1.9 tdi won't rev, smoke, stalls

[Transporter]

Do you mean check they all reach the top of the stroke? ie no bent rods?

Yes, that’s what I meant.

[Tangles553]

Yes, that’s what I meant.

All good, protrusion looks normal

How difficult should it be to rotate the camshaft with the injectors in? I'm feeling a lot of resistance

[Transporter]

All good, protrusion looks normal

How difficult should it be to rotate the camshaft with the injectors in? I'm feeling a lot of resistance

There’s quite a bit of resistance from these unit injectors.

[dylan8]

I had issues with my 1.9 when first running that the map sensor has a busted wire/wire had pulled from the plug.
made zero power, would struggle to go up any sort of incline or pickup speed.
Not sure if you have any way of checking its performance?

[Tangles553]

I had issues with my 1.9 when first running that the map sensor has a busted wire/wire had pulled from the plug.
made zero power, would struggle to go up any sort of incline or pickup speed.
Not sure if you have any way of checking its performance?

Thanks. Have looked in VCDS and definitely getting what seems to be a normal reading (increases with revs, consistent at idle). The ECU also throws 'implausible reading' when the MAF is connected but the intake piping is not, so it must be fairly sensitive to whether the reading matches what the engine is doing, ie. I don't think the sensor is broken

[Tangles553]

Thought I'd come back here to update the cause.

Issue was the injector seals / o-rings between the fuel supply and fuel return galleries in the head. Clamping off the return line so the fuel couldn't return to the tank fixed the issue immediately, taking the vice grips off the hose caused it to stall out again.

Easy fix at least!