Ive got to say I know some on here call their Local Main Agents "Main Stealers" but in my experience when it comes to fault finding it is better to just take the financial pain because I can guarantee you there are no shortcuts with the type of technology that you are dealing with on these vehicles. It would probably cost less in the long run by the time you've tried the alternatives both in time and money. The key is to be clear with the dealer from the start and agree that they must not proceed with anything until they have cleared it with yourself that way there are no nasty surprises.

Any way for future reference this car in question had an intermittent problem that only occured when the car was cold. It was an 05 Reg TDV6 HSE only done 45k with FLRSH so beware. The problem was that now and again it would idle very agressively until it warmed up but was hard to pinpoint because it did not do it all the time and it never threw up any warning lights on the dash. Eventually we dcided to take it to our local Main Agent and they kept it overnight luckily it faulted the next morning and they were able to diagnose it as requiring 2 EGR valves that were sticking.

Without the correct equipment and software and a bit of luck these days it just isnt worth getting involved with.

Stuart.

Wise words. Alternatively, of course, join a forum like ours where such a problem is reported on quite a regular basis and you can then take our advice to the dealer who can do the appropriate fix  

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