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Mike from Florida Van Man
First post, been lurking for a while, please be patient
We have a 2006 HC 140" with a supposedly rebuilt engine that we just got running again. It sat for a long time in many pieces, drained all the yuck out of it and put it back together with original injectors, no start. 5 remanufactured injectors, starts right up. Here's a video of the very first time we fired it up: https://youtu.be/IImfsKYXYMY
If this really is a rebuilt engine (which the general overall cleanliness and clean oil when checking lead us to believe it is), then I'm about halfway through the 1,000 mile break in period. I was hoping that at this point it would quiet down a lot, in fact it sounds like an older diesel extremely clacky. I don't mind it, but I know it's strange for a Sprinter. We have one with 430k that still purrs and one revived this year with 299k that also purrs really nicely.
This is an up to date video on what it sounds like at startup, and idle. The audio cuts out a little and if the link doesn't work, skip to 4:00 in: https://youtu.be/e1b_D6bEGNI?t=240
I'm quite worried about this clackiness and my reading indicates that this could fuel injection related, like an injector getting stuck open or a bad high pressure fuel pump. After running it for 30 miles, I noticed small fuel puddles (not black) in front of cylinders 1 & 2.
Something I believe to be related to this problem is the fact that the engine "surges" or revs up to about 1000rpm when it fires and starts. This doesn't seem normal and it makes quite a loud sound inside the engine compartment. Could this be fuel leaking from an injector into the cylinder, and then firing when I start the engine? Or a sign of something else? Plan on buying a compression tester soon so we can at least verify that's good...but I have a feeling that's not where we should be looking.
Thanks so much for the help, not expecting an accurate diagnosis but just hoping to bounce these thoughts around some much more knowledgeable folks...
PS I love the size of this van, got used to driving a SHC 158" and it's hard to go back to such a long van
We have a 2006 HC 140" with a supposedly rebuilt engine that we just got running again. It sat for a long time in many pieces, drained all the yuck out of it and put it back together with original injectors, no start. 5 remanufactured injectors, starts right up. Here's a video of the very first time we fired it up: https://youtu.be/IImfsKYXYMY
If this really is a rebuilt engine (which the general overall cleanliness and clean oil when checking lead us to believe it is), then I'm about halfway through the 1,000 mile break in period. I was hoping that at this point it would quiet down a lot, in fact it sounds like an older diesel extremely clacky. I don't mind it, but I know it's strange for a Sprinter. We have one with 430k that still purrs and one revived this year with 299k that also purrs really nicely.
This is an up to date video on what it sounds like at startup, and idle. The audio cuts out a little and if the link doesn't work, skip to 4:00 in: https://youtu.be/e1b_D6bEGNI?t=240
I'm quite worried about this clackiness and my reading indicates that this could fuel injection related, like an injector getting stuck open or a bad high pressure fuel pump. After running it for 30 miles, I noticed small fuel puddles (not black) in front of cylinders 1 & 2.
Something I believe to be related to this problem is the fact that the engine "surges" or revs up to about 1000rpm when it fires and starts. This doesn't seem normal and it makes quite a loud sound inside the engine compartment. Could this be fuel leaking from an injector into the cylinder, and then firing when I start the engine? Or a sign of something else? Plan on buying a compression tester soon so we can at least verify that's good...but I have a feeling that's not where we should be looking.
Thanks so much for the help, not expecting an accurate diagnosis but just hoping to bounce these thoughts around some much more knowledgeable folks...
PS I love the size of this van, got used to driving a SHC 158" and it's hard to go back to such a long van
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