A real milestone..

[DaiRees]

Look what happened today.....



Don't suppose that's bad for six and a half years

[puglover]

let me guess wot the milestone is.....ermmmmmmmmm

i know.......the fuel light was glowing "FEED ME" so you went to the garage and spent £200.00 and only got 3/4 of a tank... (sorry couldnt resist that 1 lmao

good on ya mate only another 50000 to go and she'll be run in lol

[Blue406]

eh... I wish my ODO read that.
I do close to 20K a year!

[Welly]

we do not recommend owners of HPi engine's to exceed 50000 miles without a major rebuild of the high pressure fuel delivery system. As an experimental engine it has come to our attention that 50000 miles should be noted as a maximum mileage for these engines. Please note that ANY warranty claims in this respect must be virulently challenged at source and Head Office will back up this decision

[puggy]

Congratulations Dai and no doubt your fookin ac and foldy mirrors still work

What is considered to be the average mileage these days

[steve_earwig]

It used to be 10k a year, now it's 12 (but probably due to drop, considering the price of liquid gold these days)

Btw, a double congrats - one for the miles (so low!) and one for remembering to pull over and take a snap at the right moment (I always remember one mile too late )

[mjb]

Don't think I've ever seen a 406 odo reading that low! You clocked it mate?

[teamster1975]

Congrats to you Dai! Hope the next 50K are worry free!

[DaiRees]

Why thank you all for your kind comments. Warms my heart to know that you've got the best intrests of my pug and I at the forefront of your collective mind

Actually she's at the Pug doctor's today, once again the misfire reached a level which made me want to sell the car, so I thought that Citroen Peugeot Specialist in Bridgend that Neil was telling us about should have a look at it. The nice man just rang to inform me that they didn't actually feel the misfire when they tested it, but did detect a hesitation at low revs, and that that their investigation has revealed that the engine speed sensor is not giving reliable readings, so he's ordered one up and it's going back on Friday morning to have it fitted. Hope that'll cure it!

Gotta get myself back to Bridgend to pick it up now

Laters!

[STALLED]

Mine hit 151,000 yesterday....






















KM's though

[Welly]

engine speed sensor

I really hope that sorts the problem fella - you'll be made up with it then

[DaiRees]

So he changed the sensor on Friday and......

...it hasn't made any difference at all

So today I took it back down and we put it back on the computer, which now reports "no fault found".


I had a long discussion with the very nice man about what else could be causing it but he said exactly what I've always said, that without any indication from the computer you may as well just start changing randon bits, potentially throwing money down the drain.

I love the car but I really wish I'd never bought one with this bloody rare engine.

[STALLED]

I love the car but I really wish I'd never bought one with this bloody rare engine.

ShouldaboughtaD8.....

[DaiRees]

Sold a D8 to buy a D9 mate

[steve_earwig]

Bugger

I'm wondering what goes wrong on other GDI engines, the idea seems to be as old as the hills, so I wonder if it's worth having a squint to see what makes them misfire. Alfa owners consider the MAF to be a consumable on the 147/156 JTS. I bet you changed yours last year... VW FSIs seem to be prone to coil pack failures and rodent damage Renault IDEs have problems with immobilizers, throttle position sensors and coilpacks. Mitubishi GDIs seemed to be plagued with injector problems and carbon deposits on the exhaust valves (worse when cold).

Sorry if this seems a bit simplistic but it would drive me nuts too.