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[richardirv]

on way home in recovery.

[Jimbob]

Least you can have a propper look at home.

have you got any other diag equipment than the pedal test?

[richardirv]

Right back home, just found out i the brake pedal is solid with engine on, so no brakes. I'm at the limit of my knowledge now, tried what everyone said. got a m8 who thinks he can get a diagnostics thing but he said its snapon not tech 2!! don't know what that means. waiting for him to get back to me now!!

[Jimbob]

does sound a bizarre set of issues.

if this diag kit can do live data from various ecu's, with a bit of luck should help pin it down.

[richardirv]

The guy on the phone sounded baffled too. Just gotta wait now. I hate waiting.

Don't look like i'm off to work today!! 

[shammster]

If the brake servo is not working then it must be a leak in the vacuum system, and by the sounds of it a big one.

[Jimbob]

when did y9ou last fill up with petrol?

not just put in a different talkful to normal?

[Omega man 2]

Check the breather connection along to the master cylinder from the manifold

[richardirv]

put £30 in on friday from empty. All my problems started on friday when i was low on fuel and parked on a steep driveway, started the car and cut out so rolled off onto flat and started, immediatly the water pump started knocking so had that changed yesterday, all ok till this morning about 1mile from this al happens.

Wether its all related i aint a clue! 

[Marks DTM Calib]

Hmmmm....water pump change.....is the brake servo pipe attached and all ok. Check also the wires around this area

Plenum has to come off on the DBW units to get the cambelt cover off to change the water pump.

So my money is on the garage having balls'd it up!

[Jimbob]

put £30 in on friday from empty. All my problems started on friday when i was low on fuel and parked on a steep driveway, started the car and cut out so rolled off onto flat and started, immediatly the water pump started knocking so had that changed yesterday, all ok till this morning about 1mile from this al happens.

Wether its all related i aint a clue! 

may be worth thinking about a new fuel filter as well next service.

[Steve Brookman]

Hello,
May be a shot in the dark.
My old 2.5 started to misfire, would not run properly and no servo-sounded a bit like yours. A large push in pipe that goes into side of the plenum on the top of the engine passenger (it's pushed in one end and connected to a metal cylinder and additional pipes the other end)side had popped off slightly-difficult to see- and so was sucking in air. Pushed it back in end of problem until it did it again. ended up ziptying it on.

Regards

Steve

[richardirv]

Everything looks ok to me but I don't know what half the stuff i'm looking at is!!

markey mark the gent that he is, is gonna come over in the morning to have a look for me!! fingers crossed its summat & nowt

[Marks DTM Calib]

Hello,
May be a shot in the dark.
My old 2.5 started to misfire, would not run properly and no servo-sounded a bit like yours. A large push in pipe that goes into side of the plenum on the top of the engine passenger (it's pushed in one end and connected to a metal cylinder and additional pipes the other end)side had popped off slightly-difficult to see- and so was sucking in air. Pushed it back in end of problem until it did it again. ended up ziptying it on.

Regards

Steve

Thats the brake servo pipe as mentioned above 

[richardirv]

Looks like its fixed, for now. The mechanic I know has been round to look at it for me while I'm at work!! I don't know the full details yet but it was only firing on 1 bank, and it looks like it was to do with the throttle motor sticking or summat. He said all is fine now. Will get more details when I finish work.