My 97 300dti has run perfect until today. The fuel got low (but not for the first time) and I filled it up (well, 30squids worth). Now when accelerating fairly smartish the power just switches off and blue smoke comes from exhaust. If you take your foot off the throttle, it ticks over perfectly. If you gently open the throttle it will slowly accelerate up through the gears ok. But anytime you accelerate normally it just dies. Now would/could this be air in the injectors? I bled the fuel pump as per Haynes, but havent touched the injectors. When parked up the engine will run perfectly at full throttle.
Also could this be related to the "idontknowwhatitscalledbutitsepatateswaterfromfuel" thingy, which i was told a couple of months ago needed cleaning. What do you have to do to do this and is it easy, and do i need to buy anything before I attempt it?Would either of these cause my symptoms?