1. If your vehicle requires new diesel injectors or the injectors are required to be removed to carry out a repair, there are some things that you need to be aware of before work commences.

2. Repairs that require diesel injectors to be removed for either:

a. the diesel injector to be replaced, or

b. as part of the disassembly to carry out another repair and we find the diesel injector is seized requiring specialist removal and you the customer declines, then the labour time will still be charged for work carried out.

Although we take the greatest of care when extracting diesel injectors it must be understood that breakages can and do occur.
A repair which requires the diesel injector to be removed.

When breakages do occur it creates a challenge removing the remains of the diesel injector depending on the accessibility and nature of the break.
This is a well known, documented problem caused by the reaction between aluminium and steel (galvanic corrosion) which results in the injector becoming seized in the cylinder head and extremely difficult to remove.

For example, if the diesel injector has broken in half during extraction and has left the body stuck in place, or the diesel injector tip remains jammed deep inside the cylinder head these two scenarios present two different challenges and approaches to solve.

We are able to deal with certain diesel injectors seizing and breakages but not all due to variations between models, accessibility and tooling. Certain types will have to be outsourced, which can be costly.

The costs involved with dealing with a seized diesel injector can be very costly & sometimes render the vehicle unusable; therefore it is advisable that considerable thought is given before deciding to go ahead with diesel injector removal and/or replacement.

Historically we have encountered customers who believe that we the repairer should take responsibility for the problem and therefore absorb the costs of dealing with it, this is simply not true.

It should be recognised that the fact that it has seized and/or broken during removal, that it does not demonstrate and degree of negligence on the part of the repairer and it is simply a matter of wear and tear failure and despite best efforts, the diesel injector broke.

When they do seize and/or break upon removal it is ultimately the responsibility of the vehicle owner