Ok so nothing just turned over, did again and then turned over with foot to floor, engine started but only on full throttle and like a bag of nails, sounded like on 2 cylinders or something, kicking out some smoke too but it is cold so maybe some was hot air into cold? Am gonna leave ignition on...

Flashing has stopped so maybe good to try it?

Ah yellow engine warning light is flashing

Ok am sitting in landy and pump is going through purge cycle, will leave it to do it' thing for a few minutes and see what happens

no didn't do it like that so will try shortly as gotta walk past it to get to the shop, will let you know how i get on but i suspect the fuel pump

Hahaha yeah thanks, i think it was ignition on 30 seconds, off on again 30 seconds then crank engine, did it a couple of times i think it was, so may be at least worth trying a few more times and looking at the pipework on @neilly pic i need to remove as i look at the filter housing the outer...

as for fuel flap I actually dont know, i will try to have a listen when i go back to it

Nice one @neilly and thank you the pump seemed to be running, it was Nigel thought it was intermittent but maybe it was just going through its cycle? i dont have any experience of electric fuel pumps like the td5, old perkins and bmc diesels are more my cuppa tea :-) when i first removed the...

So a question I have is could this be caused by a blockage and if so which pipe into the filter housing would i need to blow down to try to clear it back into the tank? if i can get it moving to move to yard or back to marina i would be much happier but cos its auto it can't be towed can it...

Hi Peeps I just left my landy on side of the road :-( due to engine stopping as if no fuel getting to it. when i started it up (TD5 auto 2003) if was a bit smokey but also sluggish, after a little idling and then throttle it seemed ok, pulled away but about 2000 yards up road it conked out. This...

No problems with selector all all in the 12 months I have had it, always nice and easy, now in and out of Park is stiff, all the rest are as normal now. I will have a look when I can but have 300 mile drive tomorrow. o_O

I know the cable comes down to the xyz switch as I have had that apart before, so I guess I follow the cable back up looking for any damage or kinks, is it possible to get any oil down the cable from above do you know, if yes does it mean removing center consul? Oh are there any ball joint...

Now there is a lot of yanking, pulling, stiff and hard stuff going on below, please remember i am talking about a gear selector stick!!! Yesterday my d2 auto had it' mot which it passed but during the road brake test, when he came back into the yard, the gear selector would only go from D to 1...

Oh reference to the exhaust when in limp ish mode, it blows a tiny bit of smoke, brackish but only the once, then all seems fine.

Oh the reason I mentioned the xyz was it was only thing I could think of causing it to go into limp type mode, I have never had a vehicle with so many sensors and computer stuff, I am used to old Perkins and bmc engines.

Ah well I am a bit crazy yes, when I say it rained, it was a downpour so couldn' be arsed to get soaked to be honest, the reason ball joints were more important was of mot today, so I focused on that, I am currently sitting in the disco on a ramp being mot'ed, was ment to be in at 11 this...

Well it started to really bucket down so I didn' try unplugging it, today I have spent trying to change the bloody ball joints, what a stupid design, getting a press in there is a nightmare, tomorrow out comes the gas, I am not gonna mess about like I did today.

Cheers neilly I will do on a back road, this one is a bit busy :)

It' raining which has put me off replacing the driver side push in ball joints today but am happy to drive and test :-)

Right I forgot to ask, should this unplugging off the maf sensor happen when cold or warm engine or does it not matter?