Righto I’ll likely pop down there sometime in the week, so I’ll see what they say and report back.
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See if they will give you a short 8" bit for scientific evaluation?
They can only sell by the meter though to be fair when you pay cash they give one hell of a discount on everything, they even sell a few pro car cleaning bits I enquired list price for. 1l bottle of snow foam concentrate was around £12 cash they would do it for £3. If they have anything and it isn’t astronomical price for 1 metre I’ll grab it and post it off to you if you want.See if they will give you a short 8" bit for scientific evaluation?
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Yes, thanks.
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Is the actual nipple leaking around the base? Could it have possibly been disturbed?
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Disturbed or maybe cracked at the base.
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It is starting to sound like that being as all the gates pipes are still sound after 20 months except that one on number one. The pipe goes soft around the nipple but doesn't on the fip end.my abs and tc lamps are permently on now too. Probably one of the front cheapy sensors has failed again. I wonder if the rear sensors have a long enough lead to be fitted in the front? Looks easier to get used wabco rears than fronts as rears tend not to be welded in like the fronts often are, still got wabco on the rears.
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Went out later today and abs tc lights still on but a few hundred yards down the road and they both went out, lovely.
I also forgot I've spare front and rear sensors. Checked them for length and the rear cable is only slightly longer than the front one. Sensor is the same I think, so can I use rear sensors in the front?
I've not read anywhere that you can or can't.
Friggin leccy shower has packed up tonight . Gotta go to bed with a sweaty smelly wife tonight.
I also forgot I've spare front and rear sensors. Checked them for length and the rear cable is only slightly longer than the front one. Sensor is the same I think, so can I use rear sensors in the front?
I've not read anywhere that you can or can't.
Friggin leccy shower has packed up tonight . Gotta go to bed with a sweaty smelly wife tonight.
abs sensors are pretty basic to be fair so I don't see why a rear one would be any different from a front apart from length of the lead. The only thing that may be different to that is length of the body? but if you have an old front one to check could easily just measure the length of the body.
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There's only one way to find out kiddo
Oooh, nowt wrong with a dirty girl.....
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Aye but whos wife ,
,still cant get my head round this new format,,,,,weres the old emojs.....
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Iv used ,Its yellow pipe that looks like fish tank air hose ,cant remember the name,OW, It was trygn or tygon something like that .... well its been on about 5 years or so now and i can report back its still not leaked or split,,had a look yesterday cause need to change green sensor ,think ,hope its the cause of ,sometimes reving to 1300revs when starting when slightly warm ,then it settles down ,but also not changing gear till 2500 revs or so ,had the same thing in 2014 changed the green one been good till now ,i will get round to it ..
..Looks like it could be this stuff? matches the required inner diameter too.Iv used ,Its yellow pipe that looks like fish tank air hose ,cant remember the name,OW, It was trygn or tygon something like that .... well its been on about 5 years or so now and i can report back its still not leaked or split,,had a look yesterday cause need to change green sensor ,think ,hope its the cause of ,sometimes reving to 1300revs when starting when slightly warm ,then it settles down ,but also not changing gear till 2500 revs or so ,had the same thing in 2014 changed the green one been good till now ,i will get round to it
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That gates pipes are very good, far betterer than the other types of crap I’ve used, so don’t feel bad
Righto sorry about being late about it not managed to get round there till today as I needed to pick up a bit of copper pipe to bypass my throttle body heater. I’ll attach a couple of pics of what they have. They say they have had no complaints about it. £3.50 cash price or about £5 for list price for a me I suspect they can probably ship to you aswell if needed. Let me know either way about what you think of the look
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Thanks for that. Looks like the standard braided stuff which is generally not long lasting. It's reminded though to check for any more leaking, shes starting straight up from cold so all must be well.
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Bit of an update. Injector well is slowly filling with diesel still and as the leak off from the fip to number 1 injector is going soft 3-4" from the injector itself I suspect its getting sprayed at the tubing somehow. Cleaned out the well, sprayed it with brake cleaner a few times and throughly dried it with compressed air. Started her up and stared at it for 10mins and nowt...
Got the Doris to put the revs up and a small bubble appeared at the base of the injector, nothing when idling. I've got a set of injector washers so I'll change that one when I've a bit of time and hopefully that'll be that, job jobbed.
I think the viscous fan was causing the fuel to spray over the leak offs and with the ends more or less constantly sitting in a well of fuel is the issue of the rubber going soft. All other leak offs 23456 are bone dry.
Got the Doris to put the revs up and a small bubble appeared at the base of the injector, nothing when idling. I've got a set of injector washers so I'll change that one when I've a bit of time and hopefully that'll be that, job jobbed.
I think the viscous fan was causing the fuel to spray over the leak offs and with the ends more or less constantly sitting in a well of fuel is the issue of the rubber going soft. All other leak offs 23456 are bone dry.
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I thought the washers didn't come off the injectors. Mine certainly didn't and when I asked at the dealership they said they couldn't be replaced!
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They come off, tight to remove but there was a thin layer of carbon I had to get past. The new ones were very tight to get on even after polishing the carbon off but on they certainly went
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To get them off I put the injector in a vice and tapped them off working around the washer using an old flathead screwdriver.
