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Car Cutting Out

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  • 11-12-2008 10:20pm
    #1
    Ay Cee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 905 ✭✭✭


    How do all,
    The girlfriend was driving home this evening and her car cut out a few times on her. She doesn't remember exactly what happened but I think it was when she was stuck in traffic as she went to take off the car cut out, it then took 3 or 4 turns of the ignition to get going again.

    She's only had it serviced a few weeks ago. She drives a 03 Peugeot 206. She said when it cut out the engine light, battery light & handbrake light came on. Despite the handbrake not being on.
    I checked the users manual and it says for the handbrake light:
    "an excessive drop of brake fluid level (if the warning light remains on even when the handbrake is released)

    Would this cause the car to cut out like that, and not restart straight away?

    Any body got any ideas I'd appreciate it.


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    #2
    Ta me anseo
    Registered Users Posts: 234 ✭✭Ta me anseo


    I expect the handbrake light thing is just because the pressure dropped off when the engine stalled. Wouldn't be worried about that. My car will show the light on (looks like (!) in red) when the engine is not running regardless of handbrake position.

    Other lights are as expected after an engine has stalled.

    Don't really know what could have caused it to stop though. If it had trouble restarting it may have been flooded in which case it can take a fair bit of cranking to get the cylinders cleared out enough to restart.


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    seanybiker
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    check the plugs. That where i always start with the bike anyways. As other poster said it might just be flooded.


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    Ay Cee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 905 ✭✭✭Ay Cee


    Thanks for the help lads.
    She only had the car serviced a couple of weeks ago, I thought maybe the car was out of oil or something like that.


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    Tipsy Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭Tipsy Mac


    Ay Cee wrote: »
    She said when it cut out the engine light, battery light & handbrake light came on. Despite the handbrake not being on.
    I checked the users manual and it says for the handbrake light:
    "an excessive drop of brake fluid level (if the warning light remains on even when the handbrake is released)

    Not sure what caused it to cut out but all those lights appearing after a stall/cut out is perfectly normal, the car has returned to ignition on mode.


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