by Adrian <toomany2cvs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 24, 2008 at 06:51 AM
Duncan Wood ("Duncan Wood" <bodgedntp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>) gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:
>>> As with any common-rail wheezel, be very wary of the fuel system when
>>> it's pressurised. It's ridiculously high pressure.
>> I remember hearing that one of the official test tools for leaks on one
>> of the Cit HDIs was basically a piece of paper on a very long stick.
>> The problem is that at that kind of pressure the diesel can shoot
>> straight through your skin...
> That applys to any diesels high pressure pipe work though. Pretty much
> the first thing we got taught at Lucas was if you where stupid enough to
> shoot yoursef with an injector then go to caualty & get them to look up
> high pressure injuries whilst they tried to send you home, after an
> hours argument you'd have all the evidence you needed & you'd be in the
> right place.
Indeed.
It always makes me chuckle that common rail injection is running at many,
many times the pressure of Citroen hydraulics - yet mechanics now quite
happily working on common rails are the same people who spent decades
running scared from a mere 70 bar.
