B173d Peugeot (Browser SAFE)

If you own a modern Peugeot equipped with a BlueHDi diesel engine, you may have recently been startled by the sudden illumination of the dreaded engine management light (often called the "orange anti-pollution light"). When you plug in an OBD2 scanner, the code that appears is often cryptic: B173D Peugeot .

In older diesels, glow plugs only activated for 10–30 seconds before starting the engine to heat the combustion chamber. Once the engine was running, the glow plugs turned off. b173d peugeot

Do not ignore it. A $40 glow plug and an hour of careful labor today will save you from a $2,000 cylinder head repair tomorrow. If you are uncomfortable removing glow plugs from a hot engine (given their tendency to snap), pay an independent diesel specialist who has experience with Peugeot BlueHDi engines. If you own a modern Peugeot equipped with

Erase the B173D code, start the engine on a cold morning, and re-scan. If it returns immediately, the fault is permanent. Once the engine was running, the glow plugs turned off