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Well please let us all know how you get on.

To be honest mate I dont know, but the garage a pretty insistent that its that as it has the symptoms of a td5 that needed injectors they sorted a while ago. Im going to hire a nanocom (£40 from ebay) so that I can do a better fault code check...

Thanks fo the advice Discodevon - the TD5 is a dec 1999 with 85k miles. Ive changed the crank position sensor and the injector wiring harness and cleaned out the ECU connectors (there was a tiny bit of oil in there) and there is no difference or...

Thanks for the comments. Yeah I get that the fuel pump maybe ok if its noisy but it just doesnt feel right - but im going to leave it on anyway. I managed to connect up the PSCAN yesterday and it says that amongst other things "high speed crank...

Yeah Ill check both of these things. Regarding the air in the system I do think that this may be an issue, as I changed the fuel filter housing and as my fuel pump was noisy I bit the bullet and put on a genuine one. However that was screaming so...

If changing the starter and the wee tab then the battery all fixed the problem (albeit temporarily), my money would be on a electrical issue rather an injectors. It will be interesting to see what a Nanocom says.

Have you cleaned the earths? I had similar symptoms on my Tdi recently which were sorted by new battery earths to the body and chassis. My previous Td5 disco had difficulty starting due to a leak from the fuel pipes from the fuel pump too which...

Hi Everyone I have to be honest and I'm a wee bit low today...Landy has certainly been testing my mental health! I've worked on her constantly since I got her (2000 TD5 90) about 5-6 years ago. Pretty much a total rebuild initially and then a...