Recent content by richard.valentine1

You're welcome. Glad to help a fellow Scot. Richard. Blairgowrie, Perthshire

Have you accidentally set it to "transport mode"? I did this with my evo to see if it worked. It does! Suspension goes down to the bump stops when you switch off the ignition.

How much for the abs modulator?

Ok. Now that I've had time to look at this on Saturday morning it was a very simple "fix". Took 15 minutes. The small bore vacuum tube going to the wastegate solenoid from the metal part of the intercooler hose was split just above the metal spring collar. The larger bore power steering hose had...

I have a 51 plate TD5 and this problem has just shown itself over the last 2 weeks immediately following a 500 mile round trip down to Kendal from Scotland on the M6. It drives absolutely fine during "normal" driving and goes up through the gears with plenty of torque up to the speed limits and...

Well, I've checked all the fuses and swapped out all the relays but no change. Guess it's a diagnosis now or should I just get a second hand ecu and have it programmed?

Thanks for fuse/relay info. I'll check these out before going down the diagnostic route. There doesn't seem to be anyone local with the diagnostic capability (Blairgowrie, Scotland).

The difference is; I have just noticed that HD TRAC and ABS lights no longer come on at self-test. I have no idea how long this has been going on but the ABS is, at the moment, definitely not working (wheels immediately lock-up when braking hard on gravel driveway). I have had the beast since...

Thanks for that. I'll just have to persevere with the shift knob.

Newbie here. I've recently bought a 51 plate TD5 ES with 68k on the clock. This 7 seater came from the factory with no sunroofs- so one future problem eliminated. PO paid £300 recently to have the ACE completely removed from the vehicle. (a huge saving on having the fault fixed apparently)...