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Help! Diesel Spraying from rear injector - 7/10/2006 11:32:17 PM    obeasto   Posts: 2 Joined: 7/10/2006 Status: offline This is in reference to an '86 300SDL. While the car is running it appears to be spraying fuel from the top of the rear injector (closest to firewall) where the line enters the injector. The car was recently acquired and the previous owner claims to have had the injectors serviced recently. Is this normal, or is there an underlying problem I should be looking for? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dave Post #: 1

RE: Help! Diesel Spraying from rear injector - 7/11/2006 12:09:54 AM    sleepwalker Posts: 7083 Joined: 4/12/2004 From: Philippine Islands Status: offline that's dangerous. it's the return line. better fix it (tighten if possible) to avoid fire. (in reply to obeasto) Post #: 2

RE: Help! Diesel Spraying from rear injector - 7/11/2006 12:26:58 AM    obeasto   Posts: 2 Joined: 7/10/2006 Status: offline I appreciate the quick response. So you don't think the injector is bad? What would cause this? I just want to avoid this problem in the future. Thanks again. (in reply to sleepwalker) Post #: 3

RE: Help! Diesel Spraying from rear injector - 7/11/2006 12:48:58 AM    sleepwalker Posts: 7083 Joined: 4/12/2004 From: Philippine Islands Status: offline not the injector. maybe: * the line from injection pump going to the fuel injector is loose on the injector side. tighten that nut holding it. ** the fuel return line on that injector is broken or leaking. repair/replace that hose. (in reply to obeasto) Post #: 4

RE: Help! Diesel Spraying from rear injector - 7/11/2006 1:24:48 AM    BlackWolf Posts: 1060 Joined: 9/6/2005 Status: offline Leaking fuel is the quickest and most common way of engine fires. And one of the quickest ways for insurance company to declare it to be total loss. (Flood is still the quickest so far, by a margin.) _____________________________ 1989 Mercedes 560SEL grey 1987 BMW 735i grey 1997 Mercury Cougar 30th Anniversary drk t.red (in reply to sleepwalker) Post #: 5

RE: Help! Diesel Spraying from rear injector - 7/11/2006 12:34:13 PM    duxdevil   Posts: 185 Joined: 2/20/2006 Status: offline Well, I think you are al lforetting that technically diesel fuel is not flammable, or combustable. Fill a cup of diesel up and you can throw as many lit matches into it and I guarantee it willnot light. you can disagree, but its true. _____________________________ TRavis Level 3 Wilderness First Responder ADL Certified Peer Facilitator duxdevil1@hotmail.com 87 190dt (RIP@116,000) EBAY 91 Range Rover County LWB SOLD (178,000) EBAY 93 Ford Taurus SOLD (164,000) 84 300d turbo (184,000)- daily (in reply to BlackWolf) Post #: 6

RE: Help! Diesel Spraying from rear injector - 7/11/2006 5:01:59 PM    BikerDrew Posts: 1078 Joined: 2/13/2005 Status: offline ANY OIL spilled on a hot exhaust system will vaporize and become easily flamable. Travis we are looking for the worst case senerio when it comes to safety issues. Better safe than sorry. _____________________________ Drew 2001 Black SLK 320 now someone else''s bone stock daily driver 171,300+ miles and still going strong. (in reply to duxdevil) Post #: 7

RE: Help! Diesel Spraying from rear injector - 7/11/2006 6:46:52 PM    sleepwalker Posts: 7083 Joined: 4/12/2004 From: Philippine Islands Status: offline travis, how about i will try to splash you with some diesel and light it with fire? do you think it will ignite or not? (in reply to duxdevil) Post #: 8

RE: Help! Diesel Spraying from rear injector - 7/11/2006 7:33:14 PM    BikerDrew Posts: 1078 Joined: 2/13/2005 Status: offline _____________________________ Drew 2001 Black SLK 320 now someone else''s bone stock daily driver 171,300+ miles and still going strong. (in reply to sleepwalker) Post #: 9

RE: Help! Diesel Spraying from rear injector - 7/11/2006 8:34:48 PM    mbz300sdl Posts: 2467 Joined: 10/26/2004 Status: offline I response to the orginal problem my guess would be that when he had the maintence performed they used the same hose and damaged it just replace them. I have been guilty of not replacing small things and causing bigger problems. Opps. _____________________________ (in reply to obeasto) Post #: 10

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