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Old Dec 25, 2017 | 11:53 AM
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limp mode every time I start to drive ! Really upset

Recently baught a 2008 w204 cdi 220 sport 215,000miles with a remap already on it ...
all seemed fine an hour into driving home I got the engine light with esp , I stopped to see if I could see anything but could see nothing so I continued as the lights went away - since I have had the engine light on , and when I set off from a stop in any fashion it makes the diesel knock sound esp flickers then I'm there again in limp mode
so far iv had it plugged in on a snap on diagnostic and it said
3 faulty glow plugs - all replaced - no change
amf sensor / told this is the maf- replaced lights went off for 5 min then the car stuttered setting off esp light engine light bk on again
the other thing it showed was high fuel pressure which iv not had looked into yet
iv had the injector seal repaced as injector 1 was chuffing / due to the high pressure ? Any help on this I greatly appretiate

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Old Dec 25, 2017 | 01:16 PM
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Sounds like fuel pressure issues to me, but try going back to the stock tune first and see if it clears up.

You could have a weak fuel pump, at that high mileage and being tuned for a long time, it's probably quite worn out.
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Old Dec 25, 2017 | 04:33 PM
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​​​​​​​hi thank you for taking the time to read my problem , I do plan on a unmap as soon as I can , I had a jaguar 2.0 d once that did this when I put a dtuk tuning box on it at high setting ,so it seems to be very similar so hope it's that but something tells me it could be something else , I get a feeling this will just occurs at higher revs when unmapped .
fuel pump could be a good idea but wouldt this show up on the scan tool ?

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Old Dec 26, 2017 | 08:36 AM
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hi thank you for taking the time to read my problem , I do plan on a unmap as soon as I can , I had a jaguar 2.0 d once that did this when I put a dtuk tuning box on it at high setting ,so it seems to be very similar so hope it's that but something tells me it could be something else , I get a feeling this will just occurs at higher revs when unmapped .
fuel pump could be a good idea but wouldt this show up on the scan tool ?
Not necessarily. The w204 with the m271 engines have high pressure fuel pump faults and they cut out at full throttle/load only, and don't always set codes.
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Old Dec 26, 2017 | 12:30 PM
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Is this the pump in the engine bay or tank ? Speaking to somebody today they tell me I should try a new fuel pressure sensor - stuck at this moment with shops not being open over the Christmas period thanks again for your response ����
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That's meant to b a thumbs up at the end
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Old Dec 26, 2017 | 04:20 PM
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That's meant to b a thumbs up at the end
The pump on the engine itself. The one in the tank is a low pressure supply pump, the one on the engine steps it up well over 1000 psi to the injectors.
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Old Dec 26, 2017 | 05:28 PM
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Ok I understand now , bet that's expensive .. I'll update tomorrow thanks again
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Old Dec 27, 2017 | 03:58 AM
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I have just been out looking under the bonnet and notice injector 1 (recent seal replacment ) smoking ,the actual injector
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All fixed special thanks to Italian joe 1 who made me more curious to things I didn't no and consider under investigation the was two fuel return pipes with splits in extremely small but now replaced and no lights on dash no engine knock running great if I have any further problems I will update but f now I'm off and thanks joe
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Glad you got it fixed, it's always nice when it's something simple. Hope that's all it was.
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