Author Topic: Leaking leak off pipes today  (Read 2302 times)

Offline julesandtash

  • Wiki Editor
  • Oil obsessive
  • *****
  • Posts: 880
    • Veg oil collection in South East Cornwall
Leaking leak off pipes today
« on: December 28, 2013, 04:14:22 PM »
It's odd the way things happen.
Boxing day, a couple of hours before my parents come for 'Christmas' dinner, my boiler trips out with a crudded up blast tube (thankfully easily fixed but could have done without having to change into dirty work clothes then back into nice stuff again)

Tomorrow we are off to Warminster for three days so, with impeccable timing, biodiesel starts dripping from the engine and front axle of the RangeRover.

A few bad case thoughts went through my mind but then I noticed that the block and head were wet above the injector pump as well as below it and only at the front of the engine.

A quick unbolting of all the plastic covers found that the rubber leak off pipes on number1 injectior were leaking like sieves, the depression in the head around the injector was full of bio and a nice little trickle was making it's way down the block.

The engine is now fitted with nice bright yellow nylon air pipe instead of the rubber stuff and no more leaks :)
7+ years of making bio.
1997 RangeRover P38A 2.5DSE and 2001 Audi Allroad 2.5 V6 Tdi all on B100
Home heating and hot water system on Palm based B100 and Aarrow 7KW wood burner on glycerol logs

Offline Tony

  • Administrator
  • Oil baron
  • *******
  • Posts: 5110
  • Fo' shizzle, biodizzle
    • Southampton Waste Oil Collection
  • Location: Southampton
Re: Leaking leak off pipes today
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2013, 07:50:01 PM »
Just stuff you can do without at this time of year.  Know how it goes - we've lost the fences on both sides due to the wind, fixed one side today, though it's up to the other neighbour to do the other - not repairable that one though!

Offline Rotary-Motion

  • Wiki Editor
  • Oil baron
  • *******
  • Posts: 2875
Re: Leaking leak off pipes today
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2013, 04:59:26 PM »
had nylon on me 406 since the end plug stop leaked, for the end plug pushed a 8cm peace on and rammed a nail up the other end...

:)

Offline Glycer-rides

  • Wiki Editor
  • Valve head
  • ****
  • Posts: 300
  • Location: North East London
Re: Leaking leak off pipes today
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2013, 09:33:26 PM »
2386 posts, Spock, or has the stardate slipped?
Brewing bio. And still not breaking cars!

Offline Rotary-Motion

  • Wiki Editor
  • Oil baron
  • *******
  • Posts: 2875
Re: Leaking leak off pipes today
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2013, 09:33:36 AM »
it 2386 BC

 8)