Car shaking when turn ignition on

Electrical 206CC problems
lobinha
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Car shaking when turn ignition on

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Hi this morning I've notice that my car was shaking when I turned the engine on. No smell or war I g light. What could it be?
New driver and first time car owner.
Peugeot 206 cc silver
2004
1.6 l
manual petrol

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tenpole
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Location: Sheppey

Re: Car shaking when turn ignition on

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One cylinder is not firing.
Probably
206cc 1.6 2002 Silver.
L200 2.4 Forlife (wifes)
CB 400/4 (garaged for 15 years)

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Capncol
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Re: Car shaking when turn ignition on

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Would people please, please give their car details properly!!
A diesel has different issues to a petrol and different petrol engines have different things that could cause this.

See below.
Cheers Col.


206cc 1.6ltr (Wifes toy)
Mercedes ML (workhorse)
Corvette C3 (my toy)

When requesting help of a technical nature, please give as much detail of the fault as possible along with details of exact model, engine size & type, gearbox, year, mileage, and any relevant work carried out to try to solve the problem to help us help you.
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tenpole
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Re: Car shaking when turn ignition on

Post by tenpole »

I never knew there was a diesel 206cc.
206cc 1.6 2002 Silver.
L200 2.4 Forlife (wifes)
CB 400/4 (garaged for 15 years)