In other news, I have a 'summer cold', aka man-flu.
I thought I'd detected a whiff of exhaust inside the car a few times recently, now I'm having coughing fits, so I resolved to find the cause this evening.
I haz a loose injector.
Managed to tighten it up enough to stop the visible / audible leak for now, but couldn't remember what actually fits those screws. They don't look like Torx heads, more like regular hexagon keys, but 7mm is too big and 6mm too small. Anybody know for certain?
2002 HDi 2.2 Exec Estate, (2008-12) (wonderful)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
Doggy wrote:In other news, I have a 'summer cold', aka man-flu.
I thought I'd detected a whiff of exhaust inside the car a few times recently, now I'm having coughing fits, so I resolved to find the cause this evening.
I haz a loose injector.
Managed to tighten it up enough to stop the visible / audible leak for now, but couldn't remember what actually fits those screws. They don't look like Torx heads, more like regular hexagon keys, but 7mm is too big and 6mm too small. Anybody know for certain?
Crap, nothing in the repair manual Googling about I see lots of stuff about them loosening off on the 1.6HDi, they're an angular torque so you can keep tightening them until they snap...
They are definitely allen bolts, I did an injector washer on a friends 2.2Hdi last week - I can't remember the size but it was smaller than I thought...
2003 2.2hdi estate - mine 1998 Volvo 940 auto estate - also mine 2019 Citroen C3 something - the wife's PP2000 user, can help with faults / diagnostics in the Bournemouth area.
I'm probably having a bit of brain fade. I know I changed the injectors on the original dogmobile and I didn't have any issues then.
I've a faint recollection of possibly using a torx bit in the socket set, which wasn't the right thing, but fitted well enough, (or maybe I'm hallucinating).
Last night I tapped a 7mm allen key into a depth of about 2mm and tightened them very gently. (The key was definitely too big to fit properly).
Anyway, the car has ceased to be a mobile gas chamber, idles more evenly, picks up more crisply.....
Isn't it amazing how we don't notice things deteriorating?
2002 HDi 2.2 Exec Estate, (2008-12) (wonderful)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
The a/c's all back together, new condenser and lower refrigerant pipe joined onto the old one at the flexible behind the n/s headlight......
Leak test / re-gas at 10:00.
Place your bets, gentlemen.
2002 HDi 2.2 Exec Estate, (2008-12) (wonderful)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
Another broken bracket located, this time the one holding the larger diameter pipe that carries the gas back to the compressor. Pipe's been rubbing on the broken bracket and has finally rubbed through the aluminium. Noticed the hiss as I climbed underneath to drain the engine oil.
I've split open a short piece of hose and clamped that round it with a hose clip. Seems to have stopped the leak and it still works, but for how long?
Not expecting it to hold as its the (pin)hole is on the outside of a sharp 90 degree bend.
(I'd link a diagram, but now service pox has thown in the towel too)!
2002 HDi 2.2 Exec Estate, (2008-12) (wonderful)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
It's still holding enough pressure to let the clutch operate - so I'm 'saving it' for tomorrow.
Booked on Eurotunnel at 9:40, hoping to reach Strasbourg in the early evening, pausing as we transit Luxembourg where diesel's €0.93/l. Looks like being a scorcher.
Guess it's a blessing Rufus is sitting this one out as Mrs Doggy would have been stressing about whether we could keep him cool enough, even with aircon.
2002 HDi 2.2 Exec Estate, (2008-12) (wonderful)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
Googling about I see lots of stuff about them loosening off on the 1.6HDi, they're an angular torque so you can keep tightening them until they snap...
