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Injector seal replaced as it was blowing, could this of caused any damage to the injector or further into the engine like a piston etc.?

Had an injector seal blowing not sure for how long garage picked it up and replaced it but after my mystery tapping noise which they didn't pick up on and another garage did the original garage wanted to strip the engine down looking for internal damage that may of been caused by the leaking seal at a huge expense Engine seems to run fine no smoke or extra noise ....Is it possible or are they just out for extra business..

  • Pete Best
    Pete Best Jul 19, 2016

    Copper seal on injector 4 if that makes a difference...?

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Just not conversant with the engine operation
At this point in time leave the engine alone as injectors do not damage engines
over fueling, dribbling , squirting instead of atomizing all have a range of consequences but very rarely will any of those problems result in engine damage
at best it damages the seal and possible seal surface but if a new seal fixed the problem , even that damage didn't happen

  • Pete Best
    Pete Best Jul 19, 2016

    With not being familiar with car engines its always a gamble when they say you need this doing at £££££££ alarm bells rang when they said they were not sure that they would find the fault even if we did go ahead and like I said a different garage found the tapping fault within 2 minutes of having the car.

  • Bill Boyd Jul 19, 2016

    just like a doctors diagnosis--if you don't like the first answer, get a second or third opinion

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