2012 Peugeot RCZ doser valve goes on a regular basis so cant go faster than 20 mph and car doesnt pull right
Year: 2012
Variant: 2 litre
The doser valve went less than a year ago and cost £300 to fix. I got a warning as ar not pulling well and there didnt seem to be much power. This time no notice and had to drive or limp home with people swearing beeping their horns and gesticulating. .Warning lights were on and I did regulaly pull over. The car is lovely but at £300 a time Its expensive. I do blast the car occasionally and do do long runs, Can anyone suggest anything else other than get rid of the car.
Posted: Jul 29, 2017 (6 years ago)
Get it scanned and see what fault codes are showing .
Posted Jul 29, 2017 (6 years ago)
I'm guessing you mean the EGR valve?
Well EG stands for exhaust gas.
Which is basically unburnt fuel and combustion residue,
A fancy way of stating soot,
Same stuff that used to be cleaned out by chimney sweeps.
And back when this was a regular need in a solid fuel fire what was burned made a considerable difference to the state of the chimney.
Wood coal coke all affected the density of the soot.
Principal is exactly the same in car exhausts.
Cheap fuel means more soot which in turn means more EGR's clogging up.
So the best fuel and not the cheap supermarket stuff will go a long way to reducing EGR build up.
So as you can see a few extra pence per litre you have some leeway before you go over the £300 you've had to spend.
So good fuel,
Regular oil changes and again good quality.
I'm been around for a bit and have had quite a lot of experience of just what's left behind after a fire has burned out.
Some of it you just wouldn't believe!
Clinker was the term.
Central heating is a delight.
What you burn determines what gets left behind.
And an EGR recycles some of the exhaust gas back into the intake so the cars breathing some of its own waste.
Good fuel.
Well EG stands for exhaust gas.
Which is basically unburnt fuel and combustion residue,
A fancy way of stating soot,
Same stuff that used to be cleaned out by chimney sweeps.
And back when this was a regular need in a solid fuel fire what was burned made a considerable difference to the state of the chimney.
Wood coal coke all affected the density of the soot.
Principal is exactly the same in car exhausts.
Cheap fuel means more soot which in turn means more EGR's clogging up.
So the best fuel and not the cheap supermarket stuff will go a long way to reducing EGR build up.
So as you can see a few extra pence per litre you have some leeway before you go over the £300 you've had to spend.
So good fuel,
Regular oil changes and again good quality.
I'm been around for a bit and have had quite a lot of experience of just what's left behind after a fire has burned out.
Some of it you just wouldn't believe!
Clinker was the term.
Central heating is a delight.
What you burn determines what gets left behind.
And an EGR recycles some of the exhaust gas back into the intake so the cars breathing some of its own waste.
Good fuel.
Posted Jul 30, 2017 (6 years ago)
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