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Ade
Member Since: 26 Nov 2008
Location: West Lothian
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Just as an update on this topic, cars been in the garage for 3 weeks now but still awaiting any good news
The injectors were all removed and took to be tested, so will hopefully get the results of this early next week
Been without the car meant I also missed Flack's trip to Scotland for software mods 
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 5th Nov 2011 10:09 pm |
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Flack
Member Since: 06 Sep 2006
Location: Preston Lancashire
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I might be back up your way end of the month bud so will let you know if I am.
Flack 
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| 5th Nov 2011 10:42 pm |
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Ade
Member Since: 26 Nov 2008
Location: West Lothian
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Well I finally got my D3 back on Friday, so took a good couple of weeks, but a lot of the time was due to the injector specialist taking there sweet  time
So all injectors were taken out and sent to the diesel injector specialist. They were put on the common rail test bed and all gave a low flow rate, but 2 more so out of the 6. The injectors were then stripped down for inspection. When stripped down they found no damage but a lot of swarf in all 6 injectors. They cleaned them all up and reassembled for a run on the test bed again. All 6 injectors are now giving good flow readings.
So they were returned to the garage for refitting. No misfire, very smooth idle and very smooth acceleration when driving. Overall really happy 
So glad I spoke to the diesel company who rebuilt the pump on my D1 for there opinion. The injectors have no serviceable parts, so can't be repaired as such. But even if they felt they needed replacing they still offered the new siemens injectors on an exchange basis for £120 rather then the £250+ from LR. But the work I had done cost £17.50 per injector
Last edited by Ade on 13th Nov 2011 11:09 am. Edited 1 time in total
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| 13th Nov 2011 11:01 am |
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Martin
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| 13th Nov 2011 11:06 am |
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Dave T
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Location: Glasgow
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That is good news, who did you send the injectors to? Joined the BMWX5 45e group
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| 17th Nov 2011 8:04 am |
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Ade
Member Since: 26 Nov 2008
Location: West Lothian
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They were dropped into a local company; Lawson Diesel
http://www.lawsondiesel.co.uk/
Down near Ferry Road in Edinburgh
Apperently they are the only diesel injector specialist in Scotland who have a common rail test bed??
They refurbed the diesel pump on my 300tdi D1 about 3 years ago, and thats still running perfectly as well
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| 17th Nov 2011 9:39 am |
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Gareth
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Good news indeed
BUT, if they found swarf in all the injectors, I would be very concerned as to the source. What if there is still a problem with a component upstream of the injectors that is causing the swarf?
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| 17th Nov 2011 11:20 am |
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Ade
Member Since: 26 Nov 2008
Location: West Lothian
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There might be something damaged elsewhere, but then again there might not
But because its working correctly, I (we) didn't want to start investing removing stuff just for the sake of it
I'm of the saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
The injector specialist commented that it was probably down to a wrong fuelling in the cars past, so nothing else would probably be affected
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| 17th Nov 2011 12:27 pm |
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Dave T
Member Since: 03 Jul 2009
Location: Glasgow
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if you ever need to replace the HP fuel pump I know where is one going at a very reasonable rate  Joined the BMWX5 45e group
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| 17th Nov 2011 1:33 pm |
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character
Member Since: 01 Jan 2008
Location: wiltshire
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had fault code come up on autologic when TFC came down t'other day, did a spill test at westover LR, salisburys who confirmed what TFC said, that injector 6 was soon to be toast as others were over compensating, had it replaced this week by westover, runs very smooth and decent start up.
moral of the story, get yer injectors tested first if yer d3 runs a bit rough in the morning rather than blame supermarket fuel 
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| 17th Nov 2011 10:06 pm |
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