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I'm looking for some help, please.
The local garage has diagnosed a faulty injector on my Mondeo, but it needs a diesel specialist to fix it.
I'm near Chorley, Lancs, I've been given the name of Euro Diesel, has anyone any experince of them or know of another company that I could try?
Thanks.
No reviews on line. If you're worried about them why not phone round a few other diesel specialists in the Yellow Pages and judge their reaction?
First impressions count for a lot so I would take the time to visit the place with the car and get them to look at it and give me a quote.
Or ring Graham Crook at Crook Brothers in Houghton, he's a Land Rover specialist and will be able to recommend a good diesel specialist. He's a very steady bloke and certainly wouldn't recommend anybody bad. He's got a fantastic west Lancashire accent too.
I can only speak for the mk3 but I imagine other old models are pretty similar... Consider doing it yourself. It's not actually hard to diy, as long as you own a laptop and are reasonably spannery. Each new injector cost me about £150 (brand new, not recon- buying a recon injector was only about £30 less and getting mine rebuilt wasn't much less, didn't make any sense), the special tool is IIRC £12, and the USB connector to reprogram the car was IIRC £7 (and massively useful to have anyway).
Getting a wee bit ahead considering the questions I asked, but, I found that as soon as one went (at 110000 miles) the others followed suit over the next 5000 miles. I wouldn't change them all just because one is gone but I'd plan for it.
3 of mine failed at 110k on my mk3 mondeo tdci. I got rid. They can fail because of age etc but they can also fail if the pump is breaking down. These are expensive as well. FWIW I haven't heard of a positive repair on these at high milage. They never seem to run the same ie like new. Just my experience.
TBH I don't think that makes much sense, no more than with any other moderately expensive repair anyway. Failing injectors[i] could[/i] be a symptom of a bigger problem, but it's not likely, they are long-lived consumables and should be treated as such. And replacing them- properly- doesn't really have any complications. Every story I've heard where people had issues with a replaced injector, included either cheapo recons, used parts, or "You don't have to recode them, the ECU will learn"
No experience of them, but for the Mk3 you need a Delphi specialist. Googling gives me:
http://www.mickogdendiesels.co.uk/
Ask Darwin who they'd recommend in your area:
[url= http://http://www.darwendiesels.com/ ]Darwen Diesels[/url]
Or try:
[url= http://www.ads-automotive.co.uk/diesel-services/ ]ADS[/url]
ADS will not be cheap, but you will have a repaired vehicle.
Hth
Marko
Thanks for the help, time to start phoning around, I think.
[i]Failing injectors could be a symptom of a bigger problem, but it's not likely, they are long-lived consumables and should be treated as such.[/i]
Yep, on my wife's Freelander is was due to a failing (low pressure) fuel pump.
Diesel bob in Ribchester. Top bloke.
If Bosch TDCI then cut your fuel filter open - if it contain s metal parts then HP fuel pump is on its way out and has contaminated the fuel system including tank.
If/when fixed, add 2stroke oil to the tank to help lubricate the fuel system.
Have done this for years with my Landrover and the last 3 years with a TDCI transit. All good