Matt2e0fgx

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My 2004 td5 with 130k miles had suddenly developed a problem . It is down on power when engine is under load and missfiring and it a real pig to start and even after priming sequence still not easy to start .

It all suddenly started yesterday and was driven local to me down a duel caridgeway the day before at 70 with no loss of power issues .

It had a new OEM ( VDO seimems ) pump 4 months ago and a new set of fuel lines in the boot due to a hole . A new FPR rebuilt with a Bosch one and a new fuel filter yesterday .

Any ideas where to start ? Heard injector seals can be an issue along with fuel filter heads ?

Amy thinking its a possibility being the seals being a pain to start , if was just fuel run back issue I would say take a stab at a new filter head .

Cheers all .
 
Sounds exactly the same as when my injector loom failed is it showing any fault codes?

Think it was only £30 or so.
 
Mine was clean, no idea of age though. There were some saying at the time that the non oem leads didn’t last but I didn’t have the car long enough to confirm or deny.

No codes may rule it out though of course.
 
Mine was clean, no idea of age though. There were some saying at the time that the non oem leads didn’t last but I didn’t have the car long enough to confirm or deny.

No codes may rule it out though of course.
certainly worth a go changing it , I Still have my original but loud pump so may put that in . what says to me it's more fuel because it's a pain to start untill fuel pressure builds up . I'm thinking worth a go with the pump just swap and see the difference .

one in there wasn't a cheapie and around £300
 
loom is around 9 months old and clean. no fault codes either .
Probably injector seals, make sure you use genuine ones. Unless you are very good with spanners I would pay someone to do it. Parts are pretty cheap and it's not a big job to someone who knows how to do it.
 
Probably injector seals, make sure you use genuine ones. Unless you are very good with spanners I would pay someone to do it. Parts are pretty cheap and it's not a big job to someone who knows how to do it.

I was thinking that myself , and genuine kit is around £45 . Yes no problems doing it myself just thought ask on here for other ideas or anyone had same symptoms in past .
 
I did, changed everything - loom, fuel pump, filter head, glowplugs and pipes to tank. All this made virtually no difference. Once the seals were done it ran really well until a tree fell on it in Storm Doris:eek:
 
I did, changed everything - loom, fuel pump, filter head, glowplugs and pipes to tank. All this made virtually no difference. Once the seals were done it ran really well until a tree fell on it in Storm Doris:eek:

oh dear !

thing is mine doesn't hardly drive get to 30 to 35 if your lucky . no diesel in sump either
 
I didn't have any diesel in the sump either, just virtually no acceleration, very poor starting and random cutting out.
 
Well I have replaced all seals and washers with genuine ,a new loom a MAF and 1 injector as showing MAF and miss fire on number 3 . since doing its almost missing on idle and feels low on power over 2500 or slow to get there and once around 70mph really struggling to get any more .

Any ideas where to go ? All parts was OEM or genuine .

cheers
 

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