Chuffing G320 CDI

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bruce
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Perfect, door sorted!! thank you both and whilst I have your attention there is a strange chuffing noise almost like a manifold gasket blowing slightly when the engine is under load that seems to come from behind the instrument binnacle or steering wheel.if you rev the engine  and listen from outside or underneath the vehicle it's very difficult to determine the sound but it is almost as though some soundproofing or a rubber panel grommet  has been removed or damaged. I am fairly sure it is not a manifold gasket blowing and just wondered if anybody else has experienced this.

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Re: Chuffing G320 CDI

Hopefully not BLACK DEATH!

The CDI's tend to like blowing high pressure diesel out of the Injector Seat, sounds as described...

You can't usually see anything as the Injectors are hiding behind the plastic top cover..

If caught early then Injector out, new sealing washer and sorted, sometimes the Seat needs cleaning with a special "cleaning kit"

If not caught then IF the plastic cover will come off, you usually find a rock hard mess of solid black Carbon deposit that covers EVERYTHING, usually all the Injectors and wiring are smothered and shot.

We used to leave it all soaking in Coke Cola for 3 days to break it down and even then usually had to smash the rocker cover off and slide hammer the Injectors out!

Sometimes even that didnt work!

Can be a costly rebuild if its gone too far...

Hopefully will be something innocuous and or you catch it early

Gav

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Re: Chuffing G320 CDI

is the Muso engine a CDi?

 

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Re: Chuffing G320 CDI

No...

OM601/602/603/604/605/606 and the Musso OM661/662 are not and...

Only the OM602/603/606 in the G

Only CDI's are...

OM611/612/613/628/642/647/651..

Only the OM612/628/642 in the G

OM612 = 270CDI

OM628 = 400CDI

OM642 = 280/300/320/350CDI

Obviously OM616/617 are well before that tech too

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Re: Chuffing G320 CDI

I think my problem was just a minor, and I mean minor exhaust blow and the damaged steering column gaiter. I have done a temporary fix on the gaiter and silenced it in the car.