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Shouldn't a turbo last the life of the car?
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>>out of interest, would you know if your car is still running on the original turbo???
As far as I know it is still the original turbo. It looked the same general colour as the rest of the engine when I bought it two and a half years ago. I did replace a couple of the vacuum hoses as a precaution as they were looking past their best.
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Roger
A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
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Were these Bosch nozzles? I'm very surprised that any attention was needed at this low mileage assuming that good quality fuel injection equipment was fitted and that other parameters such as injection timing were correct.
On a good installation, I would not consider pulling the injectors at under 150k miles and then only if there were rough running, smoke, poor starting or fuel economy. I have seen many Bosch equipped engines with upwards of 250k miles with undisturbed injectors.
Obviously, your engine needed attention but as a generality, I would recommend leaving injectors well alone if an engine is running well - routine "maintenance" can make matters worse.
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>>Were these Bosch nozzles? I'm very surprised that any attention was needed at this low mileage assuming that good quality fuel injection equipment was fitted and that other parameters such as injection timing were correct. On a good installation, I would not consider pulling the injectors at under 150k miles and then only if there were rough running, smoke, poor starting or fuel economy. I have seen many Bosch equipped engines with upwards of 250k miles with undisturbed injectors.
Yes, these are Bosch injectors. I should mention I usually use Esso diesel and occassionally supermarket diesel, but I tend to do a fair number of short journeys. Every four thousand miles I also used an injector cleaner.
According to the service manual they should be fitted with new nozzles at 80,000 miles. I do not doubt that some vehicles can reach higher mileages before any work is carried out. The receptionist at Kent Diesel Centre said many vehicles are left too long (mainly taxis) and when they are finally serviced, the nozzles have been giving a very bad spray pattern for thousands of miles resulting in poor performance, increased smoke and increased fuel consumption.
I should point out that the warning light for the injectors had been coming on during the first couple of miles, until the engine was warm, for several thousand miles. So the injector warning sensor was detecting a problem that required attention.
Never having had a diesel car before, let alone one of this high mileage, fitting new nozzles was an experience never before tried so I did not expect much difference with the engine. Never in 35 years of driving have I found such a marked performance change due to a regular service item - only if the car was running badly off tune has a service done this. The only way I can describe this is like having a replacement engine fitted, so I am very pleased I had the work done.
Do any other BR's have similar experiences or comments.
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Roger
A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
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