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Jonny H

Active Member

• Jun 17, 2016

• #1

I have just finished fitting a replacement injector wiring loom to cure an intermittent rough running problem I was having. Problem solved.
While doing the job, I noticed that if I run the engine with the injector cover removed (the black plastic piece embossed with the Landrover logo), a small amount of oil is blown out of the left hand injector cover bolt hole (hope that makes sense!).
Does anyone know if this is normal?

 

hd3

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Full Member

• Jun 17, 2016

• #2

that if I run the engine with the injector cover removed (the black plastic piece embossed with the Landrover logo), a small amount of oil is blown out of the left hand injector cover bolt hole (hope that makes sense!).
Does anyone know if this is normal?

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yes .. be doing its' normal thing when that bolt be removed
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Jonny H

Active Member

• Jun 17, 2016

• #3

Cheers hd3.

 

Nodge68

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• Jun 17, 2016

• #4

What isn't normal is why the hole is drilled right through to the cam chain housing in the first place. Shoddy design that for sure. You don't see a Rover engine using the cover plate screws to keep oil in the engine. BMW should have known better, but obviously not.

 

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Jonny H

Active Member

• Jun 17, 2016

• #5

I understand there should be a fibre washer between the cover and the mounting hole. Is that correct?

 

Nodge68

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• Jun 17, 2016

• #6

Jonny H said:

I understand there should be a fibre washer between the cover and the mounting hole. Is that correct?

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There's no fiber washers on mine, although that doesn't mean there shouldn't be. Mine doesn't leak however, unless I forget to put the stupid screw back in when testing it.

 

Arctic2

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• Jun 17, 2016

• #7

This as happened on a fair few R40 MGZT diesel because the owner as added the wrong bolt, the timing change bolt should be smaller, if one of the others are used it can pierce the housing, I have added plastic screw blank in a few members R40 which come from a cut down number plate bolt, and this as been successful