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And yet no one spotted me (hopefully)
Happily motoring along on the Edinburgh bypass this morning and then thought the road behind me looks awful dusty, then realised it looked like whitish smoke, then saw greyish whitish smoke appearing from the nearside bonnet, managed to pull into a layby and lift the bonnet - thought the engine was on fire but just smoking heavily from the nearside of the engine bay.
after it cooled and the smoke dissipated, I could smell a strong smell of diesel and a nice puddle underneath for good measure, so only one thing for it
The Drive of Shame
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Recovered back to my preferred garage near Dumbarton, looks like a pipe to the injector has perished, but time will tell.
So for now its a Corsa for me
28th Mar 2019 3:33 pm
ianm27
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Fingers crossed it is something easy to fix......and cheap Uncle Ray's spare wheel protector
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28th Mar 2019 3:43 pm
Davethegeo
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Eeeek. That could have gone a lot worse very quickly.
I did wonder what that smell was this morning...! I live close to the bypass.D1 300Tdi - gone
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28th Mar 2019 5:52 pm
Sea Raider
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Aye, thank goodness for that lay-by just before the Straiton junction westbound
28th Mar 2019 5:57 pm
Sea Raider
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Just a quick diagnosis this afternoon
Looks to be one of the spill off pipes from the rear injector has popped out.
Seems with the constant heating and cooling in that area they are prone to cracking
Looks to be one of the spill off pipes from the rear injector has popped out.
Seems with the constant heating and cooling in that area they are prone to cracking
I've heard of this on a few occasions locally with 10 year + D3's.
Is this something of which we should be aware & be replacing at a certain mileage/age?
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28th Mar 2019 6:15 pm
Sea Raider
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I'm not sure but as soon as the motor was offloaded, Paul the garage owner had his head under the bonnet and went straight for the rear of the engine and discovered the pipe off, he did say that this is a common problem. So much so he was able to quote me the price of the part and how long it would take to replace
a common problem. So much so he was able to quote me the price of the part and how long it would take to replace
Worrying - would you please share the details, part number, price & labour?
NJSSAm I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
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28th Mar 2019 6:39 pm
Sea Raider
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I will do
Now don't quote me on this yet but he did say the part was around £120 as its the whole side that needs replaced, I've carried out a search and suspect it may be this
Mick Flack replaced mine last year with a complete new loom as a one or 2 had perished and had started to leak, one quite badly. Be carful of the little clips that hold the leak off pipe in place on the injector as once they ping off they are lost forever If you are doing the job yourself order the loom and 2 or 3 extra clips The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the best of everything they have.
28th Mar 2019 7:05 pm
defector
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Alternatively tie a cotton thread to it and cut it when installed.
Learnt the hard way
29th Mar 2019 3:34 am
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Quote:
I've heard of this on a few occasions locally with 10 year + D3's.
Is this something of which we should be aware & be replacing at a certain mileage/age?
NJSS
On our Disco they started leaking after roughly 9 years and 130.000kms
1st Apr 2019 6:22 pm
galwaygreen
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lucky...could of caught fore I guess
1st Apr 2019 9:54 pm
mek
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Same thing happened to me just recently. In my case on the motorway with cars keeping their distance! Fiddly time consuming job to change the leak off pipes. Be very very careful when you remove the injector leak off pipe clips. Also, when you go to refit the clips they will want to ping off into infinity. I advise you to buy 2 new clips off ebay now, and when you refit tie cotton still attached to reel around the clip and break off once refitted.
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Aye, thank goodness for that lay-by just before the Straiton junction westbound
