Blown Puma Engine

Just a heads up....

There are a number of special tools required for doing "proper" work on the 2.4 & 2.2 TDCi engines...

Ranging from special oil pump installation spacer tools, to special aligning spacers and fitting tools for the common rail injectors (which are absolutely critical to have installed correctly or they can cause massive damage and personal injury if not installed correctly, with the pressures that they run at).

Some of the specialist tools can be bought from the link below,

https://jlrequipment.service-solutio...x?catID=322308

There are also specialist Ford tools that may be required for other engine work as well.

Not all workshops will have these tools required (or even know that they should be utilised).

Regards,
Mike.

The black smoke & knocking noise may indicate an injector sticking open too long. That may have put it in limp mode, unless something catastrophic happened.

Just saying there might be a bit of hope & worth exploring that before scrapping the engine.

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Originally Posted by Brid

The black smoke & knocking noise may indicate an injector sticking open too long. That may have put it in limp mode, unless something catastrophic happened.

Just saying there might be a bit of hope & worth exploring that before scrapping the engine.

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Brid thanks for the heads up. The guys finally go to have a look at it today and a couple of the injectors had come loose! so thankfully it will be a relatively straight forward fix and there doesnt appear to be any significant damage to the engine.

Must admit i was very happy when i got that news today!

Well I'm disappointed,what an anti climax :twisted:. Pat

Well I guess that's good news, although I'm wondering what happened to the missing oil?

Just on the injectors, if they are loose, they then run the potential to vibrate and crack the high pressure fuel lines that feed them.

This is something that can be very damaging.
I have seen first hand the damage that can occur when the correct methodology for working on these engines is not followed, it is not pretty.

When tightening the injectors, you (or the workshop) should be using an alignment bar and an adjustable clamp to hold the injectors in place to prevent movement and misalignment of the fuel lines while tightening.

Part numbers are: 303-678 & 303-711.

Regards,
Mike.