Hi all,
After a spate of car not starting (2001 td4 auto) and cutting out, its been to the garage.
Symptoms :
In the past 3 weeks
1) Sometime when warm, it won't start, turns over fine but won't fire. Even after it cooled down for a couple of hour. leave it long it start first time
2) It cut out completely once while driving
Longer running issues
1) Labouring going up hills, until it kicks down
2) Lump running 1000 to 2000 rpm
3) Lack of power before turbo spools up
Garage (DCV, Doncaster) have had the car almost a week. There are no fault code on the ECU, the car has started everytime.
They changed the Fuel Rail prussure sensor, and wiring harness. This made no differnce.
They then cleaned out the crankcase filter and the rough running went away.
They put back the old fuel rail sensor back on, and still the lumpy running is not there, aparently.
Call me cynical, but i have already changed the crankcase filter once before and the issues still continue. Really? That fixed everything?
I have found that all the garages around where i live are next to useless and know nothing (jack of all make, master of none) unless you want the brake pads / exhaust / battery changed. Even the stealers have looked and failed in the past, blaming the air filter, which was changed and made no difference.
It looks like I'm going have to buy some spanners, and figure it out myself. Where should I start looking?
After a spate of car not starting (2001 td4 auto) and cutting out, its been to the garage.
Symptoms :
In the past 3 weeks
1) Sometime when warm, it won't start, turns over fine but won't fire. Even after it cooled down for a couple of hour. leave it long it start first time
2) It cut out completely once while driving
Longer running issues
1) Labouring going up hills, until it kicks down
2) Lump running 1000 to 2000 rpm
3) Lack of power before turbo spools up
Garage (DCV, Doncaster) have had the car almost a week. There are no fault code on the ECU, the car has started everytime.
They changed the Fuel Rail prussure sensor, and wiring harness. This made no differnce.
They then cleaned out the crankcase filter and the rough running went away.
They put back the old fuel rail sensor back on, and still the lumpy running is not there, aparently.
Call me cynical, but i have already changed the crankcase filter once before and the issues still continue. Really? That fixed everything?
I have found that all the garages around where i live are next to useless and know nothing (jack of all make, master of none) unless you want the brake pads / exhaust / battery changed. Even the stealers have looked and failed in the past, blaming the air filter, which was changed and made no difference.
It looks like I'm going have to buy some spanners, and figure it out myself. Where should I start looking?