Citroen Berlingo 1.6 hdi 2008 diesel engine - Diesel leaking from injector top

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Fri 11 Mar 2016 21:33
Citroen Berlingo 1.6 hdi 2008 diesel engine - Diesel leaking from injector top - Imad

Hi,

I noticed that there is a diesel (disesl and oil) leak from where the injectors sit on the bore top, all inectors and injector seals were changed. After being changed, every thing went well with three injectors with completely dry surrounding, but the problen continued with injector No 2 which was replaced again by a good functioning one which was inspected by a specialist technician before fitting it in place, the proble went on with the leak from the same injector!

Any ideas please!

Many Thanks

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Sat 12 Mar 2016 21:34
Citroen Berlingo 1.6 hdi 2008 diesel engine - Diesel leaking from injector top - Avant

Moved to Technical.

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Sun 13 Mar 2016 13:40
Citroen Berlingo 1.6 hdi 2008 diesel engine - Diesel leaking from injector top - hardway

No mention of renewing the injector hard lines,

They are not supposed to be reused.

At the least fit a new one on the "leaking" injector.

Or it could be the fuel return line on the injector at fault .

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Mon 14 Mar 2016 11:50
Citroen Berlingo 1.6 hdi 2008 diesel engine - Diesel leaking from injector top - Imad

Thank you dear.

The changed injector was checked before fitting it, and it is 100% functioning properly.

Hardlines and fuel return line are also perfect. The diesel actualy leaks from the top of the injector bore!

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Mon 14 Mar 2016 14:23
Citroen Berlingo 1.6 hdi 2008 diesel engine - Diesel leaking from injector top - hardway

If by injector bore you mean where the injector fits into the head then you need the injector seats re cut.

Special injector seat cutter tool required.

Particularly vital on these engines as leaking injector seats can result in contaminated oil and premature turbo failure.>

Oh and it doesn't matter if the hard lines look good or not

They are not meant to be reused!

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