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what is this for ????

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hi guys decided to have a look for split wires on anything that was fuel related and guess what i found to was just the plastic coverin that was broken but the 2 wires wer touchin its a green connector that plugs into a black box with a fuel line at each end what is this
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also the connector looks as if its covered in soot from bein burnt i have wrapped electrical tape round both wires so there not touching
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Could you make the pic any more blurred? :shock: It's not anything that I recognise, maybe a tuning box thingy. What's written on it?
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it was done on my fone sorry but am no photographer
its not a tuning box as i have one of these
it must be something for the fuel to run back to the tank
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I *think* your car's a 110 HDi, same as mine, although I'm not sure of the year. I can't see anything there that looks like that on mine, not even the connector :?
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Wouldn't be the fuel heater would it?

According to the write-up, mine's got one that works below about -3C, but I've no idea where it is or what it looks like. Guessing other HDi's will have one too?
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Looks like you've got it, I trudged through all the parts diagrams and there it was -
1579 Y6
FUEL REHEATER
- EEC 95 DEPOLL (ENGINE) AND BOSCH DIESEL FILTER AND MOUNTING BOSCH

Fitted up to RPO 09001 (July 2001)

Wonder if I've got one somewhere... :?
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steve_earwig wrote:Fitted up to RPO 09001 (July 2001)

Wonder if I've got one somewhere... :?
Not unless yours spent a loooooooooooooooooooooooonngg time in the showroom. :?
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Nah, mine was thrown together December 2003. I was wondering if they relocated it or did away with it altogether.
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what way is it set up on urs
am wondering if this is the problem with my car barely startin when the engines warm as these 2 wires wer touchin against each other
my cars a hdi 110 2000 x reg
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There doesn't seem to be one :?

I'm not sure if it would make much difference in this weather if it was working - but - where's the power from it coming from? Odds are the ecu, that's going to do something surely. Cook it? Take power from elsewhere? But only when it's hot?? Reheat, not preheat :?: :?: :?:
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well the strange buzzing noise has stopped aswell now so far the cars starting ok
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