Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1.9TD 'Water in fuel' warning light

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Sun 12 Aug 2007 23:09
1.9TD 'Water in fuel' warning light - Martin1981
Good evening to you all. For the last 2 months or so, the orange 'water in fuel' warning light on my 1994 306 1.9TD has been flashing intermittently. Sometimes it stays on for several minutes, sometimes 2 or 3 seconds or it will go several days without it coming on at all. I've drained the fuel filter- to no avail and yesterday I changed the fuel filter- again to no avail.

The car starts fine and performance is still good, as is the fuel economy, which leads me to believe that it's likely to be a simple electrical fault. As the car is 13 years old and with 203k on the clock, I'm not worried in any way, but i just wonder if any other proud 306TD owners have experienced the same problem?

Martin
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Sun 12 Aug 2007 23:14
306 1.9TD 'Water in fuel' warning light - 659FBE
I used to work for the (UK) Company which made the water detector. As long as there really is no water in the filter bowl, disconnect the warning system - it cries wolf.

659.
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Mon 13 Aug 2007 12:03
306 1.9TD 'Water in fuel' warning light - DP
This happened on my brother-in-law's 406 TD and he was told exactly the same as 659FBE has suggested. I think he just took the bulb out of the instrument panel in the end.
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Mon 13 Aug 2007 16:41
306 1.9TD 'Water in fuel' warning light - local yokel
My 405 TD does this from time to time. I ignore it, though I do change the filter on time.
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