307 Antipollution
Discussion
Afternoon all, having just gone totally against my better judgement and bought an HDI 307SW and been proven right. Within a couple of miles there were plumes of grey/blue smoke briefly, which cleared and the car ran fine across town for 20 mins or so. Mysterious but there you go.
Started it 3 hrs later and all was well, and after about 10 mins the Antipollution fault showed and dropped the car in to Limp home mode.
Before you ask it was bought at auction so I have no comeback, I knew the risks but I thought a six year old car with FSH over 80k miles that started and drove fine around the compound was a safe bet, doh!! It is in great condition too. Just goes to show.
I've topped up with diesel, and the fault still kicks in after a while, although the car drives excellently when started and before the fault comes in.
I've not had one of these before so I don't know any local specialists, everything I've seen suggests the main stealer will do moe damage than good, so it's booked in with a scruffy local french car specialist, but I still have a feeling I'm going to £500 lighter, this just seems like an excuse to change parts until the fault goes away, and most seem to go through a lot of parts in the process.
Not quite the sensible economical 7 seated purchase it was intended to be.
Anyone got any advice? I've had a quick search and can't see anything on PH.
Started it 3 hrs later and all was well, and after about 10 mins the Antipollution fault showed and dropped the car in to Limp home mode.
Before you ask it was bought at auction so I have no comeback, I knew the risks but I thought a six year old car with FSH over 80k miles that started and drove fine around the compound was a safe bet, doh!! It is in great condition too. Just goes to show.
I've topped up with diesel, and the fault still kicks in after a while, although the car drives excellently when started and before the fault comes in.
I've not had one of these before so I don't know any local specialists, everything I've seen suggests the main stealer will do moe damage than good, so it's booked in with a scruffy local french car specialist, but I still have a feeling I'm going to £500 lighter, this just seems like an excuse to change parts until the fault goes away, and most seem to go through a lot of parts in the process.
Not quite the sensible economical 7 seated purchase it was intended to be.
Anyone got any advice? I've had a quick search and can't see anything on PH.
That was quick!! Good thread that - seems I may have over-FAPped doesn't it? Wired thing was it was in traffic when the smoke kicked off, I believe it's supposed to do it when out at higher speed.
I'm guessing I will only know the damage when it gets plugged in on Wednesday - one specialist I spoke to said they usually change the little ecu controller too as it never gets reset when the cerium gets replaced, and Peugeot have told him they never could reset from new, they just didn't work!! Cue gallic shrug....
So an ecu, cerium top up and probably a replacement DPF??
I'm guessing I will only know the damage when it gets plugged in on Wednesday - one specialist I spoke to said they usually change the little ecu controller too as it never gets reset when the cerium gets replaced, and Peugeot have told him they never could reset from new, they just didn't work!! Cue gallic shrug....
So an ecu, cerium top up and probably a replacement DPF??
To be honest, its only quick because there was a thread on here recently about FAP. The only time I'd encountered it before was in the context of the 908 racers.
It beggars belief it really does, built in obsolescence of the first degree!
Currently I've had the codes read, fluid refilled and regeneration done - the specialist I'm using told me it could rack up cost-wise, he also said sometimes he can trick the ecu in to working after a fluid refill, but couldn't promise it. 10 miles later fault returns, so back in it goes tomorrow, for an ecu it seems. Last chance I reckon, and then I reckon the trade-in route looks appealing, or back to the auctions.
Shame because it ticks a lot of boxes and is in great condition, nice spec etc, but they seem to be a moneypit. Can't believe I was stupid enough to fall for the diesel is better nonsense!!!
My mum's got one of these too, think I may suggest she chops it in before she gets the same grief.
Currently I've had the codes read, fluid refilled and regeneration done - the specialist I'm using told me it could rack up cost-wise, he also said sometimes he can trick the ecu in to working after a fluid refill, but couldn't promise it. 10 miles later fault returns, so back in it goes tomorrow, for an ecu it seems. Last chance I reckon, and then I reckon the trade-in route looks appealing, or back to the auctions.
Shame because it ticks a lot of boxes and is in great condition, nice spec etc, but they seem to be a moneypit. Can't believe I was stupid enough to fall for the diesel is better nonsense!!!
My mum's got one of these too, think I may suggest she chops it in before she gets the same grief.
These give me greif somewhat but they can ben reset quite easily once you get the knack and do them in a set order, i have just managed to do them now, well do them and they last more than a month.
Are you local to Leicester, may lend a hand?
Carl
Are you local to Leicester, may lend a hand?
Carl
Edited by C. Grimsley on Friday 30th October 21:40
Thanks for the offer but sadly I'm down on the south coast. The guy I'm using has managed to reset the ecu for the fluid ok, but it is now showing that the filter is blocked. He's changed the sensors just in case and the light came on for him on a drive and went out again. He suggested I go for a thrash along the dual carriageway to get it to re-genereate but that damned light came on before I could get sustained speed up!!
His machine crashed late on Friday so he was unable to do a static re-gen, he has to get a new code from Peugeot or something which will happen on Monday, after which a static re-gen might work.
All seeming a little ominously like I'm going to need a new filter, is it really going to be £500???
Should I just take the view that apart from this issue which will only occur every 80k or so, these are great little cars and I can look forward to a few years of faithful service???
I'm working away for a few days but I'll have to drop the poxy thing back to the garage on Thursday.
His machine crashed late on Friday so he was unable to do a static re-gen, he has to get a new code from Peugeot or something which will happen on Monday, after which a static re-gen might work.
All seeming a little ominously like I'm going to need a new filter, is it really going to be £500???
Should I just take the view that apart from this issue which will only occur every 80k or so, these are great little cars and I can look forward to a few years of faithful service???
I'm working away for a few days but I'll have to drop the poxy thing back to the garage on Thursday.
I used to have a 307 hdi and it was a pain in the butt. It made my 205 gti feel like it had BMW reliability.
That antipollution thing happened a few times. Mine also had this other fault where i couldn't rev past 3k rpm. Nightmare with a turbo that comes on boost at 3k rpm as you can imagine. Loads of problems. Hopefully yours ends up better than mine did.
That antipollution thing happened a few times. Mine also had this other fault where i couldn't rev past 3k rpm. Nightmare with a turbo that comes on boost at 3k rpm as you can imagine. Loads of problems. Hopefully yours ends up better than mine did.
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