Series 3, 2286 diesel, fuel leak - help please!

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Done. Cheers!

DaninLids said:

Checked the manual and it's a "Fuel injector feed pipe".

Basically the thing has driven 4 miles since its last MOT in November so my driving it to my house (16 miles of hell) seems to have loosened everything somewhat.

The fuel is kinda gushing out but I couldn't resist a spin last night. Fireball death will surely follow within days.

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Thinking about it, I wouldn't drive that thing anywhere with a leak like that.
I've been riding motorbikes for over 30 years, I've hit diesel twice in that time, and ended up in a heap twice...............

Food for thought (the fireball death might not be yours)

mad git said:

Thinking about it, I wouldn't drive that thing anywhere with a leak like that.
I've been riding motorbikes for over 30 years, I've hit diesel twice in that time, and ended up in a heap twice...............

Food for thought (the fireball death might not be yours)

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...phew, that's a relief! So long as it's not me and the dog.

Anyway - great news. As of last night I have solved the leak scenario.

The leak was coming out of the top of the glow plug hole and then deflecting to the back of the injection pipe - making it look like it was the injection pipe but really it was coming from elsewhere. There are two bolts holding down the glow plug fastening (one each side) which were loose to the point of finger tightening.

My brother in law (who is ten times the man I am apparently) said that if you run the engine and look at the bolts you can see that they vibrate to a different oscillation (which is a long word) to the rest of the engine - thus they are not physically connected.

Although we didn't have a 13mm spanner to tighten them between us (everything but) the old 14mm spanner with a flat head screwdriver jammed in the side trick did the business.

Turns out that the engine was only firing on 3 cylinders - hence the rattle and noise - and, obviously, hence the fuel jetting everywhere all over the place.

Not only does the engine start after only 3 seconds of turning over (as opposed to 30 seconds before) it now can produce - believe it - 25mph going on a slight incline uphill.

Truly the world is a wonderful place again.

Well at least it'll be cheaper to run now, slow poke.....

mad git said:

Nipple !! :hysterically_laughi

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snigger tweak!! ouch!!