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    Immobiliser indicator (green key) flashing on dash, preventing car starting

    Ah I understand, then in which case I'm going to give that a go and see if it helps. I thought that the reader was linked too, but as it's just reporting I think this might be it. Many thanks Mike, I'll report back.
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    Immobiliser indicator (green key) flashing on dash, preventing car starting

    Thanks for your reply Mike, I'm thinking the same. I've got the steering wheel off, looking around for loose or broken wires but everything I can see so far looks okay, so a unit fault seems to make sense. I've seen some 2nd hand ecu/barrel (with immob receiver)/key on eBay, might give that a...
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    Immobiliser indicator (green key) flashing on dash, preventing car starting

    Hey folks, Earlier this year I posted about a glow plug issue, whereby intermittently after turning the key the car would not start, and I noticed the glow plug indicator was not lighting up. Recently the problem has gotten worse, and it's not intermittent anymore... the car will hardly ever...
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    Intermittent start issues, glow plug indicator not illuminating

    Cheers for your reply. Indeed, I imagine the glow plugs are heating when the lamp lights up, and are finished heating when it turns off. If this is true, I've noted that sometimes in colder weather it can take a moment longer to heat, but no problem there. But as you'd imagine, when the light...
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    Intermittent start issues, glow plug indicator not illuminating

    Hey folks, Does this issue sound familiar to anyone... turn key to ignition, glow plug indicator light doesn't illuminate, recently I've had to take the key out, put it back in again and turn to ignition a number of times before the glow plug indicator will light up. If I try and start up when...
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    Flywheel + clutch replacement, my DIY experience

    Thanks for the kind words everyone! I've just peaked over 200k, I was also hoping for 238k too (a Honda on the moon!) but bet my wife I'd get to 250k... I'm not sure I'll get that far, but worth a punt! Cheers, yeah changing the DMF specifically has helped, I've been driving it lots of late...
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    Flywheel + clutch replacement, my DIY experience

    One last thing I wanted to address, with my "special tool" I used a 3/8 to 1/2 adapter to transfer the screwing action of the bolt to the ashwood, and thus, the pressure plate fingers. Because the end of the bolt and the inside of the adapter are not perfectly flat there was some small...
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    Flywheel + clutch replacement, my DIY experience

    Hi everyone, I've just completed a flywheel and clutch replacement on my 7 gen 2.2 Tourer, I was adamant that I wanted to complete the work myself and as such I wanted to write up a little review on why, what I did and how I got on. I figured others could benefit from this. Note, this is not a...
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    Removing AC completely

    Ah cool Graham, good to know! Hi Stephen, I think it's the radiator... but as I mentioned I don't care about getting it working again. This car is more of a run-around (taking crap to the tip, etc), I'm more wondering if there was a solid reason for me to not remove AC parts from the engine bay...
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    Removing AC completely

    Hi all, This might sound a bit strange, but I'd like a little opinion/input from you all. My AC isn't working all that well and honestly I'm not bothered about fixing it. My car (54 2.2 CDTI tourer) is just reaching 200,000 miles and the amount of work needed to keep it alive is increasing...
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    Pulsating/vibrating clutch pedal

    I've been having the same issues recently too, interestingly when I did the exhaust manifold replacement in the winter the noise seemed to go away for a while... perhaps that was just coincidental. Either way it's back and worse than before. It's fine when on throttle, but when off throttle...
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    Drive belt noises when heating is on

    Hi all, 2.2 CDTI Tourer 2004. A few weeks ago a strange noise appeared under the bonnet, on one occasion it sounded like a mechanical shaking, other times (more common) a nasty humming (think malfunctioning bearings), with more drive belt slip and squeaking than usual. I removed the drive...
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    White smoke on startup

    When the problem started for me a few years back I had changed the air filter and it seems to make a difference, if only for a short while... I was never sure if it was a coincidence or not. But I've not gone as far as checking the intake in more detail, so might do that. @IronMan is this the...
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    White smoke on startup

    @DiD ah interesting, certainly interested to hear what you learn with the specialist.
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    White smoke on startup

    Hey Brian, Bought a few years ago, started with ~180k miles, now has about ~190k. Fuel filter replaced 6 months ago, air filter last year. It is due a service (like, right now)... in fact it's a touch neglected on that front. Someone mentioned head gasket/cracking that was a cause for...
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    White smoke on startup

    Hi all, I'm getting white smoke on startup of my 54 2.2 CDTI. I've checked the oil, no milky deposits that I can see... And it doesn't appear to be losing coolant. It used to happen only after a long rest (overnight) but now pretty much something happens each time it starts. Here's a video...
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    Tailgate failure

    I've managed to make some time to check out this issue again, and after checking the wiring it was indeed the black wire that was broken, also, black and red too. All soldered back up and it's working again! Many thanks :-)
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    DIY 7th Gen Pre-Facelift Diesel Fuel Filter Change

    Many thanks Matt for documenting this process, incredibly handy! It took me 1:30, I'm relatively good at following instructions, though fairly unfamiliar with the depths of the Accord engine bay. Used a mix of 1/4 and 3/8 tools. I was able to fit my hand in behind the "hidden" bolt on the...
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    Tailgate failure

    Hey F6HAD, many thanks for the offer, I'm down in Somerset so a little way to you unfortunately. I found this post yesterday of which has lots more to check, going to go through it over the weekend.
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    Tailgate failure

    Hello all, I have a 2004 Accord Tourer and the tailgate will not open, I've already done a bit of poking around, here's the story so far: Current Symptoms Tailgate warning light is on Very cheap fault code reader returns no error codes Neither the boot handle, nor boot release on the key fob...
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