Evil J Guano Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Well me and my daughter broke down last night in Penzance. Defender lost power with the overpowering smell of diesel. Turned out the pipe to number 2 had sheared off at the bottom join (furthest from head) RAC took 5 hours to get us home (50 miles) Roger Young came out and fitted a new one this morning (great service) gratis as still under RY warranty. Technician said never seen it before... Anyone had it happen to them? Looked like the pipe had been cracked for a while as there was some dull metal on fracture as well as the newly sheared shiny bit. Anyways back up and running although stinking RY 10/10 RAC 4/10 Defender - perfect handsome! G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAttrill Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 I have never heard of this happening with a Tdi, which I presume is what you have? I did happen to me once with an RAF Bedford TK 4x4 but as that was a six we turned the pipe over and hammered it flat and got home rather unsteadily on 5 cylinders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 90 Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Check that the clamp/ steady brackets are all on in the correct places, If they are not then the injection pipes will vibrate and crack/break off. Ive seen a few break and every one has had the brackets missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil J Guano Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 Yes TDi, and all brackets present and correct, but who's to say they were not put back at some point after some initial vibration damage or a careless whack from something, would take a hell of a clank though... You can see the old and new metal... Just unlucky I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 It happened to my 3ooTdi 110 when it was still only about 4 months old (totally unmolested and in factory condition). LR assistance came and chaneged it. can't remember which one it was... #3 i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiWhite Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 I've had one go on my old 2.5 NAD. STANK, no power, but I managed to drive 25miles to the nearest LR garage! Lewis' mate had one go on his TD when they were visiting me. They need to be very secure otherwise they rattle and wobble and the ends case harden and fracture. I carry a spare now - all the threads are the same, and they can be reshaped with a blowtorch and a pair of manly pliers. Good enough for an emergency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellow Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I had one 'go' on my old TD. Temporarily replaced it with a high pressure flexihose for the drive home. Funnily enough, the Defender would not fit in the garage of the hotel I was staying at. I was allowed to park under their marquee... Unfortunately I have lost the picture where the Defender is parked under the marquee of the 5 star Georges V hotel in Paris, with me in my cover-alls, hood next to the vehicle, head into the engine bay. The cabbies had a great laugh, as did the porters who handed me towels after I was done. Somehow I was not allowed back into the hotel with my dirty shoes and clothes smelly like diesel, looking like a grease monkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil J Guano Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 Georges Cinq eh... how the other half live I normally stay at the Crillon Guess the pipe snaps not as rare as I thought, RAC did have a flexi pipe but wrong thread pattern. Running great again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raumer Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Unusual for a TDI pipe to break, they are under very low pressure compared with the common rail system on the new defender. The pipe looks like it was damaged already, as you said! If it had burst due to pressure it will go as a hairline crack that can be difficult to spot by the naked eye. As most people have said above it is probably due to the clamp being missing at some point. Parent's 2.5D had the same problem, the engine came out of a vehicle that had been on fire and the clamp between the lines had melted so didn't know that there should have been one. At work we burst pipes on a fairly regular basis but we run much higher pressures than normal and do a lot of things that you shouldn't on an engine! Burst pipes on a TDI aren't a major issue, other than the stink of diesel , on a common rail or smilar high pressure system it is a much bigger concern. It is very unlikely to happen but if it does switch engine off and run walk calmly away. Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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