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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.

You mean original l thick vegetable oil thinned with kerosene? Not actual finished biodiesel? I don't think I'd risk putting that in it tbh. Cetane/diesel burning improver reminds me of Dipetane. It's produced here in Ireland and is what everyone uses for getting both petrol and diesels through...

What's in biodiesel that it would actually clean out the fuel system? I was only thinking of using kerosene as I have it in the central heating burner and I've read that many of the diesel treatment products are more or less kerosene anyway. Whatever I do, I will avoid putting anything in the...

No, I believe the system is self bleeding. Have read as much on other threads on this site recently as I have to change my own fairly soon. It seems like the best way is to put the ignition in position 2 and you should hear the pump at the rear wheel humming for 20/30 seconds. Do this 2/3 times...

Same issue over the past few days. Initially a case of both the lights illuminating intermitently, then recently staying on at all times. Many posters mentioned the absence of an ABS light would mean it's unlikely to be anything related to hub sensors etc so I looked at other possibilities...

Thanks Mike, will check that out too. Quick related question. I'm going to try the leak off test on the injectors at the weekend and just want to be sure which type of tubing to buy this morning. Would 3mm aquarium clear tubing suit?