Sooo.... final update! It was the fuel pump!! Boot floor cut out and the cross members out, new pump in big old hmmmmm as she primed and purged and the old girl is living again!! Thanks for everyones help

EGR didnt change much - removed cleaned and back on making sure it was shut left without the vac lines - def felt stronger in 1st and 2nd, top end of 2nd under load and into 3rd same issue!! I think think has to be fuel related now - no fuel in sump so seats and washers fine on injectors I...

Sooo.... ECU came back from testing - was faulty so has been fixed, plugged it in when it came back and there isnt really any improvement Anything im missing, im almost certain there is nothing in the main loom due to nothing coming out the end of the red plug, still just alot of power loss/...

Thanks for the reply and info my man. ECU is getting sent off to ECUTesting tomorrow, the more i look into the issues, the more it seems that the ECU is at fault. Atleast in a week or so ill have it back and well know for sure :) not to say the loom wont need changing, very tempted to just...

Im going to leave it running for a couple hours tomorrow, its had some small runs, but honestly it just hasnt been showing signs anything making its way down really - needed a few wipes first off but nothing since. Also i dont feel like that would also make starting an issue - which sometimes...

Im starting to think that it isnt the harnass at fault (well not fully) There really hasnt been much oil creeping out of the reg plug atall over the last week, with keeping it unplugged and facing down! Im thinking that potentially the ECU could be on the way out, it is too inconsistent...

Yeah i was thinking if anything it should run better with the electrics being nice and lubed ;) Ill give it a couple more days of cleaning out the red plug and small drives locally to see if its trying to improve (this is purely out of stubborness) then ill get one ordered mid next week to...

Yeah, Because the injector loom is in the head it ends up working its way down to the ECU actually in the wiring itself. Takes a long time but eventually gets that clogged up that the ECU cant freely tell it when to fire, its under load where it becomes a problem as the ECU is pinging signals...

Yeah a decent amount - Reg plug side, cleaned and blown out, took the lid of the ECU It was actually not bad atall, gave it a blast anyway and air lined it off Legit think there is just that much in the engine harness, took it for a drive and shows the injector signal going out of range under...

Sorry, yeah got caught up on the story rather than the needed details haha Yup you are spot on - TD5 and 2003 :)

Hey all, New to the forum and to fender life had the old girl around 3 months.. Issue started 6 days ago, when under load sounded like it was dropping a cylinder - clutch in pop of revs and it stopping and sounded fine 3 days ago... well was fine for around 10 mins driving then it lost 3/5...