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peugeot 406 td 1.9 diesel - Diesel pump - Bsmelly

bought a second hand diesel pump and the garage fitted it. Now the car has imobilised and the mechanic has said it is because the pump has to be programmed to the ecu and we had to get the ecu that matches the second hand pump we got - impossible we cant get it! Is this correct? or is there something else we can do? dont really want to scrap the car but it is looking more likely any help much appreciated thanks xx

peugeot 406 td 1.9 diesel - Diesel pump - Peter.N.

If it has a keypad immobiliser you need to know the number from the car it was on. Your best bet would be to fit an early pump from a 405 or similar which is purely mechanical with no code. What was the problem with your original pump?

peugeot 406 td 1.9 diesel - Diesel pump - Bsmelly

My 406 doesnt have a keypad immobiliser, the pump came from a 97 406 so i dont know if that makes a difference? The original pump keeps over advancing the fuel despite being mechanically adjusted they think that there is an internal fault in it its a bosch pump I dont know if that helps :)

peugeot 406 td 1.9 diesel - Diesel pump - Peter.N.

Have they replaced it with a Bosch pump, only the lucas pump has a different output configuration so you need to change the injector pipes as well. Is there a single terminal with a wire connected to it, just above where the injector pipes are fitted? I'm not sure what type of pump is fitted to the 1.9 but I wouldn't have thought it was programmed. Is the replacement pump identical to the original?

peugeot 406 td 1.9 diesel - Diesel pump - Bsmelly

Have they replaced it with a Bosch pump, only the lucas pump has a different output configuration so you need to change the injector pipes as well. Is there a single terminal with a wire connected to it, just above where the injector pipes are fitted? I'm not sure what type of pump is fitted to the 1.9 but I wouldn't have thought it was programmed. Is the replacement pump identical to the original?

Its suprised me when the mechanic told me. I will have a look at the wiring tomorrow and see if it is a single terminal. They have swapped the bosch pump like for like, I will get the part number from the mechanic. I was originally told it was a mechanical pump so i cant understand why there is a programming problem. Have you any idea how much it would cost to get the original pump reconditioned just in case i have to go down that route. Thank you for information i really appreciate it :) this is becoming frustrating as there is nothing else wrong with the car

peugeot 406 td 1.9 diesel - Diesel pump - Robin the Technician
Hi,
Sadly the days are gone when you could just go to a scrappies and get a pump from the same vehicle, go home, it fit it, start up and away. On your vehicle it is chipped to the vehicle. You will have to take it to either a specialist diesel firm or the main dealer who has computer facilities to re-programme it. As far as I know there is no way around this.

Hope this helps

Robin the Technician
peugeot 406 td 1.9 diesel - Diesel pump - Peter.N.

Robin thinks its chipped, your mechanic thinks its mechanical, all the XUD engines I have had experience with have had purely mechanical pumps, but having said that yours will be post '96 when they did include some electronic control. Does one of your injectors have a wire connected to it? If so it is partially electronic but I don't think its coded, unless its to do with the immobiliser system.