General Why do they make them so fragile?

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Changed the glow plugs after a warning, yup one was very high resistance. All sorted.

Turned engine over and wouldn’t start after a big bang and power steering warning light.

Thought I had left something under the bonnet and a belt had gone.

Diesel pissing everywhere under the front. Turns out I had caught a very delicate port from the fuel return from the injectors to the feed and return on the front when I dropped the intake manifold.

Started fine when I held the pipe on, no idea what caused the bang and power steering fault.

New part on order.

They could have made it more robust.

Only positive is removing it was easier than I first thought with no room at all.

 

[bugsymike]

Could diesel have got onto the starter motor or alternator electrics?
Re power steering if diesel had got onto the drive belt if a manual pump it may cause a warning light for PAS, but not 100% sure re your vehicle.
If on belt, it may be an idea to clean the belt with a suitable solution so as not to damage anything.

 

[Googlebot]

Could diesel have got onto the starter motor or alternator electrics?
Re power steering if diesel had got onto the drive belt if a manual pump it may cause a warning light for PAS, but not 100% sure re your vehicle.
If on belt, it may be an idea to clean the belt with a suitable solution so as not to damage anything.

Thanks, I have checked and no diesel is anywhere near the belts.

The starter motor though was saturated. :-(

Fingers crossed it was just some brake cleaner I used.

Will check everything carefully once it’s back together.

 

[bugsymike]

Thanks, I have checked and no diesel is anywhere near the belts.

The starter motor though was saturated. :-(

Fingers crossed it was just some brake cleaner I used.

Will check everything carefully once it’s back together.

Brake cleaner will ignite very easily with a spark from electrics.