How Prone To Damage Is The Inj. Pump

[marinabrid]

hi all,

has a bad day, tdi 90 r reg, put some fuel in sunday form a garage , drove a mile home, startd up this morn to come to work, after 1/2 mile goes into limp home, would go above 2000 rpm, then after a miniute wont rev at all , then cuts out, white smoke billowing from the back.

got the rac man, he cracked open the 4 injector nuts and cranked it over, white is what came out, water he says inthe fuel,

got it to my trustee mechanic in bus depo next door, oooooo he says will have to drain tank. looks like it will have to be unbolted and lowered off. unless i know different.

is there a way of draining the tank without dropping it off.?

after that its hope for the best he says that the pump isnt damaged.

thats my question, how liable are these pumps for damage when they have had water in them,. hes got it running now by feeding the pump from a gallon can of fuel but he says it may show up later.

am now awaiting them to drain it.

[seatkid]

Yeah, will show up later, maybe 300,000 miles later - or several sharp intakes of breath, whichever is the sooner........ B)

 

IMO they are pretty tolerant, change the fuel filter - thats probably where all the water is anyway (when was it last changed anyway?) - suck fuel from the fuel line thats attached to the filter if you must. Use a tight fitting plastic tube, sucking it to start the flow and use the syphon effect to drain the rest. (Where the end of the tube is lower than the tank - remember that physics class? or were you asleep/daydreaming?) :o

 

If what comes out contains a lot of water or petrol, put on your "I'm gonna sue that garage" boots.......

[marinabrid]

ta, just found the thread on access to tank via the floor area inside. them is on the job as i speak. hope it wont have affected the booster heater i fitted from mike99, fingers crossed.

[marinabrid]

well, drained tank, fitted new filter and refilled tank with the diesel they use on buses, booster heater seems to be running fine , however the car seems a little sluggish , more than i noticed before. not that this is a land speed breaker, i always run it on the super plus stuff from bp and it seemed to perform a little better. could this bus derv be a lower grade and cause the sluggishness.

[seatkid]

Maybe you should disconnect the battery (remember the radio code first!) for a couple of minutes to reset the ecu. The limp home mode may have triggered default values that need to be cleared.