307 idling problems

[swank1982]

Hi

I have a fault with 307 hdi sport CC (136), at idle wether hot or cold it rattles/vibrates intermittently, owned the car of about 10 months and fine untill a couple of weeks ago when this started.

Any ideas, also how do you remove the plastic engine cover on this model, cant find any plastic screw/clips that I had on previous hdi models.

[sterion75]

my 407 clips on, and pulls off. Would need more info on the rattle, does it go when you push the clutch pedal, is it noisy on start-up and switch off?? It may be a flywheel or belt pulley. can you describe the rattle with a bit more detail? May just be something touching the chassis.

[Hysteria]

Does it make a ratteling sound between 800 and 1200 rpm's?

Does the sound clear up at about 1300 rpm's

Does it disappear for a while (when stopped at traffic lights) and then suddenly reappear?

I have the same problem on my soon to be traded in 307. On my soon to be ex car the problem is caused by 2 injectiors that are leaking. and a dodget EGR valve.

Check for what look like oil deposits by the injectors to start with.

[swank1982]

Hard to describe but it seems the whole engine vibrates, it doesn't do this all the time however, I have the car this week so will check out further. My wife reckons it also has a flat spot in 4th gear when accelerating hard but clears when put in 5th. For information car is a 2007 with only 32k miles.

WIll check for oil deposits tommorrow

thanks for your help

[davidireland]

Originally Posted by swank1982

Hard to describe but it seems the whole engine vibrates, it doesn't do this all the time however, I have the car this week so will check out further. My wife reckons it also has a flat spot in 4th gear when accelerating hard but clears when put in 5th. For information car is a 2007 with only 32k miles.

WIll check for oil deposits tommorrow

thanks for your help

Get a diagnostic check done.
Note, There won't be any oil deposits on your engine as its 2.0, as far as i remember Hysteria says his car is 1.6hdi, thus a whole lot different.

[swank1982]

First drive this morning problem not re-occured yet, however when we bought the car it had 27.5k miles on it and had been serviced at peugeot 2 weeks prior, the mileage till next service reading when you turned the ignition on was showing 19.5k to go. the last time I drove the car it (bout a month ago) was showing 15k to go which ties up with the 5k miles the car has done in our ownership (27k-32k) i noticed this morning it is now showing 4,850k miles to go a drop of 10k!

Any ideas?

[swank1982]

Just driven it 2x 15 mile journeys, service interval now 3800 miles? Still no idle problem reocurruing

[Hysteria]

Originally Posted by davidireland

Get a diagnostic check done.
Note, There won't be any oil deposits on your engine as its 2.0, as far as i remember Hysteria says his car is 1.6hdi, thus a whole lot different.

Correct, my EX car was a 1.6 Hdi.

As to the problem of your maintenance intervals suddenly going nuts can you please post here what was maintained the last time by the mechanic just to rule out a few things.

Given all your symptoms I wouldn't rule out the engine managment system.

[swank1982]

Engine management fault doesn't sound good,

last service feb 2011: 27k

oil filter, air filter, filtering pad, sump seal, screen conc, oil.

service oct 2009: 19k

oil filter, sump seal, pollen filter, screen con, motor flush, diesel conditioner, anti freeze, brake fluid, oil,enviro + cosumables

Recalls - vacumn pump valve, steering rack, differential pressure sensor

thanks

[swank1982]

Having a peugeot specialist look at car tommorrow, will post findings if any!

Was suggested that it could be a leak from the diesel filter housing apparently this is common on the 136 BHP HDi, causes similar symptons and doesn't cause the engine management light to come on.