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Ears can deceive and noises tend to transmit down body and propshaft etc. An easy check and a very likely cause is the VCU bearings. Simply unbolt and support the VCU clear of body then spin them by hand on the prop. Check for backlash (free play) in diff and also oil level and oil for metal...

That is one of the 'pawls'. There is one for each dip and rise in the key. When correct key goes in they all line up level and the key will turn. If it works with it out then all you have done is reduced the security a bit as another similar key might work the lock. Wouldn't worry about it as...

Make sure you open the locking tab first on the nut !!!

The VCU test carried out was the OWU test. No IRD connection, test shows no resistance to rear wheel turning.

Suppose it is possible that knackered injectors and a duff MAF may have been happy together and then making them injectors good upset things?? How is power, with and without MAF connected??

Did you use new O rings and copper washers on injectors? Have you got injector clamps on the right way up? Easy mistake and they lift if wrong.

If it is a Teves mk20 then you can fool the icarsoft by saying it is a mk25 and mine then works !!

EGR stuck open ??

Black smoke usually ends up being a split or degraded intercooler hose or loose clip.

Is the tensioner adequately tight? Did it take 2 hands to pull up the spanner on the nut? Never seen one slap..shows it is loose and might jump off.

If you can 'drive through it' and over 50 is better then get front wheels balanced.

Didn't tighten the bolts at all !!!!

Shafts are same except sensor ring yes. I would check fault codes. Sounds like a sensor may be damaged. Use a diagnostic like PScan and you can observe the speed of each wheel. If they are not the same then that one is faulty !

If you pushed it in with the ring on you may have damaged the sensor??

2002 should be magnetic bearings for abs and later sensors. Later sensors have a blue pug on where they connect to the vehicle loom. Did you drift off the abs ring as it is not needed on the magnetic set up?