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Right, turns out it was the pressure regulating valve on the end of the pump.

£82 worse off for the diagnosis but for peace of mind having found something definitely wrong, worth every penny...

£89+vat for the new one...hopefully that'll be then end of my woes for a very long time!

Oh yeah, with the seat and cover off you can hear it working fine. Ignition on and it runs, audibly builds up pressure and stops.

Once it's fired up using brake cleaner sprayed up the inlet it stays running and works fine, though I've yet to take it for a run yet.

Kept fiddling for a further morning but I've generally given up - infact I've booked it into a specialist, so I'll let you all know what this intriguing problem is or was, as soon as it's back!

Not long told to try starting it with easy start by a mates dad who's and RAC bloke, so in this case I used brake cleaner and you know what, it fired up nearly straight away! So I'm pleased, but also slightly bemused as to what it could be...and then tried the switch off and then re-start test to se...

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Hi there, Apologies if this is deemed to be in the wrong topic area but it's a bit of a broad problem. I've not long become the owner of a Pug 406 HDi - Economic and less holes than the Alfa 75 it replaces...that'll do, or so I thought! Having only ever started straight on the key when I bought it, ...