So I reckon it could be a duff ecu or perhaps the loom going from ecu to the injectors.

Car sometimes starts, sounds really rough. Looking from the front of the car 3 injectors on the right and 3 on the left. All three on the left if I pull the connectors off the injectors and there's no change in the engine tone... Still runs but no more rough.

3 injectors on the right, one at the front if I pull off the connector it runs a little more rough almost stalling... Injector in the middle pull off connector and no change, injector to the rear I pull off the connector and stops engine immediately.

I'm not that great at electrics, I have tried to back probe the the connectors from the injectors and not really sure what I need to look out for... I'm at a loss guys... Sorry for the sob story but it's hard trying to raise 2 young autistic kids, fighting the council for a larger than 1 bedroom place and trying to fix the car to take my boys on some days out.. Can someone help please it would be great.. Or if anyone is local to SE7 in London that can lend a hand it'd be amazing.

It would be extraordinarily expensive to replace injectors etc. at random without firm evidence of faults. Despite the possible cost it would be worth paying for a diagnosis on a decent code reader such as VCDS before spending on new parts.

Hey Cliff and thanks for your reply.

Yeah I do agree that these diagnostic computers esp the vcds do make our lives far easier but are we nothing without them?

What about the days before we had these electronic hand holding devices, surely if you know engines then you'd have a reasonable grasp of what the problem is before plugging in the diagnostic to confirm.

I'm from the days of buying a workshop manual (Haynes) and cracking on with it. I want to believe that there are home mechanics out there with the knowledge without always having to refer back to a diagnostic computer... You understand?

Maybe they've all grown old and retired who knows.

6 hours ago, Charlie1001 said:

I'm from the days of buying a workshop manual (Haynes) and cracking on with it. I want to believe that there are home mechanics out there with the knowledge without always having to refer back to a diagnostic computer...

Me too. Car repair was straightforward when all controls were mechanical or simple electrical, but we did not have to contend with the complex electronics that control modern cars. You can't hear or feel or see when an integrated circuit fails. All you can detect is a misfiring injector, but who is to say if it is a faulty injector, or a faulty ECU, or a faulty mass flow sensor, or a dying battery? All these and more can cause your problem, hence the need for electronic diagnosis. The world has moved on, for better or worse. We either move with it or retreat into a reverie about the good old days.