Broken Car!

hewhoisnotintheknow

drive shaft?

cyclonebri1

wxmlad wrote: »

i've heard some horror stories about the pug 206, and 3 of these stories are things that have happened to people i know, 2 of them were nearly killed and sued!!!

That sounds serious, being nearly killed and sued as well :rolleyes:

Inactive

There ya go, nobody managed to " guess " the actual fault on this one.:rolleyes:

Nobody listens to me... :rotfl:

LandyAndy

Inactive wrote: »

There ya go, nobody managed to " guess " the actual fault on this one.:rolleyes:

Nobody listens to me... :rotfl:

I did.:j

But I listened to you and decided not to post.;):D

cyclonebri1

Inactive wrote: »

There ya go, nobody managed to " guess " the actual fault on this one.:rolleyes:

Nobody listens to me... :rotfl:

I think it might be the coil pack, What?

Inactive

Strange that it started again with a faulty coil, I wonder if the OP's " friend " added a drop of fuel to get it to the garage for the diagnosis? .. :rolleyes:

:rotfl:

katie1986

Lol I had petrol! :rolleyes: I don't know what he did but I managed to get it there, cutting out once in a 5 minute journey.

pianeet

if its a 206 you can bet your life it will be the god awful electrics,next thing you will have is the catalytic converter light

ecohouse1

All manner of vehicle electical faults can be worsened as they heat up. Its possible that the fault in the coil pack caused a component or winding to break and after it has been stopped for a while was able to start working again as it had cooled down. All the transmission faults mentioned were red herrings anyway as an engine will run, even if it has nothing to drive!!!! ie you can rev the engine but it won't move anywhere.(clutch drive shaft)

Coil packs are more or less disposable these days on may cars anyway & need replaced every few years. The snapping cound you heard might have been transmission backlash with the car "jerking" as power was applied intermittently or as it broke off completely.

Inactive

ecohouse1 wrote: »

Coil packs are more or less disposable these days on may cars anyway & need replaced every few years..

Really?


Strange, I have never changed one on any of the many Japanese cars that I have ever owned.

That may well be true for French junk, I don't know, because I would not touch one with a barge pole.