This might give a few of you a bit of a laugh, maybe even a bit of déjà vu for a few of you !?
My brother-in law bought a 2000 2.5 Turbo LWB Hi roof LWB a month ago, and immediately ran into trouble. The van would lose power, cut out then run in limp mode. It was a private sale and the guy he bought it from didn’t want to know. He took it to the local garage and the mechanic seemed to know the problem straight away. £400 quid lighter he drove away with a new fuel filter modification and inlet gasket. Unfortunately the problem wasn’t solved and back into the garage it went. 2 days later the garage rang to say they had plugged it in and diagnosed a sensor problem and had ordered a part. Two days later, the garage rang, said they had not ordered the part, but sought the advice of an auto electrician who told them it was a problem with this type of pump and ECU system, to hand it back and not touch it with a barge pole.(As a note Ford were particularly unhelpful !!)
I have worked extensively on diesels, but only the older Perkins, landys and a 1954 Gardner
.. so I was asked to help as they had only been offered a scrap price for the van, you can imagine the fall-out at the prospect of him loosing 2 grand at the drop of a hat !I noticed straight away that the loom to the pump had previously been cut and the wires were badly crimped together, some were just twisted !!. I couldn’t believe that the whole thing was wrapped in carpet tape !! I removed the tape to get a better look and now the immobiliser has kicked in and won’t knock off. I thought that perhaps a second hand pump has been sourced at some time and the immobiliser bypassed, though I did think that the pump would have to be coded to the ECU so I’m not sure about that one.
After much umming and arrring, I decided that the best course of action would be to junk the fly-by-wire system for a manual pump, did an internet search and here I am.
You can imagine how relieved I was to find on your excellent site and that I can fit a Bosch pump, cable and pedal box without too much of a problem. I have looked at a few posts and I am heartened to find such a collection of great people who help, encourage and don’t mind sharing their knowledge and know –how.
When I can get some time together I’m going to fit a pump, turn up the fueling, take out the EGR butterfly, rip out the EPIC system and re-wire the ignition. I’ll probably have to fit some kind of aftermarket immobiliser too, with my luck, I’ll sort it, then get it nicked.
I might even be tempted to buy the van and convert to veg.
If anyone’s interested I’ll keep updating
did he get his money back 
any pics of the so called mod they did
