Thread: Oil in wiring loom

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to replace them would not take that long I did my injector harness in about 30 minutes start to finish

Thanks guys.

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Cheers,
Shaun.

I'd be inclined to just replace the injector harness, a good how to is here www.discovery2.co.uk / Workshop /Injector Harness

There will still be oil in the engine bay harness, but by either leaving the red plug unplugged and 'hanging low' overnight/when not driving or by cleaning it out regularly you should be able to get gravity to drain the remaining oil.

Shaun

$1000? Dear God no. It is a 30 minute DIY job to replace the injector harness (I seriously did mine in my lunch hour). You need a 13mm spanner to get the acoustic cover off the engine and an 8mm spanner/socket to get the rocker box cover off. I did Daisy's 4 years ago and it's been ok ever since. A purist would change the rocker box gasket, I didn't and it's been ok.

David

Originally Posted by ShaunR

Thanks guys.

I am having trouble searching .. Not getting any results. Must be doing something wrong. Where do you search exactly?

Cheers,
Shaun.

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Originally Posted by ShaunR

Hi Guys,

I had my D2 Td5 in for a service today and they found oil in the wiring loom and advise replacing the injector harness and the entire wiring loom.

They have quoted me approximately $1000 for this job. Does that sound right? Seems like a lot. I have looked into doing it myself and it doesn't look to difficult just time consuming (which I don't have at the moment, hence why it's at the mechanics for a service).

What are your thoughts on this?

Thanks,
Shaun.

The price is high due to the bolded part, the injector loom as already said it's piece of cake but the engine main harness is not so easy job and the harness is expensive itself... if you can afford it's good to replace the engine harness cos in time(10-15 years) it develops all kind of bad contacts, chaffed insulation, etc and it can affect the manegement as it has all the sensors connected... when i had the oil ingress i replaced the injector loom then i've got a bonus and i decided to replace the main harness too... i can tell that the engine became smoother, also i soldered bullet connectors on the yellow injector wires near the red plug so there will not be oil ingress to the ECU anymore, i keep inspecting the upper plug from time to time to make sure that the loom is not leaking

or even here---
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/good-oil/2...l-harness.html