My Renault Trafic leaks diesel like crazy. My local garagste in Vire [14500] identified injectors 1 & 4 leaking. But they will not take on the fitting of new injectors. Bizarrely, they reckon extracting them will inevitably ‘wreck’ the engine. Their solution was a complete recon engine. This is clearly bonkers - the engine below the injectors is perfectly serviceable.
The dealer will supply & pay for the fit of new injectors, as he is obliged to offer repairs to existing faults under consumer legislation. Two have already been fitted and the engine was not ‘wrecked’ but still leaks diesel. Now 2 & 3 need doing …
Does anyone know of a specialist in diesels/injectors who will do this job? I am, as they say, willing to travel … but not back to UK. Been there, done that for injectors 1 & 4. €400,05 to Brit Ferries + 6 hrs fuel.
Yes. Plain vanilla two man local garage. Perfectly competent at most mechanical jobs but tech is beyond them.
I know Renatec in Bristol would do it no problem and a specialist in Finchley - built their own hydraulic lifter to extract injectors.
In a vid, when the last of 4 broke off, nothing daunted. They tapped the injectors barrel, screwed a bolt into the thread and lifted it out that way. Top guys.
But I can’t afford another round trip pouring money into Brit Ferries - not even to Finchley.
Thanks. This all kicked off when I got back to FR on Sunday, so I’m in the first stages of looking for the right outfit.
I will give them a shout.
The name brings to mind this place, next door to a Lidl and Brico Depot near the airport at Valerncia. I went to Lidl and B/Depot frequently but never this place
I had a chat with my mechanic neighbour this morning. He said pretty much what you already know (difficult job and can possibly need cylinder head removal and drilling them out if they break - steel and aluminium!). He said there are loads of (mobile) specialists doing this in the uk, but knows no one here but they probably exist.
Thanks Mark. A tip from @Euro50 may provide the answer.
From my research of YT UK there’s plenty of people extracting injectors, from blokes on their driveway to these people, clearly specialists who do it regularly, as the chap comments.
The problem is endemic to the Trafic/Vivaro range. There is no seal along the top edge of the scuttle. It is simply fixed across the base of the windscreem by 3 screws. Water runs down onto the engine where the injectors, in a trough on the cyl head, are awash.
Silicon is often a common term for all sealants. Use a modified polymer sealant, if they must use silicon make sure its neutral cure (no acetal) or it will eat the panel in no time.
I think/looks like the stuff used to seal the example on that vid is window bonding joillop. As it happens I have two tubes of that ready for the windows I will fit behind the cab.
Hi, just as an aside, I had one brake light fail on my Renault , it was diagnosed as an output component in the body computer! The cost??? My solution? Dump the electronics, disconnect the wiring from the brake switch and installed a 40A relay! Fortunately I’m (well) retired electronics technician but if I wasn’t it would mean economically scrapping the vehicle. It’s a mad mad world
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