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Roomster Scout 1.6 TDCI leaking fuel injectors


SkodaETC

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Advice gratefully welcomed on the following: My pride and joy ie: a 2011 1.6 TDCI Roomster Scout seems to have developed a potentially expensive fault which I noticed when carrying out a routine oil/filter change recently. I lifted the engine cover and noticed that a small amount of diesel had accumulated around the base of nr 3 & 4 fuel injectors.It's only a small leak and I can't quite see the exact source of it. There seems to be a machined alloy bridge into which the two injectors are connected to the cylinder head. At the mid point of the bridge there is a triple square type bolt fixing holding the alloy bridge in place. I wondered if I should buy an appropriate triple square spanner and try and tighten it just in case it's loose. Any advice and sharing of experiences on this matter would be gratefully appreciated. I should have mentioned that it only has 22k miles on the clock and I only do around 4k miles/year since retiring last year.

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Do you have a diesel specialist nearby

Years ago I over tightened a bolt and it snapped on diesel engine while servicing it and it cosr me nearly £200 to fix

Might be worth popping in and see if they could take a quick peek

Try sending the wife in they usually feel sorry for older women and will probably nip the bolt up for free if that is the cause of the leak

Be careful

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  • 2 weeks later...

Thanks for your replies Malcster and Immelmann. The other day I bought the Skoda servicing manual from emanualsonline.com as a direct download. It uses up a lot of disc space but it has a lot of detailed info and clear diagrams (as opposed to the blurred Haynes photos). I'm currently reading the relevant parts of the manual. Some forum sites talk about tightening the two alloy bridges each of which clamp down two injectors. The Manual specifies the required torque so I'm going to make sure they are tight enough using my torque wrench. My local garage which I have used for many years has also advised that the rubber pipes attached to the side of each injector body and which are coming off a pipe which connects all four together (probably the leak-off pipe referred to by Immelmann) will most likely be the cause of the leak. If my tightening effort fails I'll run it into the garage and ask them to diagnose the leak. The leak is very small and isn't affecting the car's performance. I wouldn't expect such a problem on such a low mileage car.

Thanks again guys for your replies.

Regards Skoda ETC.

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