Bit confused by this:
also tried the other company recomended in dudley but seemed to give me the brush off and found prices through the roof! £500+ for service!
That's not me ^^^^ nobody has asked me for a service price on a 300TDi for a while. It just looks like you mean you asked me as...
is the noise more of a thud or clank noise. if its a loud clank it could be the rear sub frame mounts starting to crack on the body. this was quite common on cars subject to continueous stop starting
Oh, that button!
I feel bad now as your rumour is much better than the truth!
It's actually for north american spec models. It's to reset the service light, but as we don't have a service light it does sweet FA.
Sorry to rain on the parade!
Just spotted this and thought i'd say hello. I'm the guy you found on Ebay, and yes I have left L/R Stourbridge also.
As for being nominated for tech of the year, I left at the end of April.