vinkodex.OM607 1.5 diesel: coking injectors in city use
Typically above 100,000 km. It does not show up on every car.
expensive
severity
above 100,000 km
mileage
1
sources
1 source next to the write-up.
The fault
How you spot it
Deposits build up on the injectors from 100,000 kilometres, and this is faster with city-only use, because the engine never warms through properly.
The symptoms are an uneven idle, a lack of power and black smoke. A coked injector atomises poorly, which also fills the particulate filter faster.
Which model
Who it affects
The card opens the generation, the engine or the transmission.
Engines and transmissions
Engine
OM607DE15LA
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OM607 1.5 diesel: coking injectors in city use
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