308 Diesel Injector issues

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leothepug

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Hi. My daughter is driving, sometimes, a 308 HDi SW 2010.

Unless you give it a rev a start time it wont idle. On particularly cold mornings it will conk out at the the first or second stop as per traffic flow.

I lament the passing of 404, 504, 306, 405 and 307 (@ least the 180 Sport)

Is a 2nd hand diesel injector a readily available solution? Like a new one would be exorbitantly priced?
 
Which HDI engine does it have? Have you checked the fuel supply, filter, air-in-fuel?
 
All good. Pump internals are disembowelling. Metal bits, in filter, are being returned. Peugeots are disintegrating like the "Never Ending Story"; they've lost their faith.

Armand would be furious!
 
What mileage is on it


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The 3 letter motor code is digits 6, 7 & 8 of the VIN.
 
Only a means of knowing what fits.

The various versions of the 2.0 HDI engines have differences in their systems, like fuelling and EGR, and hopefully someone who knows the RHR well can give you some hints. 1.6 engines are differ even more.

My first thought is still a fuelling problem is more likely than a dud injector if there isn't a misfiring cylinder.
 
Morning leothepug; what do you mean by #3? The filter is between the the fuel tank and the high pressure pump, and if the pump is actually disembowelling the car won't be going anywhere other than on the back of a truck. Our 308 with RHR gave similar trouble last year during the cold frosty mornings. The filter change showed a covering of black fines, which was almost certainly due to bacterial growth in the tank. The theory is that the cold fuel is slightly thicker and the total covering of filtered fines impedes the flow to the pump enough to starve the engine. Suggested cures are either change the filter or get a job with a noon start when the ambient temp has thinned the fuel.
 
Black gooey crap blocking the filter, particularly the tank filter, is microbial growth - fungi and bacteria that thrive on diesel fuel with a little water. It's horrible stuff. The water is often from condensation in a service station tank, particularly if the tank spends most of its time at low level with plenty of humid air in it. The cure, apart from cleaning, is a diesel biocide in the vehicle tank, readily bought wherever there are trucks. (With their fuel consumption it can be a common worry for them).

The water collector up at engine level can keep it out of the HP pump, but not out of the tank.
 
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