Peugeot 206 - Intermittent starting problem

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Sat 12 Jan 2013 21:50
Peugeot 206 - Intermittent starting problem - DonCook
I wondered if anyone had any ideas about the cause of the problem that my
wife has been experiencing with her 54 reg Peugeot 206.

The problem is that after she has been driving for say about 20 minutes
or so, and then gone shopping for about 30 minutes the engine will not
start.
Waiting in the car for about 5 minutes and then trying again, the engine
does start and the car is fine.

We took it into our local, competent garage, and their electrician said
that "his meter" had registered two possible faults, the first was that
a new coil pack could solve the problem, so we had this fitted.

The same problem occurred again, and the garage cannot seem to replicate
the problem, telling us that "the car starts every time". We know that
it does from cold, but not when warm.
The second suggestion was that we have the ECU replaced, an option that
we does not appeal owing to it's cost and the fact that there is no
guarantee that this would solve the problem either.
The car is spending the weekend at the garage, where, on Monday morning
there will, no doubt be more scratching of heads!
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