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If that doesn’t work for you you could try this:

If you have black smoke, fuel flow is unlikely to be the problem. You don't have enough air flow for the amount of fuel.

Could be turbo. Check all the vaccum hoses, replace the turbo control solenoid. Made mine ALOT better, my symptoms not as severe as yours but I had the black smoke under heavy load, that's gone now.

Given the diameter of the discs vs the diameter of the wheel and the weight of the vehicle, they seem rather under-specified. The 2001 mini, for instance (he says, looking outside for an example) is several hundred kilos lighter, with smaller...

Although, if I was given strong evidence that mine are the wrong way around, I really wouldn't be bothered to take them off and refit them.

Well there's only one way to know which way around is better now... Line up on the start line...!

I can't believe you've fitted the very same ebay special discs as mine this week. I've had grooved and dimpled discs on another car and, while you can hear the sound they make, it isn't irritating and the brakes feel more "immediate." Which I...

I'm saying Renault 5 (turbo?)!

I have EBC discs on a mini and EBC specify to do it this way...so I did it the same with these cheap ones on the freelander. I should have paid the extra £30 for the EBCs so the orientation would be irrefutable!

I was under the impression the grooves were designed to vent stuff out, not draw it in! I don't know why they have holes.

I fitted new front calipers, discs and pads today. The old sliders were solid and corrosion was merrily working away between the pad friction material and backing plate, giving occasional problems. All done proper now!

I replaced the TD4 turbo boost solenoid. The person who wrote the original sticky post about it taking 15-20 minutes was writing in 2011 and his vehicle can have been at most 10 years old. Mine is 19 years old and it was no fun crawling around in...

Just incase anyone else has this issue in the future. I took off the plastic piece that was blocking one of the line which would normally be the turbo filter. I attached a hose and the filter and reattached the other hoses to the vacuum pump...

Mine does the same on one specific hump in the road that I would go through at 40mph usually. The answer has been to gently slow down to 30 while approaching the obstacle and then speed up again. Problem solved!

As stated. Vehicle has had a replacement engine (112k) and new Borg & Beck clutch. Tyres are as new, well worth a look if you want a 5 door SE. https://ebay.us/m/vd13M8

My 1st gear switch connector hadn’t been fully pushed home, probably because of a small piece of grit. Cleaned it all and like you, voila! HDC works perfectly.

We'll have a small wager on dodgy earth or dirty contacts ...

Just to finish this off, the battery-disconnect-reset worked OK, And the radio was fine (no code needed), but after a week and a short drive with the rear window open, the cab switch for the rear window went awol again. I repeated the reset which...

@Kerlaan Once I'd worked out where the switch was, I found nothing connected to it. There was a connector tucked neatly out of the way behind some fittings on the body nearby that fitted, so I tried it out and the system works perfectly now...