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Vauxhall Vivaro

Four seized injectors out of a Vauxhall Vivaro

Job from December 2014

Job sheet Diesel
Vehicle
Vauxhall Vivaro
Came in with
Injectors seized in the cylinder head: a common problem on these engines. One had already had its top threads stripped.
What we found
Severe corrosion. Injector 1 had snapped at an unusual point; injector 2 snapped leaving its cap in the head.
What we did
All four extracted with specialist equipment, and the cap left in the head was milled out.

Rewritten from PK’s original post of December 2014. Old address: /blog/seized-injector-removal/ (now redirects here).

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