thanks Keith
Misfire
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scotland15
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:49 pm
had a similar prob with my 52 plate 1.9.misfire, loss of power and smokey,EGR was all sooted up
Exhaust gas recirculation valve.
on mine its at the front of the engine on the induction side.
there is a pipe from exh. manofold follow till you get to induction.
remove and clean with carb cleaner (messy job but not hard) any probs type in Peugeot EGR into google there is some good pics
if it is this you will notice diff. right away. Ive blocked mine off and car has never run so well.
good luck hope this helps
Exhaust gas recirculation valve.
on mine its at the front of the engine on the induction side.
there is a pipe from exh. manofold follow till you get to induction.
remove and clean with carb cleaner (messy job but not hard) any probs type in Peugeot EGR into google there is some good pics
if it is this you will notice diff. right away. Ive blocked mine off and car has never run so well.
good luck hope this helps
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AlexMc
- Posts: 5
- Joined: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:36 pm
My wife's 2.0 has had the lumpy tick-over from cold / cat fault / pollution fault for the last 2 years. Working in motorsport, I've looked into it a bit on and off. Last week it happened when we were both on holiday and I had a chance to look at it.
First job was to take the coil and spark plugs out. The tops of 2 plugs were wet with oil but the tips were the right colour. After cleaning the plugs and hosing the plug tubes down with WD40 I re-assembled and gave it a go. Ran the best it has in years!
I suspect the way the cylinder head and cam carriers are assembled can cause a small oil leak onto the plugs which from cold causes a missfire.
Any garage that changes the hydraulic tappets / coil / other expensive part, to fix this problem would normally take the plugs out and give them a wipe over which will mask the problem making you think you've paid for a genuine fix until it goes wrong again.
My advice is clean your plugs every 6 months and you'll be laughing as you spend your tappet money on a nice summer holiday!
Alex
PS I also used a fault code reader, which came up with the fault 'Multiple Missfires'. Better to trust a good mechanic than a computer I always find!
First job was to take the coil and spark plugs out. The tops of 2 plugs were wet with oil but the tips were the right colour. After cleaning the plugs and hosing the plug tubes down with WD40 I re-assembled and gave it a go. Ran the best it has in years!
I suspect the way the cylinder head and cam carriers are assembled can cause a small oil leak onto the plugs which from cold causes a missfire.
Any garage that changes the hydraulic tappets / coil / other expensive part, to fix this problem would normally take the plugs out and give them a wipe over which will mask the problem making you think you've paid for a genuine fix until it goes wrong again.
My advice is clean your plugs every 6 months and you'll be laughing as you spend your tappet money on a nice summer holiday!
Alex
PS I also used a fault code reader, which came up with the fault 'Multiple Missfires'. Better to trust a good mechanic than a computer I always find!