I own a 1.4 petrol 206 and for the last few days it will not idle/start without giving it petrol regardless of what I try.
When I turn the key sometimes it will pretend to start and then die immediately but most of the time it will turn over but never start. Every single time it does kill the clock however suggesting a short somewhere.
If however I turn the key while (out of gear) giving it petrol and clutch it will rev nicely and idle for as long as I keep riding the clutch.
Intrestingly as soon as I put it in reverse and move if I take it out of gear and take my feet of the pedals it will then idle fine.
I also took it for a 10mile+ drive last night - popped in to tesco for ten mins and it started fine. (it was still reading as warm on the temp gauge)
things i've checked.
The battery - I changed this six months ago for a mid-range (can sit around for a while type) but I have checked it's not dead.
Damp - My initial though was there was going to be water in the electronics. I could find no sign (I have a haynes manual and checked where it says to) by squirted wd-40 everywhere anyway.
Maybe connected.
Very occasionally when starting it gives me an orange warning triangle to the left of the speedo that kind of looks like a car skidding - I have no idea if this is connected (it doesn't always come up) but ruling this out would be nice (warning lights don't appear to be in the haynes book) I googled for it and it appears to be an ABS warning - as far as I know my 03 car does not have ABS.
I am intending to take this to the garage on friday (at the very least to get the error read) just hoping that someone may have some ideas before then so I don't go in blind (or look like a pillock because it's something silly).
My major problem is in taking it to the garage it will already be warm and the problem will hide.
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