Damned annoying when this happens! You've paid your brass and you should toughen up and get them to get it back to how it was before. Definately a compression test on all cylinders is crucial - this will immediately rule out things like leaky injector seating (injectors not tightened), overtight...

Hi All, mines a 2001 TDI - imported from Italy, one lady owner - had it only a few months. Bought it for the wife (HONEST!) as I run a 95 ES 300TDI Disco auto. Now I love the thing and she drives the disco! Funny old world.

Crap - should have been addressed to Cats Eyes.

Its spitting feathers but didn't want to upstage you redhand by seeming a bigger perv than you :-)

And then move on to the oil pick up strainer in the sump if the sender proves to be OK. Diesels go all sludgy if oil isn't changed regular, especialy if on a lot of short journeys

Hence the saying "Spitting hairs" eh Redhand?

Just to placate you AND about this man thing - a true story from the New Scientist. A female biologist was giving a lecture at an internation symposium and asked if anyone in the auditorium knew the name of the useless piece of skin at the end of a man penis. A bored voice retorted that if she...

Sorry, sounds like a load of bollocks to me, Cats Eyes :) Is this a horsey thing, like the sound it makes when it farts or something? Was quite disappointed waiting patiently here that the great revelation was just a fizzle not a woooooooooooooooooosh!

Looks the dogs bollocks though doesn't it? Bet it's great to be able to get that thing ****ty! Chequer plate hides the panic claw marks well!

succintley put Yella - how longs it take to feed them thar nags do you think?

Manchester?

Gangin up on yer Slob!

IT USED TO BE but lets not go down that road! Slobs question is valid so, a polite request to expalin please?

Would that be the reemer going in or the excess, bottled up and pressurised alcohol finding an exit at long last?

Bit more than a nip and a tuck eh Slob? Wonder if they had to use an auger or even a reemer?

An make sure they acutally fitted a manifold gasket back on it when they did the head, and maybe get a friendly indie to check manifold securing nuts for tightness - these things just do not work loose on their own or make sure you are present when its checked over. Really does sound like...

Mrs Mrs Mings Trendy wine bar - can't say thats a load of bollocks, can we?

You won the Zorgian lottery or something, Ming? Jeez, not another bloody galaxy? How many is that now?

Apologies due Slob and duly sent. Mouth operated before brain was engaged methinks! Looks like Ebony is going to go ahead - I think we would all understand the watered down something like "was quite disappointed with the advise and service" type of thing - nowt that can bring on legal...

Why not Mondo? bet Rets would love to get his teeth into this one! Time this forum had some REAL BITE!