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Old 03-30-2018, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by torsionbar View Post
Do you have all of the little metal clamps installed, that bind the hard lines to one another? They are there to reduce vibration from the injection pulses. Without them, the hard lines vibrate, and eventually crack and leak, usually near the ends.
That is exactly what happened. After changing glow plugs, one of the clamps fell off while driving. Guess I failed to tighten it enough. It was probably off for a few days before I noticed and replaced it.
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