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Hello all Just an insight into my saga. One of my front top bushes collapsed, so I thought I would replace my self, being a mechanic I thought no problem. Oh my f#@*ing god......how wrong I was. The problem....... compressing the spring. I have a professional tool that couldn't do the job. I went to several other garages to see if their tool could do the job, and they couldn't, and some said they wouldn't try as the car had developed a reputation of dangerous/stay clear of concerning these springs. Finally I found a garage that worked on vans and mini buses who was willing to give it a go........ 40mins later ..... he said omg ...... he had never come across a spring as bad to do as mine. Seriously !!!!! I can't believe it. Car still not finished as ive had enough. There is no value in my comments today but equally if I found a comment like mine.... I would of purchased a complete assembly, of which I've seen for sale and spared myself the heart ache. I did think at the time a false economy to buy complete assembled strut but I know better now.

My parking box was in the rear n/s panel where the jack up bits are stored.

As long as it is thin enough to flow at low temperatures and thick enough to perform satisfactorily at high temperatures where you live. 6L of 5W30 will perform correctly up to -25 degrees C and in 75 big round years of driving I've never seen those temps. Manky filter-change it !

Provided that the fuel and air filters are in good condition and there are no cracked pipework, my gut feeling is that it sounds like a manifold pressure sensor, these have been known to clog up and fail. I would also check around the fuel filter for little leaking seals, as if diesel can get out, air can get in!!!