Recent content by Rivo81

Another update. got a new slipring and my steering wheel functions are all restored. The SRS light is still on but I reckon it will need cancelling with a reader so i have to wait til next week to get that done. On the misfire, I have gotten another known good loom to try and as expected it has...

Yes, I'll try to get it diagnosed with a reader next week when Im picking up the new slipring. Im hoping that fitting that will restore the horn, radio, kill the SRS light and magically restores the smooth running! I know it sounds far fetched, but after a 20 quid loom solving it before, Im...

Well I got a trouble free 3 months of driving out of it, but Im back to square one with misfiring again. Travelled about 20 miles somewhere yesterday, no issues as usual. Then when I was heading back I noticed the SRS warning light had popped up on the dash and wasnt going out. On that trip...

It certainly can feel like the equivalent of a rain dance is needed to keep these things on the road sometimes Mike! Definitely worth trying, especially if you can test a known good second hand one first for cheap. A new one here would work out at €80 or so I think. As well as the mechanic's...

Another update on this. May have found the real culprit which turned out to be none of the above.... Found a mechanic who plugged in a code reader and told me two of the injectors were showing faults. He cleared the codes and I went on my way. Still hesitating at best and misfiring at worst. He...

Reconnected the MAF this morning and thankfully all was well when she got up to temperature. No hesitation or power loss. Im thinking the clogged MAP may have been the original problem, unplugging the MAF possibly negated it and allowed plenty of fuel in and then cleaning both has resolved...

Would a MAP sensor completely clogged with black crud be a possible culprit here too? That's what I found after removing the manifold. Have driven for a couple of days with no MAF and the car is transformed. Seems a bit heavier on the juice alright though. Going to hook it back up tomorrow and...

I did try unplugging each injector the other day and all but the one nearest the drive belts causes the engine to cut out. I just tried it again while it was idling from cold and this time none of the injectors unplugged caused a stall, only a misfire..... So I then unplugged the MAF. It...

Update on this. Lost power again today and there seems to be a pattern emerging which is odd if it was a blocked injector. Goes fine from the start up until it reaches normal operating temperature and then run lumpily with absolutely no pull. When I got to where I was going, I was over 2 hours...

Yeah seems so. No problems again today on a half hour drive, pulling well at all times. Think I'll just keep the diesel treatment in it for the next while and see if it unclogs it fully.

Have had a lumpy idle at startup / smoke on my mk1 TD4 since I got it. It quickly levels out after a minute or so. Recently changed the fuel filter and filled the new one with Kerosene to try to clean the system. After that ran through I put some diesel treatment in a Qtr tank of fuel and gave...

I have no idea what you just said but thanks for the info. I will now, as I usually do, google the crap out of all that and know a lot more tomorrow than I do today! Would that issue also lead to radio/volume buttons on the s/wheel not working, cos Ive had that from day 1 too.

Had intermittent 2 amigos for the last few weeks which eventually became permanent. Tracked it down to the brake light switch as it had nothing to do with ABS. Removed it and did a general clean up and lube up on it, worked for a time and then the two amigos returned when I had to brake suddenly...

I got rid of mine after about a month of driving with it on and if anything it "seems" like power and pull is actually down with the bypass fitted! I have no hard science but it seems like it had more grunt tackling steep hills in high gears before. The difference doesnt seem worth my while...

Ah I see, ok. Will look into it so.