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Peugeot 307 Xsi - 51 plate - car wont idle after a jump start - RunBabyRun

Hi there,

Following a little crisis at home, left the keys in it and flattened the battery.

Jump started it off the neighbours car and went to work. The car kept stalling in between gear changes, (the battery was charging). Charged the battery that day, put it on, it starts okay, but wont idle. When its been run for a good whil, its a bit better.

Someone told me you shouldn't jump start modern cars, and that Pugs are bad for frying the ECU if you do - but as shestarts/ runs/drives/pulls okay, Im hoping its a simple issue I can fix mysel, there was no problem prior to the jump start, so Im sure its the cause..

Thanks for reading!

Peugeot 307 Xsi - 51 plate - car wont idle after a jump start - dieselweazle

No expert on pugs or for that matter modern car ECUs but i know that the Ford Orion 1.6 used to run like a bag of !!! after the battery had been removed until the ECU had re learnt the engine. I would have thought that this data was now battery backed or on a flash prom these days but it could be that