Well boys...it´s been a while... but these 2 months of the year is my 6 months income, so I´m flat out
but but but... 12 days ago I got all my lights in the dash testet :/
Every single one turned on and the van was not moving... Long story short, I got it towed to my mechanic and had to rent a Transporter as I had a 5 day job in Germany the day after...
He looked and looked and could not find anything.. lights was out again but all of a sudden it was back.. All the wires came out ok, but some of them was not looking so well.. so a few of the got changed... after that they could all turn on a 12v bulp...
As I had a leak of some kind and nothing to see, he took of the manifold and one of the rubber gaskets had failed. Having the manifold off, he put on a original EGR (I found it locally for 50 pounds) and it changed nothing...
So we agreed to take it to the dealer, as there is a Transit center nearby. A very nice and friendly place and they tested it for 2 hours... everything...everything came out ok. Wires are good... but it drives like sh*t...
So I´m back to where it all started... but I maybe found the problem... I have been driving with the MAF sensor not plugged in, and then it drives sort of ok. But afraid of total blackout again I have put it back on. And then it drives like sh*t... but if I take of rod from the actuator and keep the MAF plugged in... it actually drives ok.. still it does this overboost thing or what to call it (sounds like I´m in Fast & The Furious)
but it drives...put the rod back on... all crap and engine lamps on..
Ford then tells me, that it actually maybe the actuator, even if it does not show any kind of errors what so ever. They say that the ebay-ones sometimes is not working properly... Oh my... if that´s the case, man I really have looked at the problem 10000 times and searched for the fault elsewhere... I get the same faults with the new turbo and actuator as I did with the old one... and theres a note in the box saying the unit (turbo and actuator) is tested for 12 min. before leaving, with succes.. so naturally one would think that it´s working!
So now I´m talking to the guys who sold me the turbo and they want me to send it back first... but then I can´t drive
so they agreed to send me a replacement actuator and then I send mine back...
Holy cr*p I hope that solves it!!
Have a great evening!