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have known similar symptoms on a vauxhall dti, turned out to be the crank sensor.

it is an auxillary air pump, its purpose is supposedly to bring the cat up to efficient working temp quicker. you usually hear it making a noise when you start the engine from cold.

if water is seeping into cylinders then compression is leaking into water, causing unusally high pressure into the cooling system. usia rag feel the radiator hose when enginge is running, if its rock hard then open the water bottle when cold an start the engine, watch for water overflowing or lots of bubbles if so then it the head gasket.

merry xmas everyone - slade could be worse i suppose.

hi when the clocks were changed in my mk1, they had to be 'calibrated' by the dealer at a cost of

I bit the bullet today and bought a new coil pack. I fitted it but it made no difference! i was standing there baffled playing with the leads with the engine running and my other hand was near the wiper when i got a shock and noticed a spark from my knuckle to the wiper but only when touched the 1 lead, so i took it off and replaced it with 1 of the old leads and hey presto perfect, out of interest I put the old coil pack on and it was fine. so I now have a brand new

i'm sure the flashing oil light did represent a problem with the cluster, mine used to do it when i had a new cluster until it was progrmmed by ford.

is the tyre wearing one sided or bumpy, the latter suggests shock absorber, the former suggests wear in the bushes but this usually affects both tyres on the axle.

changed mine when i changed the engine, beforehand it used to judder changing into top, but now is fine.

I have put up with the steadily worsening misfire until i can bear it no more, the car had become undriveable. today I changed the leads and plugs, it was slightly better but still missing like a bu***r! the plugs out of the back of the engine looked fine but the front three were badly burnt (the electrode was half the size of normal) can anyone help? I dont want to go to the expense of a coil pack if its not going to make a difference. cheers

I have changed the engine in my 2.8 v6, as I recall it was quite a big job, but i was lucky enough to have the use of a 2 post ramp to lift the car off the engine. as it comes out from underneath, although someone did say the front end can be removed and the engine pulled out the front but i'm not sure.any help i can give just ask!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :)

mine used to judder between 3rd and 4th, I changed the transmission fluid and now its fine.

i would err the side of caution on this one, a new cambelt kit is a lot cheaper than a new engine!

according to autodata it is 60k/5yrs for the tdi and 40k/5yrs for the tdi pd