Re: 2003 Peugeot 307 SW HDi 110

On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 15:37:41 +0100, "Keith Willcocks"
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>"Richard Swaby" <reswaby@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 20:50:31 +0100, Chris <chris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>Was the car playing up before you took it in to them??? if not it is up
>>>to them to put the fault right as it has gone wrong while it was under
>>>there care.(as tradeing standards would love to deal with this one .)
>>
>> Unfortuneately yes it was. I just5 got them to run a diagnostic check
>> whilst they did the timing belt change.
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>
>This may sound silly, but have you checked the throttle cable?   After
some 
>work was done on my 406 the cable had been left badly adjusted and gave
much 
>the sort of effect you are describing.   Only took five minutes to put it

>back to its normal lively self.


No, it's not that. In fact there's no cable, just a potentiometer on
the pedal.

Incidentally I've just checked the mpg. Less than 40. Rubbish really!
My old 405 diesel would easily return 50 without me driving carefully.