Hi,
Well my g/f seems to have a little problem with her N'Reg 1995 Peugeot 306
1.8 Auto, and wondered if anyone on here could help me solve the problem. The car has only done 41,000 miles from new and started to stall when she would slow down for traffic lights or junctions. Seeing that it was an auto I thought I would do the age old trick of changing the spark plugs. So the car runs fine for two days solid but then one morning when she goes to use it, it won't start, I go out and start it by actually holding the throttle down a little, and it springs into life but won't tick over... I let the car warm up and it then idles fine. Being a little nervous of using it my gf decides to catch the bus that day. So later that day (around lunch time) I come home, try to start the car, and its the same situation, won't idle but revs fine, when it got warm it was ok. The next day I take it to my mechanic and ask him to check this like the idle control valve (stepping motor), throttle bodies, vacuum pipes.. normal stuff... That afternoon he brought the car back and said the car cuts out when it gets warm, but couldn't solve the problem. He had cleaned the Idle control valve, throttle bodies, checked the vacuum pipes.. but it was now doing the opposite of what it was doing the other day...1st problem was - cutting out when warm...
2nd problem was - not running when cold.....After cleaning it all...
3rd problem was - cutting out when warm...So here's the situation, my mechanic recommending I take it to a local Peugeot dealer to have it put on there computers to diagnose the problem... The only problem with that is that the car is an auto so I can't tow it, I don't really want to drive it and have it stall all the time at junctions and round a bouts.. or possible stall on the dual carriage way.. power steering and braking would be a problem.. As the dealer is 30miles away.. the cheapest I can find a lifted toe is for about £200 ! and then if I did get it there... well they charge over £80 and hour !
I was wondering if people thought like me that it had to be the idle control valve as what else could it be...
Any help or info would be thanked !!
Cheers Paul