Relay Multiplug

[Stevo309 0]

When i bought my 205 recently the owner informed me of a relay within the right hand side opening under the steering column that occasionally "plays up". He said this was the tachometric relay and had recently replaced it with a new one from Peugeot at £100+ but it still occasionally caused the car not to start. I have indeed found this to be the case as maybe 1 in 10 starts the car will turn over and over without firing and playing around with the plug to this relay gets it going.

 

I suspect at some time this has been unplugged perhaps regularly to immobilise the car which is maybe why there is a fault in the plug. Is it possible to replace this plug? I presume the only way would be to get one known to be ok and cut the old plug off and re-solder a new one on matching up wire for wire? Or is there another way?

 

I could solder each wire directly onto the relay connection and isolate with heat shrink i suppose. I guess also this relay should be fixed up under the dash somewhere?

[mhyphenl 10 1 Cars]

You can actually extract the connections from the connector if you get me! Rather than hashing it extract each connection, clean it and tighten up the folds on the connection to give a tighter fit and all should be ok, you can even run a bit of solder in where the cable is crimped in. Do one connection at a time to avoid confusion.

You extract them by pushing something very small down the side of the connection, like a very small allen key, this pushes in the small metal clip that holds them in place and allows you to withdraw them.

Just check though that the connections are staying in place when you push the relay on. Sometimes the clips fail and the connector pushes out as you push the relay on, often this makes a very dubious connection buy will give the symptoms of unreliability you're having.

[Stevo309 0]

Great advice thanks. I didn't realise you can get the connectors out, I'll solder the crimps as you suggest

[Grim.Badger 15]

Unlikely to be the Tacho IMO, much more likely to be:

 

1: Usual culprit - bad wiring to the starter solenoid (search for brown multiplug)

2: Dodgy starter - the original starters often play up, especially when hot, even when newly reconned

3: Worn ignition barrel - I had this on my last car.

[GLPoomobile 958]

GB, that's not going to be the case here. Read the OP again - the starter is turning over but it's not firing.

[johnhenry 20]

ive been having a similar problem ie:

car wont start 1 in 10 (approx) times, struggles sometimes when hot

also get this wierd sound like the starter motors still turning after the engines fired,

thinking either its a dodgy relay and or starter motor

your thoughts pleasE?