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Church of Noise said: Fantastic thread again Mark!I somehow think it'd been easier to find and acquire a Russian spec VXR and make that more economical Thanks for sharing this with us...The conversion to right hand drive would likely not be a weekend job

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FlexFix, that's the one. I was half tempted to retrofit that as I found the kit in a scrap yard, but it's a big job that includes welding and I'd lose the spare wheel well.MaintenanceOver the last 1,000 miles long trip MPG dropped from 80, to 70, then latterly to near 60 with the acrid smell of diesel exhaust entering the cabin in stationary traffic. Obviously, something was wrong. I could not locate any exhaust leaks, but there was a 'pfft pfft' noise under the engine cover, so it must be the injector seals leaking combustion gasses.Access to the injectors was good, requiring only removal of the leak off pipes, fuel feed lines, and some wiring to be cable tired out of the way (green arrow).I had the slide hammer at the ready, and how easily the injectors could be removed would determine whether this was a straight-forward two hour job or a whole afternoon.I'd caught the problem very early - I've seen people leave this until the whole cam cover is a mess of carbon and oil - so thankfully it only took only 15 mins to removal all injectors without the slide hammer. I'd decided to replace all four seals as it seemed a waste of time replacing only the failed ones. Evidence of early formation of the 'black death' was present around cyl #4. I gave the cam cover area and injector bores a good clean and hoover.The injectors are removed in banks of two. The green arrow points to the failed area on cyl #4. I really wanted to understand how this occurs because a copper seal should not simply fail, and the blue arrow is important here so remember it for a later.Examination of original seals and comparison with the replacements. Seal integrity on the cylinder head face was still in tact but all four cylinders were showing signs of compromise and discoloration due to combustion gasses, vindicating replacement of all seals.The injector faces were the worst side and there's clearly a problem here. The green arrow points to the failed area. What I think is happening is that the desi