1.8 TDci dies when returning to idle, lumpy idle. I've searched the google a couple of days and everything that I found did nothing to my issue. Ford Transit Connect 1.8tdci Europe 2008. The car is starting and runing great, great performance and consumption, low level of smoke. The problem is that if I start the car and let idling, after aprox Hi guys I have a 2008 ford c max 1.8 tdci zetec so I was traveling at around 70mph on a local motorway and the car died no bang or black smoke just a message on the dash computer saying,, engine malfunction ,, the car now won't start it also will not turn over all I get is a a click noise when pxpF4.