Recent content by mike hatton

I had problems with my d4d throwing up all sorts of faults and spluttering as if it a fuelling issue... eventually found one of the earth straps was corroded through, was fine after that.

Thanks to all for a great weekend! Nathan keeps telling his mum about what we got up to... Lesson learnt re Milner stuff though... and another massive thanks to tony for letting us in his workshop to get me back on the road:thumbup:

Give that man a big pat on the back!:clap: We actually found and fixed the earth to the block which was holding on by 3 strands at noon yesterday and now it's running great. Weird thing is that it was still cranking well?

Bag of Poo, changed all the pressure sensors for ones of an identical car and no change. Tried to take it for another fault code and it died when brakes were applied! Can't cope with the brake lights... anyone got a match and pint of petrol?

Thanks Iwan, I'll look over it and pull some wires off to see if it helps on Tuesday.

A quick Google shows a common fault with the turbo pressure sensor needing a clean on the d4d avensis... anyone know of its location on the 3 litre?

Bloomin poo electrickery! Will get a more in depth fault coding next week. Here's hoping its only a dodgy sensor throwing things out.

thanks guys, fuel pumps a possibility but I'm still confused by it running really well for periods. It's getting weirder too, I've eliminated an air leak on the fuel line by feeding the pimp directly from a funnel but the strangest thing is that any electrical load kills the engine... I only...

Afternoon Chaps,My D4D is a bit on the poorly side, took a run to Marple to collect the digger from a job, got there fine but the car wouldn't start to leave. Eventually got it to run like a bag of spanners but not well enough to move. Its smoking a little white too. After it took RAC 9 hours to...

I got an 04 crewcab Iveco, very roomy so loads of space for tools. Looks the biz in company colours and the steel work is 3 times as thick as any other van so it'll last well. Only problem is being so heavy it's almost overloaded with a packet of crisps... it's essentially a 5.5tonne van rated...

Now I made something similar to use the back winch as a crane to lift pumps from wells, all I'm really missing is the pole, bikini and heels...

I'll take 2 please.