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Hi,
I had a fault on my 1999 206 1.1i petrol - and it seems I'm not alone.
I did a little research and found others had suffered the same fate.
Symptoms -
Sudden loss of power - engine stop, all warning lights on - rapid decelleration (engine braking) Loss of power steering - heavy steering, loss of braking assist - heavy braking required.
As you can imagine - if you were on a busy motorway (as one person was) and had traffic inside of you, you are about as good as dead in poor weather.
I was lucky. I was only on a country lane - but still caused a massive tailback.
Something else you may like to try - is how long your hazard lights actually work for, after you have tried to start your engine for 5 minutes. - Mine lasted less than 10 minutes after that, So I was a dead duck on a bendy country lane with no lights - great
It got towed to a near garage - who checked the loom, and replaced MAP sensor - still no good. Off to Peugeot stealers, who said it needed a new Coilpack and ECU - re-programming of keys and all the cash that goes with it.
As an engineer - I am guessing that one of the coils broke down - and instead of going to an earth, went to the ECU input instead - sending a high voltage spark into the ECU and blowing it's brain out.
After I was quoted over £1400 for repairs at Peugeot, I let a local garage handle it After buying a second-hand coilpack from Ebay. The ECU was a re-con one, so this cost around £450 in total.
So it seems that the Pug ECU is shielded apart from the outputs. In an attempt to prevent the problem again, I've added a ferrite clip-on bead from a playstation to the leads from the coilpack, so should supress high voltages or at least RF.
I had a fault on my 1999 206 1.1i petrol - and it seems I'm not alone.
I did a little research and found others had suffered the same fate.
Symptoms -
Sudden loss of power - engine stop, all warning lights on - rapid decelleration (engine braking) Loss of power steering - heavy steering, loss of braking assist - heavy braking required.
As you can imagine - if you were on a busy motorway (as one person was) and had traffic inside of you, you are about as good as dead in poor weather.
I was lucky. I was only on a country lane - but still caused a massive tailback.
Something else you may like to try - is how long your hazard lights actually work for, after you have tried to start your engine for 5 minutes. - Mine lasted less than 10 minutes after that, So I was a dead duck on a bendy country lane with no lights - great
It got towed to a near garage - who checked the loom, and replaced MAP sensor - still no good. Off to Peugeot stealers, who said it needed a new Coilpack and ECU - re-programming of keys and all the cash that goes with it.
As an engineer - I am guessing that one of the coils broke down - and instead of going to an earth, went to the ECU input instead - sending a high voltage spark into the ECU and blowing it's brain out.
After I was quoted over £1400 for repairs at Peugeot, I let a local garage handle it After buying a second-hand coilpack from Ebay. The ECU was a re-con one, so this cost around £450 in total.
So it seems that the Pug ECU is shielded apart from the outputs. In an attempt to prevent the problem again, I've added a ferrite clip-on bead from a playstation to the leads from the coilpack, so should supress high voltages or at least RF.