I sold this 2007 207CC with 134,000 km earlier this year to a young student. In my defence I should add that I did everything possible to ensure the engine would be reliable! It had an engine transplant from an XT with 100,000 km on the clock, with new piston rings and valve seals fitted- the cylinder head had a total rebuild. It also had most of its rubber seals/ O-rings replaced as well as new plastic bits like the thermostat, expansion tank and coolant pipes. It ran very nicely and I was quite impressed with its performance. I did about 4,000 km on it before I sold it, looking for a new project.
Today I received a call from the new owner to say that when she started it this morning it ran very badly and had a depollution system faulty warning. Then it stopped.
I was surprised to find that while the ignition switched on as normal (with the above warning showing) when you turned the key to the start position there was absolutely no response. No solenoid clicks - no turning over. The battery voltage was around 12.0. My Launch diagnostic reader could not connect to the ECU. It read the other modules ok. And previously when I owned the car it read the engine ECU ok and gave similar results to Diagbox. We tried her spare key fob and it made no difference.
The only adverse recent events were that she had hit a kerb sufficiently hard to bend the LHS front steel rim. It had also been using a small amount of coolant, although there were some signs of splashes around the fan housing. The battery connections looked fine as did the multi-plugs into the ECU. The oil level was also ok.
Any advice would be most gratefully received.
Today I received a call from the new owner to say that when she started it this morning it ran very badly and had a depollution system faulty warning. Then it stopped.
I was surprised to find that while the ignition switched on as normal (with the above warning showing) when you turned the key to the start position there was absolutely no response. No solenoid clicks - no turning over. The battery voltage was around 12.0. My Launch diagnostic reader could not connect to the ECU. It read the other modules ok. And previously when I owned the car it read the engine ECU ok and gave similar results to Diagbox. We tried her spare key fob and it made no difference.
The only adverse recent events were that she had hit a kerb sufficiently hard to bend the LHS front steel rim. It had also been using a small amount of coolant, although there were some signs of splashes around the fan housing. The battery connections looked fine as did the multi-plugs into the ECU. The oil level was also ok.
Any advice would be most gratefully received.