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Hello again. Well, I fitted a new MAP sensor and, guess what, it passed the retest! Thanks for all suggestions, all very much appreciated. I'll now await warmer weather and have a look at cleaning the EGR etc.

Thanks everyone for your input. Most appreciated. I hae found what appears to be another sensor on the airbox ahead of the MAP sensor - it has a small diameter prong with a very small circular aperture. Could be the barometric pressure sensor? Anyway I sprayed MAF cleaner into it and gently blew...

Thank you for that. Despite cleaning the MAF and MAP sensors it failed again, with P0069 still coming up on the Test Centre's results screen. I had it wiped half an hour before the test but the drive to the Centre of about 8 kms (5 miles) brought it up again. Are you suggesting that I buy a new...

Thanks for that. Very helpful. Mine is the lower electronic one. I decided to try to clean it without removing it and have been out and bought an EGR cleaning kit locally from the French equivalent of Halfords in the UK. Not cheap at €38. It contains a liquid to add to the fuel and a spray with...

I think I'll have to do what you suggest and take it for a run. I've this morning removed the battery and fuel filter and I'm not sure that I'm looking at the EGR. If I am it looks like a pig of a job. I've done some difficult jobs in my time but this looks almost impossible. I can see what I...

Thanks for the replies and my apologies for the delay in responding. I cleaned the MAF sensor, which was full of debris, using a MAF cleaner bought on the 'net. Oh, and the air cleaner is relatively new having been installed only 3,000 miles ago. I've also removed and cleaned the MAP sensor...

Somewhere on here or perhaps on the internet I found a diagram for making a blanking plate to close off the EGR system but before I do it what else has to be done, if anything? Is there a sensor to disconnect, for example? As the Jeep (2005 KJ 2.8CRD) has failed its test on emissions (mentioned...

Hi there. Hope someone can help. I took my Cherokee (Liberty) 2.8 CRD for its 2-yearly test last week and it failed on emissions. The actual wording (translated from the French) was; The opacity exceeds the received value or the measurements are unstable. The OBD system reading indicates a...

Thanks. I'll check it out asap.

Yes, that is a rarity. I've never actually seen one. My Jeep is a 2005 2.8CRD UK spec RHD, bought as a runaround to take stuff to the tip, pull a trailer full of logs for the woodburner etc. I'm very impressed with the handling for what is a tallish and fairly narrow vehicle and the...

Wow. Good for you. Whereas I'm 78 and retired over here at 60. When I can breathe, which is less and less and often, my hobby time is spent on restoring a 1970 E Type convertible. I've only been working on it for 15 years .....

You're not that far away. As for an electrician, I'm afraid that there are many people who suddenly became experienced tradesmen/women when they came to France!

Where are you again? Can't remember. I'm in 24320.

Bonjour to you! I just filled my tank in Villebois Lavalette, which is just north of the Charente border with the Dordogne, and diesel was €2.10 a litre. Last week I filled my Merc and it was €2.20. Ouch!

OK, thanks OK, thanks for that. I'll add it to the list! I love Cahors. Went there on a Jag event in 2018. Stayed in a hotel on the river.

And I mean VERY loud. People turn and look as I go past.

Well I've been out for a drive again today and no black smoke. Performance is much better but I now have quite a loud turbo whistle when accelerating hard. I've never heard it before. Is this normal on these?

Hi there. Yes, I could remove the injectors I suppose (diesel) and I do have a Boroscope. If the white smoke comes back I'll maybe try your suggestion, but I'm beginning to think that water was somehow getting into the inlet manifold or the exhaust - is this possible via the EGR?

Hi Phil. I'm in 24320 Champagne et Fontaine (Dordogne). Where are you? What I was asking at the time was whether in replacing the idler pulleys I had disturbed something else which might have been causing the black smoke. It now seems that the hose probably split when I was removing/replacing it...

Thanks everyone for your input. Whilst waiting for a new hose I decided to tape up the split for now. Now it could be my imagination, or wishful thinking, but the black smoke seemed to disappear after about 10 seconds and didn't come back, and I could actually accelerate up the hill out of the...