W204 2007 C320 CDİ Cleaned fuel injectors - problems

[mioba]

Did you read the codes and diagnose the fault yourself?

 

[Artist]

Did you read the codes and diagnose the fault yourself?

Yes....

 

[Artist]

Anyhow guys just to update you. Car now resurrected and running sweet after the three injectors were refurbished by Diesel Bob at Ribble Valley Diesels. The price was also very reasonable at £260 return postage. İ emptied and cleaned out the fuel tank then refilled with fresh diesel, some Redex and a cup of 2-stroke oil (as advised). After priming with the ignition four or five times it sprang into life (with some initial plumes of smoke). After about 20 mins running and gentle revving i took it out for a quick blast to clear things out.

With the 2-stroke there's a tidge of smoke but once that tank is gone I'm sure the little bit of smoke will too. On the quick blast down the road it also didn't go into limp mode so fingers crossed it just needs an O2 sensor to get rid of the last fault code

Lesson learnt the hard way but hey-ho I'm lot wiser on fuel injectors and the common rail system.

 

[mersum1es]

Obviously have no DPF...

 

[M80]

Anyhow guys just to update you. Car now resurrected and running sweet after the three injectors were refurbished by Diesel Bob at Ribble Valley Diesels. The price was also very reasonable at £260 return postage. İ emptied and cleaned out the fuel tank then refilled with fresh diesel, some Redex and a cup of 2-stroke oil (as advised). After priming with the ignition four or five times it sprang into life (with some initial plumes of smoke). After about 20 mins running and gentle revving i took it out for a quick blast to clear things out.

With the 2-stroke there's a tidge of smoke but once that tank is gone I'm sure the little bit of smoke will too. On the quick blast down the road it also didn't go into limp mode so fingers crossed it just needs an O2 sensor to get rid of the last fault code

Lesson learnt the hard way but hey-ho I'm lot wiser on fuel injectors and the common rail system.

Interesting video, thanks.
Toward the end when it came to testing it occurred to me that the rig is expensive kit and unlikely to be available to the majority.
W/o testing the other attention is going to result in an unknown outcome, demonstrated as you still don't seem to be aware of what the issue was with them.

Sending to Diesel Bob seems like the better approach, that's what I'll do when I pull he injectors in the Viano.

Previously I've been led to believe the the Piezo injector can't be refurbed, that looks to be a myth.

Did your returned injectors require recoding when reinstalled?

 

[Doug1234]

They can be reconditioned , but prices are similar to new.
A lot of eBay sellers offer refurbished and these are injectors that have been returned as core deposits and these are tested and if within factory specs get a new nozzle and are generally just under half price of new.

So if buying remember to read listings reconditioned and refurbished are two different things as far as injectors go

 

[Artist]

Interesting video, thanks.
Toward the end when it came to testing it occurred to me that the rig is expensive kit and unlikely to be available to the majority.
W/o testing the other attention is going to result in an unknown outcome, demonstrated as you still don't seem to be aware of what the issue was with them.

Sending to Diesel Bob seems like the better approach, that's what I'll do when I pull he injectors in the Viano.

Previously I've been led to believe the the Piezo injector can't be refurbed, that looks to be a myth.

Did your returned injectors require recoding when reinstalled?

No....but i may get them coded for optimal performance