what is these mysterious dry joints, because im such a great solderer i never have encountered such a thing with my own creations, are they when the solder just doesnt make a connection.
Pretty much. Dry joints are solder joints on a PCB (generally) which have poor contact with a connecting component. They are hard to see but a tell tale sign is a crack around the solder joint. The older the joint, the more likelihood of it happening. To fix, just apply fresh solder.
ah right ive never encountered that phenominon before, but its good to know for future refrence, ive finally got a decent soldering iron with a stand and sponge for cleaning so i can tackle all soldering jobs now.
the previous owner had a replacement ignition lock and 2 keys supplied and coded by peugeot main dealer in june this year. Is there a chance that the keys are coded to the ignition correcly thus starting fine, BUT they are not coded correctly to the BSI?
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steve_earwig wrote:The mileage is stored in both the clocks and the BSI, I can't imagine how it would loose both
It's stored in both, but the BSI gets the say on what the display shows and if the BSI says nothing then it'll just display 000000. During a recent electrical tantrum, mine did it...
<steve_earwig> I think this forum is more about keeping our cars going with minimal outlay than giving our cars more reason to go bang
I don't know if I have fixed it. However the last time the car died was 50 yards from my house, so I walked home, went to the garage, ripped the battery out of the Golf and put it in the Pug. It's behaved since then (~250 miles), which makes me think I may have a broken battery (it's only a year old!)
<steve_earwig> I think this forum is more about keeping our cars going with minimal outlay than giving our cars more reason to go bang