does need a new ecu which would have to be from Peugeot as it is not available from other sources, and the cost including new coils, plus brake work needed for the MOT would be =A31400. The 2nd garage (plus a friend in the trade) suggested this would be too much to spend on the car. However, there appear to be no further problems on the horizon, and I would need to spend at least that much on another car. Apart from the dent in my bank account, I can't see why I shouldn't get the car repaired (as it will be unlikely I could sell it). Any suggestions?

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jenkins.1
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I'd suggest either a second-hand or rebuilt ECU. There's plenty of companies listed in Google under "ECU repair". My opinion is £1400 IS too much to spend. It's just not recoverable, trading yours in against a car worth £1400 more would seem a better option.

-- r

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R

Hi, although it is possible for the ECU to be faulty it is quite rare, and there?s no easy way to be sure only by changing it. The coils are a much more likely to be the problem, you should be able to pick them ip from a Peugeot specialist breaker for about £40. The ECU is fairlt modern and I doubt if anyone can repair it, however if you can find an ECU you will have to get Peugeot to re-program it into your car, that might not be easy. I suggest get a s/h coil pack, clean idle control valve and then make your decision on any extra work or px the car............. but its only my opinion. TonyH

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Tonyh

So, the intermittent stalling problem hasn't cured after the throttle change I'm presuming? I'd make absolutely sure the ECU is faulty as already said it is rare for them to fail. Get a second opinion at least. There is one car electrical specialist which is pretty big in London and do some major advertising. I took a starter motor to them once just to check it. They took it into the backroom and came back telling me that it was faulty but they could repair it for =A380. I asked for the starter motor back and took it elsewhere where they tested it in front of me and found it be 100%. The fault, I later discovered, was elsewhere in the car.

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daddyfreddy

Hi, Several points of comment,

(1) It is known that the ignition coil pack can break down and damage the ECU so if the ECU is duff then most likely you will need to replace the coil pack as well and i think they have changed the spec on this (check) .

(2) The ECU should be repairable (check) and could cost about £200.00, otherwise a replacement from Peugeot is around £500 plus reprogram cost etc.

(3) If your ECU is repairable then it only needs to have fault code cleared on diagnostics.

If you take out the ECU it will have a name and model like SAGEM SL96 and you could do a search on the web.

Hope this helps, Graham....

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Graham H

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