Engine Management light

1996 Peugeot 406 1.9TDi

My engine management light started coming on about 2500 revs. Took it to my
local Peugeot garage, they said after inspection that the ECU was buggered,
it would cost £750 to renew it.

I managed to buy a new one from Holland costing about £450, fitted it low
and behold the same problem.

1. Anyone any ideas.

2. What's my garage up to, going to charge me that amount for something that
I hope may be something simple.

TIA

David McCallum

 

i wasn't aware the old diesels had an ECU but before changing the ECU i
would have taken it to another garage. PUG dealers alway seem to blame the
easiest and most expensive part. Didn't anything show up in the fault log?

Simon

 

Basically they said it was a bad earth in the ECU, needed to be replaced.

Can any garage diagnose the fault? Sorry for being ignorant I know nothing
about cars.

TIA

David

 

any pug dealer can do it. most of the dealers where i live are rubbish

Simon

 

Simon,

It was a Peugeot dealer that told me the ECU was as fault, what's to stop
another one?

Can you recommend one in the Edinburgh area?

David

 

David,

Which dealer told you this? The only two Peugeot dealers I know of in the
Edinburgh area are Arnold Clark in Lochrin Place and Belmont Peugeot in
Sighthill.

If you can be bothered with the drive, Ecosse Peugeot in Bo'ness are
trustworthy, and not the type of place (in my experience) where they'll replace
parts unnecessarily. It's about 25 minutes from Edinburgh, and I've found the
staff nothing but helpful and enthusiastic, something I've yet to come across
at even the best of main dealers. They have the same diagnostic machine as a
main dealer would, I believe (they've certainly checked out my ECU before, and
downloaded updated software onto it - Peugeot 106).

Regards,
Graeme.

 

Graeme

Sighthill.

I'll give Ecosse a try, do you have a contact number for them. Big problem
is could they do it on a Saturday as work commitments muck up during the
week

David.

 

They are on 01506 516106, and are open on Saturdays (although they are usually
pretty busy, so you may not be able to get in *this* Saturday).

Regards,
Graeme.