L322 LPG 4.4 petrol head gasket issue

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myfirstl322 said:
Home-made pipe clamps = 4x pieces of 1/4"ply and 2 mole grips. (30x15mm)

You're looking to deprive the vaporiser of coolant flow... also do the return to ensure no back-flow from system.

Do you realise how much insurance value you are sitting on if you happen to have a faulty Xenon light ballast?
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we are going outside my realm of understanding. Will make some calls on Monday with this information (thank you). One of the main things I can gather is cut the LPG off and run it on petrol.
 
myfirstl322 said:
Yes.

How much money have you managed to spend whilst not buying the 2 bottles of snake oil?
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a lot more then two bottles unfortunately. Did three ignition coils and pcv valve. My issue now is, putting in the juice prior to selling may not be the best option for leaking vaporiser seal, and if I try it and it doesn’t work. Will see on Monday.
 
Defender_I_wish said:
a lot more then two bottles unfortunately. Did three ignition coils and pcv valve. My issue now is, putting in the juice prior to selling may not be the best option for leaking vaporiser seal, and if I try it and it doesn’t work. Will see on Monday.
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You only get points for doing the PCV valve IF the people you paid also changed out the oh so squidgy and undersized drain from the cyclonic separator to sump....

AND you have tactfully pixellated pictures of them straddling the engine whilst doing that procedure!!!
 
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Guys,

could you advise how to open the LPG lid in order to check the gas emulator?

is it safe to do so? Apparently just use an alan key and lift off the lid
 
One more thing

a mechanic has assumed after revving the engine that it is the piston rings at fault as he believes oil is going into the piston rings and hence the blue/black/white smoke coming out and misfire.

Im shocked that he was able to diagnose that by just revving it.

Not sure what it is and mechanics just talk rubbish! But if it is the piston rings this car is doomed perhaps?
 
Defender_I_wish said:
One more thing

a mechanic has assumed after revving the engine that it is the piston rings at fault as he believes oil is going into the piston rings and hence the blue/black/white smoke coming out and misfire.

Im shocked that he was able to diagnose that by just revving it.

Not sure what it is and mechanics just talk rubbish! But if it is the piston rings this car is doomed perhaps?
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A compression test would be a good idea. Sorting the rings if it is they that are at fault is not such a bad job, don't even need to lift the heads on the engines I've worked on.
 
Datatek said:
A compression test would be a good idea. Sorting the rings if it is they that are at fault is not such a bad job, don't even need to lift the heads on the engines I've worked on.
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Compression test was fine
Piston rings Iv been told full engine rebuild and thousands of pounds
 
Datatek said:
If the compression test is OK, I somehow doubt it's the rings.
A garage would tell you that, they like to raid your wallet.
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one thing to try is to switch off the gas emulator and run it entirely on petrol to see if the misfire and smoke remains.

my LPG mechanic said it could be that the petrol and gas are burning together?
 
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