That's where the confusion comes in, The fuse obviously didn't blow and no it wasn't by-passed with a nail! Once I have the payout from the insurance company I have the task of finding another one with the right mileage and spec.

Had no tools with me to disconnect battery and did not know about the live feed until after the event. It seems the feed is harnessed with all other cables and goes over the fuel tank. The tank obviously melted and had 80+ ltrs on board.

Hi Guys, Thought I would share this with you. My 02 ES has gone up in smoke. TC light, ABS light and brake lights came on, pulled over and turned ignition off and removed the keys. Smoke coming from the rear end and could smell it was wiring burning. Electric source was isolated by removing...

These symptoms sound exactly like mine. It would start, miss at about 3.5 rev upwards and occasionally a minute after starting would stop and refuse to start if there was 1/4 tank or less of diesel. It turned out to be fuel pump, after new one fitted it drove like a different car, best thing...