Birvidik_Bob
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But anyone else can join in if they want to - I just don't want to bore everyone into submission with the 'diesel in lube oil' saga.
It certainly looks like you were right regarding the problem being the injectors. However two questions still niggle:
1 - I assume that it was sticking needle valves that initiated the problem, squirting neat diesel into the cylinders. What could the Corfu engineer have done wrong to cause them to stick? The Lefkas engineer says they look new and are appropriate (although they are different makes - Lucas 6801133 ATM & Delphi 680113 HZM).
2 - Is it possible that the Grotamar 71 has emulsified some of the crud in the fuel to such small particles that they could pass through the series of filters and yet still cause the needle valves to stick?
Curiouser and curiouser
Bob
It certainly looks like you were right regarding the problem being the injectors. However two questions still niggle:
1 - I assume that it was sticking needle valves that initiated the problem, squirting neat diesel into the cylinders. What could the Corfu engineer have done wrong to cause them to stick? The Lefkas engineer says they look new and are appropriate (although they are different makes - Lucas 6801133 ATM & Delphi 680113 HZM).
2 - Is it possible that the Grotamar 71 has emulsified some of the crud in the fuel to such small particles that they could pass through the series of filters and yet still cause the needle valves to stick?
Curiouser and curiouser
Bob