Hi All 

         My beloved Fabia has been running a small bit rough over the last few months - There seemed to be like a drag on the car - hard to explain to anyone else - we all know our own car and if summit is going adrift then you just feel it !

 

There is a roundabout with a steep incline on my commute so from a standstill the car is under a big load - she usually laughs at this hill but recently she developed a misfire which got worse. I did notice the digital SMC boost gauge I fitted fluctuating wildly and put this down to boost leakage !

 

Well last Sunday going home from work she dropped on to 3 cylinders - I nursed her home. Next morning she ran normally until she reached temperature and then went off a cylinder again - i will repeat again it is not the DMF. Going looking for an intermediate issue is very time consuming - better to have it failed rather than chasing hearsey and speculation 

 

I had an injector in the dock but it happens to be the injector loom itself. Age related problem  - i have a distrust of the Internet and spurious suppliers so would you believe that Western Motors VW in Galway had a brand new old stock genuine loom !! 

 

This is now fitted and the car is running really well once again. I did see a lad fix the loom but to me this is only temporary.

 

Ive seen 6 year old machines with brittle looms and bad connections so 17 years of heating, cooling, oily atmosphere and vibration is no shame. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice one 👍