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blunderbus
Hi there,
I was on a return trip when a deep chuffing sound started from the engine. At first I thought it was a exhaust gasket but after pulling over I could see that it was a fair bit worse than that.
Had the Sprinter towed to my mechanic. While I waited to hear from my mechanic I started researching here.Found the articles on Black Death and crossed my fingers that I didn't have it.
Got the call from my mechanic, giving me the bad news. Then it got a little worse. He hadn't seen anything like it before and insisted the only way to fix the problem was to replace the motor at 8K plus. His second suggestion was sell it as scrap, also not going to happen.
So here I am, just started to assessing and cleaning the soot/coke or what ever it is. Optimistically thinking that all can be fixed.
Here are some images from yesterday and today's effort
I have found removing the crud is not as difficult as I was expecting. Managed to chip about 2 metric cups of soot, which is the majority of the crud. Have now begun to soak the injector plugs with solvent for the next week.
I would like to hear peoples comments on what they think is the best type of injector extractor, slide hammer or screw extractor. Attachment that screws into the top of the injector or has a hook that pulls from below the fuel feed inlet. Basically any suggestions of what I should be doing and probably what I've done wrong would be greatly appreciated.
I will keep posting images and comments of my progress and more than likely questions as to best way to proceed.
Also a short vid of the problem http://youtu.be/hOVypeJRccg
cheers,
n
I was on a return trip when a deep chuffing sound started from the engine. At first I thought it was a exhaust gasket but after pulling over I could see that it was a fair bit worse than that.
Had the Sprinter towed to my mechanic. While I waited to hear from my mechanic I started researching here.Found the articles on Black Death and crossed my fingers that I didn't have it.
Got the call from my mechanic, giving me the bad news. Then it got a little worse. He hadn't seen anything like it before and insisted the only way to fix the problem was to replace the motor at 8K plus. His second suggestion was sell it as scrap, also not going to happen.
So here I am, just started to assessing and cleaning the soot/coke or what ever it is. Optimistically thinking that all can be fixed.
Here are some images from yesterday and today's effort
I have found removing the crud is not as difficult as I was expecting. Managed to chip about 2 metric cups of soot, which is the majority of the crud. Have now begun to soak the injector plugs with solvent for the next week.
I would like to hear peoples comments on what they think is the best type of injector extractor, slide hammer or screw extractor. Attachment that screws into the top of the injector or has a hook that pulls from below the fuel feed inlet. Basically any suggestions of what I should be doing and probably what I've done wrong would be greatly appreciated.
I will keep posting images and comments of my progress and more than likely questions as to best way to proceed.
Also a short vid of the problem http://youtu.be/hOVypeJRccg
cheers,
n
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