However, over the last few months I noticed an occasional slight hesitation and lack of throttle response when accelerating.
A few weeks ago it started fine from cold but then had minute or two of missing, and reluctance to rev, which then suddenly cleared and it was back to normal.
It then ran perfectly so I made the unwise decision to defer a visit to my excellent local garage.
This of course came back to bite me in the bum, as last week it stalled in the middle of the road junction outside my house and absolutely refused to start, though it cranked over fine.
Also, it came up for the first time with the dreaded 'depollution system fault' message. At this stage I'd have welcomed even limp home mode, but still no joy, so out came the lads from the garage and it was towed into their workshop-fortunately only a mile away.
Of course next day, it started and perfectly again....
They put it on the code reader and found fault codes relating to the injectors and the EGR valve. The injector codes cleared straight away but the EGR one didn't, so a new Delphi EGR valve was ordered and fitted.
It appears that the EGR valve was intermittently sticking fully open and preventing the engine from running.
It's all fine now though, so if anyone suffers from similar symptoms on their car don't leave it too long or you may well find yourself going nowhere fast
