Hello from Ireland!

So I've been meaning to sign up here for ages, big fan of the ScannerDanner YouTube videos.

I have a 2006 Peugeot 407 1.6hdi SW that I got for cheap ($400) last year that needed loads of work. By loads of work I mean.. timing belt, sunroof not working, window regulator, air doser wiring, heater flaps broken, lots of small things but it was working fine. Except one time it kept cutting out after a few minutes (usually at a junction) and wouldn't start again.. turned out to be a faulty\sticky fuel regulator.. I was quite proud of the diagnosis as it was a tricky one (at least for me).

I also had an abs\esp light that just wouldn't go away! I finally figured out that the previous owner had blocked the EGR valve with a plate, and tweaked the ECU software so it wouldn't show any EGR related error codes. I reflashed the ECU, and then all the errors showed up. I cleaned the EGR which was sticking, and the light finally disappeared!

I go through phases having an interest in car repair (usually when something is broken!) for a few weeks, then I drift off and take a different hobby for a while, like photography, programming or web design, when the car is going well. I'm in the car-repair phase at the moment so thought I'd finally sign up here!

I'll probably drop a post in the repair section shortly with my latest issue..

Welcome! Glad you signed up Feel free to post as much as you want!

Welcome glad you got to the root of your troubles , I've also seen issues with so called EGR deletes on common rail diesels a lot of the people selling software tweaks for diesels really haven't got a clue what they are doing. Here in the UK EGR deletes will be clamped down in the revised MOT due in the spring but it will just be a visual check

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