Emergency... Help needed.

Hi lads,

Im actually not exaggerating. was looking under the bonnet and saw some diesel leaking off the injector closest to the radiator and while changing the leak off pipe the nipple on top the injector snapped off. am i in serious trouble or what???

my rave isint working as i backed up my laptop and think i moved the source folder. so have to download it again. do i have to replace the injector? and if so what kind of socket is it? i have a spare engine in the garden can i just swap the injectors over??

here is a pic of the injector

I would just change the injector as it wont run propper like that.

what socket do i need? a long 23mm or something?

P38_Ireland said:

what socket do i need? a long 23mm or something?

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is it a 200? they just pull out but you have to twist them.

27mm extension socket.

Like he said

landowner said:

is it a 200? they just pull out but you have to twist them.

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no its a 2.5 DSE

wammers said:

27 mm extension socket.

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is that all i need? gonna have great craic trying to find one of them on a sat here in the sticks!

do i need to use something to seal it when putting the new injector back in?

Don't know anything about these engines, but if it was a banjo bolt, won't it just unscrew with yer finger? Yer engine will probably run like a bag o' spanners and chuck fuel out all over the place

Dunno if usin' a bolt of the same thread and maybe some ptfe tape would do as a "get me home" fix.. just a thought mate

bustersbus said:

Dunno if usin' a bolt of the same thread and maybe some ptfe tape would do as a "get me home" fix.. just a thought mate

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would you believe PTFE tape also sprung to my mind too! though maybe a BMW is too posh and needs some gold leaf PTFE tape only available from the main stealer!! lol

P38_Ireland said:

would you believe PTFE tape also sprung to my mind too! though maybe a BMW is too posh and needs some gold leaf PTFE tape only available from the main stealer!! lol

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Aye, and only if an ingot has been melted on the thigh of some native virgin until it's the correct thickness and width!

bustersbus said:

Aye, and only if an ingot has been melted on the thigh of some native virgin until it's the correct thickness and width!

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youve been on the tour of the P38 museum havent you...! lol

P38_Ireland said:

do i need to use something to seal it when putting the new injector back in?

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Use white anti-seize grease. You'll thank yourself the next time you have to take the injector out for whatever reason.

P38_Ireland said:

youve been on the tour of the P38 museum havent you...! lol

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HAHAHAHA! Ah'm afraid not mate... couldn't afford the entrance fee

bustersbus said:

HAHAHAHA! Ah'm afraid not mate... couldn't afford the entrance fee

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oh the entrance fee, you mean selling your sole to the devil!!

P38_Ireland said:

oh the entrance fee, you mean selling your sole to the devil!!

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Aye summit like that! Well he's already got me soul for the Defender and a bridging loan fur me bike... might as well have the bottom of me boot as well!

27 mm long socket will do your job, change my one last week, it will be really tight, start her up and let her warm the engine first, should come out no probs.
the injector will have a copper washer at the bottom just make sure its clean before putting back in>

JOY!!! all sorted, drove up to Halfords 1st thing this morning and got the 27mm extension socket and the anti sieze grease. changed it in about 5 mins here is a pic of the old culprit.







Thanks for all the help lads panic averted!