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Thanks to everyone who has given answers & replies. I have to add I have to search for answers and replies when I log on .And it's a pain. Sorry but login off permanently. This Forum has been kind of helping but is also doff8cult to navigate. Bye

Hey, listen everyone, I'm not experienced with this Forum, and find it difficult to navigate, so please be gentle. The Garage with my FL1 Td4 has replaced all 4 injectors & say it will not rev above 2000 rpm. I've since asked them, after 5 days...

Thanks, Lodge.

Yes. If the intake path isn't sealed, the MAF won't be measuring all the air going into the engine, so will be limiting fuel to prevent black smoke.

An update. . The Garage has replaced all 4 injectors but the car is only reaching 2000 rpm. It sounds like limp mode to me. There is something else that happened immediately before the car became faulty but don't know if it's relevent. The...

I'll strip an old injector & publish the innards. I'm certain there is a coil that is circular, black & responsible for actuating a central bar or shaft like a solinoid would & does.

It's interesting that the coils had failed, considering the injectors don't have coils. These injectors use a stack piezoelectric elements to fire the valves. As piezoelectric elements don't have a DC resistance, testing them is tricky.

Out of curiosity I just measured the spare for a TD4 that I have in the garage. 0.5ohms both ways across the terminals.

Hey, my oldies differ between .04 & 0.6 ohms. Hmm.

Also, I have other old injectors and they have coils, including one with a coil that had punctured and burned out.

Are you sure about that answer? Piezoelectric elements work with physical pressure, such as lighters for cigarettes.

Hi everyone, and thanks for the replies & info. The garage that is dealing with the problem sent my injectors for testing. 2 injectors proved open-circuit on their coils & the others failed on other accounts. All 4 injectors are being replaced...

That's correct. AC ripple will always be present on a mains powered, DC supply. It's how much ripple is there which is important. I've tried quite a few chargers over the years, by far the worst are simple rectified transformer based chargers...

I can't as it's now been trailered to a garage. However, it's the 2 amber icons that resemble engines, not gearboxes as I thought. The left icon represents an emission problem. The other, which has an Exclamation-mark on it, is for an Engine...

Perhaps you could show the 2 x gearbox icons informer to assist??

Trying to think what 2 gearbox icons are alight?? Don't know of any. Ripple is required for healthy lead acid charge and condition but is not required by the electronics in the vehicle.

Yeah, will do. As for the ac in the output, it's actually called, ripple. My charger has none. Smoothing capacitors usually take care of that.

Sometimes chargers can output an amount of AC voltage, which can corrupt the electronic modules. It's generally best to disconnect the battery from the vehicle when being charged, unless it's a battery maintainer which is specifically designed to...

Please get back when you discover what the fault is. I have used my charger umpteen times on many different cars and vans without ever disconnecting the battery so am surprised this was an issue. I wasn't aware they might send out ac but I guess...

I've tried everything. Disconnection several times, charged the battery again - when disconnected. The battery charger has been used in the past on this vehicle plus others. I'm handing it to a garage so they can check it & hopefully repair it...

I bought a new battery for our FL1, Td4, 2005, and drove it into town. It went perfectly. However, because the battery was new I gave it a charge, while the battery was connected to the car. The next thing I knew was the car speedocluster went...