Broken down: CDTi rattling noise, lots of smoke, no power

BigAde · 25th June 2016, 08:23

Thanks Brian. I will check that - plenum drains were cleaned out recently but that's definitely a good call.

However I have an update. I've just had a call from the garage's mechanic saying that they discovered a huge amount of water in the fuel tank. That would make sense as I filled up on the way to work yesterday (yes, definitely with diesel), so I only drove about half a mile on to work after filling up in the morning. With the flash flooding we've been having, I suspect the filling station has had their fuel tanks flooded.

Of course I'll need a new fuel filter and there could be damage to the injectors still.
Not good.
I've spoken to the filling station but they claim to have had no other reports of contaminated fuel.

25th June 2016, 08:23	#19
BigAde Posted a thing or two MG ZT-T+ 135 CDTi Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Sussex Posts: 1,502 Thanks: 511 Thanked 224 Times in 178 Posts	Thanks Brian. I will check that - plenum drains were cleaned out recently but that's definitely a good call. However I have an update. I've just had a call from the garage's mechanic saying that they discovered a huge amount of water in the fuel tank. That would make sense as I filled up on the way to work yesterday (yes, definitely with diesel), so I only drove about half a mile on to work after filling up in the morning. With the flash flooding we've been having, I suspect the filling station has had their fuel tanks flooded. Of course I'll need a new fuel filter and there could be damage to the injectors still. Not good. I've spoken to the filling station but they claim to have had no other reports of contaminated fuel. Last edited by BigAde; 25th June 2016 at 08:27..