Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone can help with this issue...
Here's the whole story, incase any of these things are related.
The car has been doing fine, we've nearly done 1000km since I rebuilt it. I noticed sometimes a slight smell of diesel from the engine, eventually after investigation I found one of the injectors was not super tight, so I tightened it up.
No more smell or apparent leak.
2 days later however after being parked outside where it was about -15C the car didnt start. It was like there was no fuel. I cranked it for a bit, gave up, and came back later when it was warmer. The car started first time.
I kinda forgot about it, drove it and re-parked that night.
The next morning the same thing happened.
I pulled a fuel line off after the filter and it seemed to have some liquid in.
Waited till it was warm. Drove it, filled up with fuel (as it was low and I was hoping there was some water or condensation collected that would be diluted with new fuel).
Same again today.
I changed the filter when I serviced the car, but it had been sitting for 6 months so probably some condensation in the tank?
It's weird because it was working fine before I tightened the injector, may be coincidence?!
The standard diesel here is treated to -22C, and it hasn't been that cold yet.
What to do?
Cheers!
Just wondering if anyone can help with this issue...
Here's the whole story, incase any of these things are related.
The car has been doing fine, we've nearly done 1000km since I rebuilt it. I noticed sometimes a slight smell of diesel from the engine, eventually after investigation I found one of the injectors was not super tight, so I tightened it up.
No more smell or apparent leak.
2 days later however after being parked outside where it was about -15C the car didnt start. It was like there was no fuel. I cranked it for a bit, gave up, and came back later when it was warmer. The car started first time.
I kinda forgot about it, drove it and re-parked that night.
The next morning the same thing happened.
I pulled a fuel line off after the filter and it seemed to have some liquid in.
Waited till it was warm. Drove it, filled up with fuel (as it was low and I was hoping there was some water or condensation collected that would be diluted with new fuel).
Same again today.
I changed the filter when I serviced the car, but it had been sitting for 6 months so probably some condensation in the tank?
It's weird because it was working fine before I tightened the injector, may be coincidence?!
The standard diesel here is treated to -22C, and it hasn't been that cold yet.
What to do?
Cheers!