H i sorry thought I'd better ring them so you can see the bits that im talking about . there was some other black stuff floating around but not much was expecting more.

Just had a thought though, is the cylinder head in the tdci aluminium? wouldn't have thought so due to the pressures involved but just thought if it was then that would rule out swarf from the glow plug drilling.

 

Hello

The amount of swarf you found is not sufficient to justify any action. You need to collect all using a magnet and the amount collected should from a circle about 5mm diameter. If the amount is below this you can afford to keep it under observation. This particles could have come from the diesel and the filter would have done its job.

SHA222

 

Head is aluminium

 

hhhmmm, there you go, every days a school day. after having had old rovers in the past with warped cylinder heads on a petrol (I suppose higher temps involved with petrol) you would think a diesel with the high pressures they run would need to be iron.

 

Cannot think of anyway swarf from the combustion chamber can enter the fuel system.

Changing injectors after finding swarf could be a costly mistake. Maybe keep an eye on it for a while 1st.

 

+1, once its in the combustion chamber its either burnt or blown out the exhaust, or both.

 

Again if it makes any difference the car once warm runs sweet apart from the missing power band, I even think sometimes its fixed itself and accelerate just to be sure but the boost doesn't come

would this still be pump /or injector. I've also noticed i've got the old cam shaft sensor. At first i thought it was the update grey one, but its just the connector plug thats grey the unit itself is black. so may change that too. Got quoted £19.96 + vat at frauds.

If it was the sensor causing the fault, Would fitting the sensor immediately clear the limp home or would I have to use the F super to check and clear fault before I coud tell it worked???

 

Those particles are easily big enough to block/damage an injector unfortuantely. And your symptoms could well be down to dodgy injectors.

Fitting 4 new injectors would be IMO foolish if you've found swarf, as you could kill the new set in a matter of days.

I'd change the filter, and keep an eye on it to see if any more particles appear.

 

Isn't the fuel filter just doing its job and filtering bits of shite out of the diesel?

 

Yes but you have to wonder how it got there, Was not from the recent work done to it so where else?

Fuel pump breaking up, And those particles have been through the fuel rail and missed the injectors and got returned to the
tank with the excess fuel and trapped by the filter?

What about any particles that did not get returned to the fuel filter, That will contaminate the injectors very quickly.

 

20p as is.

 

Cheers for that, just to clarify I emptied the entire contents of the filter. In that I opened the trap let that drain into one dish, then tipped it up to get the remainder out the in/out pipes. I supose there is still going to be some left over. But seemed empty. I'll fit a new one just in case. And see what happens with the Delphi peeps today.

 

Phil, did you put the car into Argyle Diesel? Thinking on sending off my injectors to be tested and just wondered

 

Hi, I phoned Argyll as they are alittle closer but they never got back to me but McAlister fuel injection engineers in Cumbernauld came back. Very good apart from losing my number and not too dear, £60+VAT (£72) for recode and diagnosis or £200 +VAT for same plus recon. injector fitted may do a deal for all 4 to be done. They are not pushy and only do what is needed done ie; won't try and tel you, you need a turbo if its just an egr fault or a recode needed etc.

the number for them is,01236727008

I'm not slating Argyll though just that they never phoned back. but I hear good things about them also and I beleive my work uses them too for injector suff.

 

You need to cut round the filter without going in. Then clean off all the metal.
Then smash the top off.
Then pull out the filter and look into the folds of paper.

Mine had a couple of bits like yours in there. But just two .

M