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Old 10th May 2019, 08:30   #19
hogweed
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Originally Posted by Vossy View Post
…despite Russ and Brian both saying that this is without doubt an ecu problem, they have seen these symptoms umpteen times over the years and using that experience they tell the op what to do to correct the problem

Have to agree, having been one of said victims. I had a very similar problem (which makes sense, if you think about it, as it’s the same part of the ECM which usually gets a bath), but I suppose I was in denial that it really could be the ECM – HAD to be a dodgy connector or something somewhere.


To be fair to me, Your Honour, I had spent an undisclosed large sum on a local “diesel specialist” who diagnosed various things including a failed glow plug relay (these cars, it turns out, don’t even need their glow plugs).
Anyway, eventually got an exchange ECM from Brian – problem solved.
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