Yeah! She lives !!! All back together again and starts on the button first time every time. Now, what to fix next? 1 - It sometimes doesnt start, it never starts on the key! FIXED 2 - It has a tiny oil leak from the gearbox 3 - it has a little rust 4 - the steering is a bit heavy 5 - air con...

Nothing, Im waiting for the gaskit set for the inlet manifold so I can put it back together.

Back leak 1 - 28 - Keep 2 - 32 - Keep 3 - 48 - Plan to change another day 4 - 76 - Replace 5 - 40 - Plan to change another day 6 - 62 - Replace The testing is £12.50 each inc the VAT Exchange injectors are about £90 each inlet manifold gaskit kit £18 Air filter £10 Labour; about 4 hours, free...

try this one... seems to be the least expensive I have found. https://www.pfjones.co.uk/bmw-5-series-3.0-d-1998-2004-reconditioned-bosch-diesel-injector-0445110047.html

???? where do I buy them at £34

errr what’s £34

So due to budget constraints I’m replacing two of the injectors now along with a de coke and some new manifold gas kits and replace filters.

Well there is the answer...

well you find me sat in Colchester Fuel Injection waiting for my injectors to return from their tests. We will know in the next hour! I decided to do it this way rather than doing a diagnostic on the engine as this way I supply the Labour. It’s a rule I set my self when I bought the car!

Agree. I’m not going to do that now though as If I change more than one thing at a time I won’t know if I fixed it! Injectors first and a de coke.

Ahh... spanners!

You may have seen I started another thread about fixing my starting problems, well in stripping the top off the engine I found where the wires went! See attached photo; It looks like the [pressure] sensor on the back end of the fuel rail is interupted??? Why would you do that????

iCarSoft LR V2 not the most expensive system but reads the codes.

Thanks for the reply, diagnostics shows nothing wrong, it runs just fine once its started but struggles to get fuel system pressure up when cranking. Hence my suspision of the injectors. Whats the best way to clean all that gunk out?

Ah yes, I will be doing that as I put it back together.

So, I knew when I bought this car i would have to do some work on it... I have had it a couple of months, put two new tyres on it and replaced all the lower front suspension parts and passed the MOT so now to tackle some of the anoying probles, it has the following 'issues'; 1 - It sometimes...

Evening all! So my L322 drains it battery flat if left for a couple of days... From what I have read people seem to think its something to do with the near side headlight wiper motor??? or the washer pump??? Well I pulled the relay [in the LH dash] and it made no difference, replaced it and...

I bought mine a present --- a can of Easy Start!

I bought mine a present --- a can of Easy Start!

I bought mine a present --- a can of Easy Start!