Help..! Sudden Diesel Smell
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Originally Posted by Phantom Mark' post='922656' date='Jun 24 2009, 11:43 PM
Can I presume you did the swirl flaps yourself ??
Its possible you never seated one of the rubber sealing rings properly when you refitted the inlet manifold ? and its only just starting to let go ?
Just a guess mate.....or a loose stud maybe from when you did the same job, do you use thread lock on those things ??
Its possible you never seated one of the rubber sealing rings properly when you refitted the inlet manifold ? and its only just starting to let go ?
Just a guess mate.....or a loose stud maybe from when you did the same job, do you use thread lock on those things ??
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I dont know, im not a mechanic 
But one would assume that the intake manifold has to interact with the fuel at some point, else it would not work eh
Im guessing there was a rubber sealing ring on each port ?, bearing in mind the fuel is delivered under extreme pressure its not beyond the realms of possibility in my mind at least that fuel could somehow make it way past a dis-lodged seal maybe ? Makes sense in "theory" to me at least.
But one would assume that the intake manifold has to interact with the fuel at some point, else it would not work eh
Im guessing there was a rubber sealing ring on each port ?, bearing in mind the fuel is delivered under extreme pressure its not beyond the realms of possibility in my mind at least that fuel could somehow make it way past a dis-lodged seal maybe ? Makes sense in "theory" to me at least.
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Perhaps it's NOT diesel....could be that Bean Burrito with extra cheese you ate earlier in the day! 
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Originally Posted by Phantom Mark' post='924569' date='Jun 26 2009, 12:20 PM
Any joy mate ?
There was a minor leak from Cylinder no.1 injection pipe fixing at the high pressure rail end. Mechanic tightened it a little and all sorted.
He was a little surprised as to how it worked loose.. no work has been carried out in this area so a bit of a mystery. He managed to get a spanner onto cylinder 2 fixing too which he also nipped up a little. My advice to anyone who has there manifold off is to check all fixings are nice and tight.
Thanks for all the suggestions..!
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Originally Posted by 530DMSport' post='924918' date='Jun 26 2009, 08:03 PM
Yes - All sorted.
There was a minor leak from Cylinder no.1 injection pipe fixing at the high pressure rail end. Mechanic tightened it a little and all sorted.
He was a little surprised as to how it worked loose.. no work has been carried out in this area so a bit of a mystery. He managed to get a spanner onto cylinder 2 fixing too which he also nipped up a little. My advice to anyone who has there manifold off is to check all fixings are nice and tight.
Thanks for all the suggestions..!
There was a minor leak from Cylinder no.1 injection pipe fixing at the high pressure rail end. Mechanic tightened it a little and all sorted.
He was a little surprised as to how it worked loose.. no work has been carried out in this area so a bit of a mystery. He managed to get a spanner onto cylinder 2 fixing too which he also nipped up a little. My advice to anyone who has there manifold off is to check all fixings are nice and tight.
Thanks for all the suggestions..!
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