Fellow members Hi from Greece,
Just a small note to advise you of a problem we were able to solve and which may be of interest to those of you who drive a TD5.
A fellow member's car has developed serious rough running problem (from tickover to high rpm), significant power loss (fifth gear was out of question when inclines had to be dealt with, car could not start to drive on second gear and had to be revved to 1200 rpm so as to drive on first gear and LOTS of black smoke on almost rpm when the accelerator pedal was pressed even slightly.
The problem has eventually been traced to the connectors between the injectors loom (the one inside the cylinder head cover) and the external part leading to the ECU. It was not oil related but apparently someone had tried to remove it by pulling the external plug from the wires which had resulted in damaging one of the wires. More precisely the wire corresponding to the third injector which was showing a "No3 injector" fault of the diagnostic. Further investigation on the nature of the fault was showing that the diagnostic could recognise the "No 3 injector" but as the "No 1" one!!!!
We have removed the protective covering of the external side of the loom, traced the problematic wire, re-fitted the pins, cleaned both plugs, tested the continuity on both looms and refitted everything.
The problem is now sorted.
Total cost 92 Euros including VAT charged for one hour of labor at an authorised dealership.
Hope this helps.
Take care everybody Pantelis Giamarellos