Peugeot 306 - K Light again..

Hiya,


I have a P reg 1.6 306 Meridian. When running the engine without any
acceleration, so just cruising at 30 or so in 5th gear, and I turn on
the air-con or fans, the K light appears after a few seconds. It then
disapears when I either give the car more gas, or turn the fans off.
I was told once that this could be because I am adding extra strain to
the engine, and the fuel sensors think the engine is running rich??

I know that the obvious solution is not to run the car at close to
idle speeds when having the air-con on, but does anyone think I should
be worried?

Everything else seems to be running fine, it is due for a 63,000 mile
service though, (about 1000 overdue)...

Thanks,

Rob

 

acceleration, so just cruising at 30 or so in 5th gear, and I turn on


Best solution would be to stop driving at 30 in 5th, this causes untold
unnecessary damage to the gearbox.


Tim

 

I know that this probably sounds like a stupid question, but sice I am
a fresh owner of a pug306 (used car without any tech books or
manuals), I have to ask... what does K light mean.... when it is on
....

Regards,
Milos

 

Hi,

My light is in the middle of the top of my dashboard. Orange light
that looks like an engine block with a black K in the middle of it.
As far as I know it lights up to tell you when the engine managment
computer is having "issues"...

Mine comes on for a few seconds everytime I start the car.

Cheers,

Rob

 

(Rob Morse) wrote in

At the risk of repeating a previous poster...
30mph in 5th? That's gotta hurt. I couldn't do that to my 306.

 

I have to defend myself here.. I only did it by mistake, light came
on, so tried to recreate it... Yes, that was stupid of me..

Just out of interest, light doesn't come on when I don't do stupid
things. So my conclusion seems to be, don't do stupid things...

While I am here, anyone know any good garages in Cambridge area?

Cheers.

 

Hi,

I'm affraid it isn't a K but the symbol of a transistor. A NPN-bipolar
transistor, to give a complete answer.

True.

 

Not a very good one, is lacking the junction somewhat, but I get the meaning...

Still looks like an engine block with a black K in it though.

Rob