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Mm, that’s how conspiracy theories start and of course however unlikely, sometimes,  there’s no smoke without fire. No pun intended.

And the city fire brigade went woke 

-15 wow i feel for you .   we think its bad here when its below +5 !  . all credit to you .

Will report on what will tech  guy find...It would be much more pleasant to work on car if it was summer...now it's -15 deg outside and I can't feel my fingers anymore

he upcoming ved increases are confusing to read to say the least . mines currently at £415 a year but mixed reports depenfing where you read as to wether it will affect our cars think its mainly 2017 cars on ??

as mentioned above you need a pressure guage on the fuel rail . this will  confirm a few things .
initial prime when ign turned on and wether it holds pressure for a resonable time .
pressure maintained when engine  starts ( if it does) and the modulation of the regulator when you rev it . you can also do an injector leak down / flow test if you have the facility on your tester to fire the injectors .
so ....after confirming fuel
you can test the injectors electrically with a low wattage lamp to check for voltage present and firing . im pretty sure they are constant positive when its main relay energises and then the ecu modilates the negative . a basic light whilst cranking would  confirm this .
BUT this appears a totally seperate issue to immobiliser issue earlier ? and lots of weird things happening randomly and then going away points to an earthing fault somewhere (possibly ?)
but see what your tech guy finds  today

What's the chance of both pumps being bad? They were both in working order

Running in steady stream, both pumps the same

You need to put a gauge on the fuel rail. A steady stream is not 3.0 Bar.

Without enough fuel it will never start.

I'm sorry but he didn't told me the exact error code, he just told me it was related to the fuel system and this time he couldn't clear the code until he changed the fuel filter.

I will try to do as many kilometres as I can these days to see if the problem is solved.

Thanks!

Issue has once again disappeared for a while, so it is difficult to diagnose. This has been going on every once in a while, always during the winter months. I will post here later once the weather warms up and I dig deeper, if I discover anything new.

Know how you feel, I'm heading that way also, possibly this is the last year that I'll be mucking around with my three Omegas. The coming April VED hikes are the only thing that's  holding me back at the moment....but have already cancelled the tax on one car and the second one is imminent, as common sense is starting to kick in much to the relief of SWMBO.