I've decided to start a new thread for this issue to see if we can, between us, work out what's wrong with it....
The car is a 2002 406 2.0l HPi (direct injection petrol engine).
Driving along fine and then she just cut out, "Anti-pollution" message and engine management light came on, although it re-started immediately and ran fine for a while (with the EML on), then cut out again, re-started again and drove home.
I read and cleared the fault codes using my cheapo code reader, there was only 1 code showing, P1113 (Air Intake Temperature sensor, swapped that out with no joy, but I reckon that's a red herring anyway!). Having cleared the code the car started fine with no fault, so I decided to take it for a spin, only for a few miles. she was running fine until the engine got properly up to temperature, then she cut out again
. Restarted immediately with the MIL on and ran another half a mile or so before cutting out again. Then this continued with the distance getting shorter each time until she was firing up then cutting out immediately. By this time I'd found a nice, safe, empty car park (behind a pub 
) and called the RAC. When the RAC man arrived, the car was still cutting out as soon as it started, he of course had better diagnostic kit than me and he read the codes, his machine told a different story:
So he located the fuel regulator and gave it a tap with a screwdriver, then started the car and it revved up and ticked over fine. He checked the live data using his machine and all seemed correct. With my theory of "it's going wrong when it gets warmed up" in the back of my mind I purposely left it ticking over while he completed his paperwork, about 10 - 15 mins, then went to drive home and she cut out again, luckily the RAC man was still behind me so I got a tow home.
There was no way I could get the car back into my drive when we got home, I had to leave it outside a neighbours house a couple of doors down, but after a few hours when she'd had a chance to cool down, I went out and started her up fine, drove it up the street and into the drive no problem.
So the RAC man says that the fuel regulator is sticking when it gets hot and that's what causes the cutting out, I'm not entirely convinced by this diagnosis.
Whadda you reckon??
...I'll see if i can persuade him to travel to Merthyr when he gets back here hopefully later.
