Cdti 150 fuel/inlet problem

**kevcdti** · 12th June 2010, 13:23

searched quite a few threads on the forum but cant find anything the same at the moment

Was on my way to collect my new wheels,driving on the motorway in 6th at 70 iirc,all of a sudden management light came on and started throwing smoke out the back

Car then went into limp mode as I pulled over into a petrol station,by this time smoke was coming from under bonnet,turned it off popped bonnet and there was diesel everywhere,also swirl bar has come off completely and now it wont start

Looking at the back of the car it seems the diesel had been coming out the exhaust as the bumper etc is covered in it

Help

**kevcdti** · 12th June 2010, 18:08

anyone ?

**DaveW555** · 13th June 2010, 12:17

Seems a strange place to get a puddle of diesel, have you checked all the pipes?

**kevcdti** · 13th June 2010, 12:43

As said above mate when I first took the engine cover off diesel was everywhere so couldnt really pin point a leak,I've towed it home and towing it to a garage tomorrow as I took out an extra warranty when I purchased the car,maybe not worth the paper its on but every little helps

**DaveW555** · 13th June 2010, 12:51

Let the warranty company sort it out, thats why you pay them!! Whatever that is, its definately NOT a wear and tear item so don't let them use that as an excuse to wriggle out of paying up.

**kevcdti** · 13th June 2010, 13:33

cheers mate,its getting dropped off tomorrow so I'll reply when I hear from them

**the-wizard** · 13th June 2010, 22:23

you've got a bad diesel leak there!, the excess derv is seeping under the swirls(black discs) that would make it smoke fairly bad, you need a new inlet manifold as yours is shot.

**kevcdti** · 14th June 2010, 18:57

Dropped it off at the garage this afternoon so just waiting for a phone call now,we can get hold of the manifold and actuator through work alot cheaper than the dealer price so it aint that bad plus we supply the parts to the garage thats doing the work

**bunsen1** · 14th June 2010, 19:16

how much do you get them for mate?

**kevcdti** · 17th June 2010, 10:30

forgot to update this,the main fuel feed to the common rail had a hairline crack in the threads,according to vx a common fault

what isnt a common fault with vx lol

swirl rod temp fixed but in process of getting a new manifold/actuator