Had an MOT a few weeks ago and there wasn't an issue then but having fiddled with it since then it can't do any harm, I know the guy at the local garage so that shouldn't be an issue.

284,000 miles is impressive haha. Thanks for all the info that's very helpful, mine are the later type so I'll keep a look out for some new ones but in no great rush as I won't be using the car much for the next couple of months while at uni. I've been meaning to get the car down to the local garage ...

Leaking injectors would make sense since I know it's recommended to replace the injectors after about 135k and they are on 150k now. It is possible to start it with the 5th injector connected but usually runs very lumpy and stalls after a few seconds. Getting the injectors out to test them shouldn't ...

BlackGTX wrote:may be the seals on the 5th injector need replacing

Did check and reseal the injector when I had it out, next time I'm home from uni I'll try and test the injector flow and go from there.

Hi, Having a bit of an odd problem with my Scala in that the car is near impossible to start with the cold start injector connected, both cold and hot, but fires up immediately when it is disconnected even when cold? By disconnected I mean the 2 pin plug removed from the injector. I've read that it ...