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Photo Library
AKA Our photographic hall of horrors !!!
A photographic record of jobs we have completed, issues we have found when stripping an engine and some of the many different ways people have attempted removal of injectors and glow plugs.
One of many photos showing the water leak problem on the M9R engine
This injector is from a G9U engine, it suffers from a similar issue to that of the M9R engine where water collects around the injector and seizes it in, unfortunately on this engine it also rots away the top of the injector
More M9R Solenoid and Piezo injectors suffering from the design fault where water leaks onto the injectors, there is a drain built into the cylinder head / cam cover but unfortunately
due to bad design it is too high up and allows the water to build up and collect around the injectors, holding it there to corrode the injectors over time causing significant damage and
destroying injectors and clamp bolts leaving vehicle owners with large bills for repair. there is a modification to the vehicle which reduces the amount of water getting onto the injectors
and this modification is mandatory for any warranty to be upheld but due to British weather being damp most of the year the injectors still corrode into place and warranties are being
voided due to external corrosion on the injectors being visible.
You can clearly see the water build up in these photos and the damage that can be caused the later solenoid injectors with severe corrosion have just rotted away, again this
issue on the later engines has yet to be acknowledged by the manufactures as an issue and although the vehicle modification from the older model can be applied to the later
one it still fails to stop all of the corrosion from being caused and stopping its results.
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Snapped clamping bolts are a common problem on the M9R engine as fitted to the traffic. vivaro and Primastar vans
pictures 3 & 4 show that differing attempts at removal result in more problems
1st picture was a 1.3 Vauxhall Corsa with a failed attempt at pulling
2nd picture. This is the third of three M9R injectors in a bare head
3rd Shows an MR injector with the thread torn off, very common when using the dealer tool.
4th another failed removal attempt
The first two photos show the infamous "black death" where engine gasses escape past the injector seals and for a carbon bases mess on the top of the engine.
The third picture shows where the injectors in the M9R engine can break just below the collar this doesn't stop us removing them as we have many differing techniques we can use. the missing centre section shows how we removed it so we didn't show it to keep another one of our tricks top secret !
The fourth picture shows the result of another failed removal attempt.
No1, trying to turn the injector by using an air chisel doesn't work either
No 2, A further failed chain pulling attempt
No 3, Exhaust gasses passing he seal cut a groove up the injector side
No 4, shows the mess some injectors end up in when submerged in water ( 2.5 Movano)
No 1, threads pulled by the dealer tool again
No2, Don't try this one at home
No3, more air chisel damage during a faile attempt to remove it
No 4, lost in the desert, buried in what looks like sand, it's actually the decomposed foam sheet usually under the cover
No1, more lost in the sand
No2, torn off threads again
No3, welded on spanner, bad idea as it wouldn't turn due to the rocker cover anyway !!
No4, Four badly corroded injectors out on a good day.
No1, more welding
No2, Snapped clamping bolt also before and after cleaning
No3, if the holes got dirt in the bottom, Don't clean it out just shorten the bolt !!
No4, more black death
No1, more black death
No2, Escaping gasses damage seat by cutting a groove
No3, More welding
No4, Carbon build up can for perfect shapes on the first injector and what it should look like on the second
No1, Two washer wont make it seal better !!
No2, some injectors use a lines tube
No3 More welding
No4, stretched injector during pulling
No1 & No2, show wiring issues that were masquerading as injector faults
No3, is more chisel damage
No4, The dealer tool broken this time
No1, more welding
No2, carbon escape
No3, Piezo crystal pack from an M9R injector
No4, damaged injector sealing washers
No1, this is an important failure, the injector has been replaced but ........ some cheaper injectors are sold without the sleeve which needs to be transferred from the failed injector. not in this case so the injector failed early due to being badly sealed and not supported or clamped in correctly
No2, this is how it should be done (apart from one missing cap
No3, corroded injectors on the way out
No4, lost in gunk !!
No1 & 2, show damaged Volvo D5 head where the glow plug removal failed, we did manage to resurrect this one though
N03 & 4, these two show the attempt to use a nut as a spacer or packing the get the copper washer to seal ???
No1, What happened here ??
No2 & 3, missing bolt head corroded away and more corrosion
Although A P Autodiagnostics were successful in removing many of the above injectors, We strongly recommend that you don't abuse your injectors to this extent before calling us.
Not only does it make our job more difficult but it can also increases your costs quite dramatically in some cases!!!