Peugeot 405 Rough Idle and -- (Continued)

From: David and Rita Gatrell (drnaramata@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat 14 Dec 2002 - 19:26:07 EST

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    Thanks for the responses.

    Mike - I am interested in taking the car to the VW mechanic you mentioned.
    Could you provide me with his name and phone number. Thanks. - The plug
    leads are new and I have no means to test the coil. The back pressure in
    the exhaust pipe was checked ahead of the cat converter and the reading from
    the muffler shop was .5". I thought that was low enough that it would not
    be the cause of the problem.

    AND - someone on this list said he had an ECU. In moving the message, I
    inadvertently deleted it and wondered if I could get that message again.
    How can I test my ECU to tell if it is faulty?

    Another matter - Yesterday I drove the car around the block to dry off the
    brakes after washing it. Going up a slight hill I applied the brakes while
    accelerating and found that there was only enough vacuum for one brake
    application. On the second push the pedal didn't go down quite as far and
    there was almost no braking effect. Is it normal to have so little vacuum
    or could this be the reason why the manifold vacuum is so low (10") at idle?

    Any suggestions that can be offered are appreciated. Thank you.

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