So further to this thread I am tempted to buy a friend's 58 reg 308 1.6 petrol (120), it drives fine but she didn't want the hassle of dealing with faults listed in my other thread and let the MOT expire. She is happy to sell it for the money the scrapmen offered.
For the record, I'm starting a new thread because the question I am now facing is pretty different to the original one.
I came across this thread where user steve-5snwi suggested "book the car in for an MOT, clear it in the carpark and pray it doesn't come on while being tested."
The questions I have:
1. I tried clearing the codes (p0053 p0014 p0599 p2626) with torque lite using a cheap eBay obd reader and it didn't seem to work. Is it a matter of getting a £20 reader from Halfords, can it only be done with Peugeot Planet (or Lexia etc)?
2. I had a quick look at the meaning of these codes but can't really see whether they are the sort that you can "clear for a bit". Or are they all the sort that will return immediately anyway?
3. If I buy it I'm taking it to a trusted, independent but reasonably reputable garage to see how much is wrong with it and whether it's worth restoring to use and doing an MOT. They do also do MOTs. Is it totally outrageous and criminal to ask the mechanic to try the trick with clearing the codes? Or is it something that's routinely attempted anyway?
This will be (effectively) the first time I buy a car after being lucky to only drive my company car for 9 years so I'm new to the game, I'm sorry if they are stupid questions.
For the record, I'm starting a new thread because the question I am now facing is pretty different to the original one.
I came across this thread where user steve-5snwi suggested "book the car in for an MOT, clear it in the carpark and pray it doesn't come on while being tested."
The questions I have:
1. I tried clearing the codes (p0053 p0014 p0599 p2626) with torque lite using a cheap eBay obd reader and it didn't seem to work. Is it a matter of getting a £20 reader from Halfords, can it only be done with Peugeot Planet (or Lexia etc)?
2. I had a quick look at the meaning of these codes but can't really see whether they are the sort that you can "clear for a bit". Or are they all the sort that will return immediately anyway?
3. If I buy it I'm taking it to a trusted, independent but reasonably reputable garage to see how much is wrong with it and whether it's worth restoring to use and doing an MOT. They do also do MOTs. Is it totally outrageous and criminal to ask the mechanic to try the trick with clearing the codes? Or is it something that's routinely attempted anyway?
This will be (effectively) the first time I buy a car after being lucky to only drive my company car for 9 years so I'm new to the game, I'm sorry if they are stupid questions.