1.9 TD keeps cutting out

[mark21TD]

I may be going to look at a 1.9 TD exec tomorrow
This one
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... &logcode=p

I've spoken to the owner and he said it cuts out and his mechanic has said it's the needle lift sensor in the injector (a nice easy job)
can this course it to cut out, I thought it made it tick over unevenly.
or could this just be blocked filter or an air issue (which is still an easy fix)
I forgot to ask if it's a keypad job or not but I thought you didn't get this on the exec,s (if it is can these be disconected like the Xantia's).

[DaiRees]

I never trust sellers selling cars that have faults that are a nice easy fix. If it was that easy he'd fix it himself and keep it....

The keypad can be disabled quite easily.

[mark21TD]

I know what you mean, but it's a good price and I know my way around the diesels quite well.
I supose it depends what else is wrong with it as most people just advertise the worst fault and leave you to find the rest.

As far as the keypad, do you just dosconect it once the engine is running, like the Xantia's.

[DaiRees]

I think it's a matter of entering a specific code to disable it, not sure if unplugging it works. Do a search using the box at the top right mate, there's loads of info on here about it

[mark21TD]

Just had a look at getting one day insurance cover as I'm going to look at the car tomorrow and it's come up with
"406 police TD" when I put in the reg number, but it's advertised as an Exclusive ?

One another site it comes up as an "406 LX TD" ?

I wonder if it's worth looking at now.

[steve_earwig]

Exclusive to the police? Is it white?

Ah, the police. It's a way of cooking baked potatoes here.

[mark21TD]

Had a look at the car today,
What a heap
it was an lxs not exec
rev counter starts at 2,500 rpm
speedo read 40mph when only doing about 10
clutch bites at the bottom and has a bodge at the gear box end of the cable
engine low on power high on noise (like the cam belt has sliped)
and thats just a few of the faults

But the injector sensor read 98 on my meater (should be 109) and the engine knocked like mad when disconected so was probably working fine.

Needless to say I didn't buy it.

[Captain Jack]

These kind of people should be reported to the right authorities, selling goods not as described.