An interesting turn of events for my situation. The landy was at a local indie for the last couple of days and I collected it today. They found that there were 2 missing and 2 broken bolts on the bellhousing. My bellhousing was damaged when my front propshaft gave out about 8 months ago :doh...

I have to admit I'm not sure what springy thing I'm talking about either. All I know is that someone quickly diagnosed the "misfire" based on experience. For all I know, it could be on the TDi engines. He did also say that the problem will be accompanied by a popping sound, which I actually...

Its interesting to read that another report of something sticky under the camshaft cover. I had a diagnosis that pinned that as exactly the cause of the problem. Apparently only replacement of that part fixes it, a cleanup helps, but only temporarily. I'd really vote for having that replaced first.

Hmm interesting idea. I'll definitely try that. My heater matrix leaks and I've had to top up coolant occasionaly a while back. Now I run with the aircon set to Lo, seems to stop the leak, but there could be an air trap in there already. Did you run the engine while bleeding the coolant?

Jay, Have you made any progress recently about this issue? My TD5 behaves exactly as you describe and I'd love to find a solution. Had it at a local indie who after many hours couldn't pin down the problem. Talked to a someone who believed that it was some hydraulic springy thing under the...