We must be due an update on progress now?
You are indeed
@audifan. The car is still at the garage. After fitting the replacement drain screw and bleeding the fuel through properly, the little A2 fired up on the first turn of the key and even better, all of the work I had carried out passed with flying colours - no leaks whatsoever - thank you a2oc!!
Unfortunately that is where the good news ends and we move on to the bad. After 10 minutes idling, she dropped onto 2 cylinders. A scan showed the typical TDi injector wiring harness issue. In my haste over the weekend I sourced a used loom from the incredibly helpful
@Clackers without considering my mechanic who is not happy at all about using old parts. He reluctantly agreed to fit it, but after a lengthy discussion about possibly doing the job twice, we decided to go the darkside developments route and ordered a new loom. It is very possible the connections to the injectors have simply come loose and after my tandem pump experience I felt confident about tackling this myself. Without a garage and winter weather on the way, for the sake of an hour or so labour I gave him the go ahead to do this for me, hopefully by Wednesday. My battery is shot (probably killed it trying to prime the fuel system) so a new one from Tayna batteries (thanks again
@Clackers) has been ordered.
On top of this we had combustion gases in the engine bay. My money was on the dodgy looking egr, however it turned out to be a hole in the exhaust flexi. Thanks to
@depronman excellent fix for this, a new flexi and 50mm joiner will arrive today or tomorrow. Just need to find a welder to get that job sorted. Weighing up wether or not to still do a smoke test ?
The suspension as expected is in a terrible mess. Front driver side top mount and shocker are done for and the coil spring is snapped at the top (Q. How the hell did this pass an MOT?!). The rear shocks look like something that has been recovered from the Titanic (or is it the Olympic ??) but amazingly are not leaking. Pictures to follow of those. I’m trying to at least get them fitted this week and get the front sorted when funds allow. KYB or cheaper recommendation anyone? The driver wishbone looks particularly bad and at least 1 alloy is buckled.
Fingers crossed though I will be up and running by the weekend, after Liverpool’s fabulous win at the weekend nothing can dampen my spirits!!
A massive thank you once again to all that helped in this process, I think probably anybody else would have walked away and this car would have been scrapped in the future if not for your amazing help and patience.
I will update once the car is running, on how the temperature is once the engine is properly warmed up and any other work that is carried out ??