van trouble

LIVE FOREVER

Hi i recently bought a van that passed doe now it has afew problems it needs new injectors and fuel pump my question is should it of passed .I bought van on the stength of doe.

Pottler

You bought a van that, at the moment the tester inspected it, was fit to have a DOE cert issued. Ten minutes after he tested it, it could have carked it. A DOE test is a snapshot in time, not a warranty.

ford jedi

what sort of van is it?

Guy:Incognito

LIVE FOREVER wrote: »

Hi i recently bought a van that passed doe now it has afew problems it needs new injectors and fuel pump my question is should it of passed .I bought van on the stength of doe.

How much DOE was left on it when you bought it? If "recently" is within the last 3 months say, that means the van could have suffered any amound of abuse in the 9 months between the DOE and when you bought it.

Buy vehicles on the strenght of a proper pre purchase inspection, not a test you werent around for taken months earlier.

john reilly

these things fail overnight its bad luck for you nothing more nothing less although it is probably down to bad diesel.

LIVE FOREVER

Its a primastar.I bought the van as long as it passed doe which it did in the days after noticed black smoke went back to test centre they said emissions were high but acceptable.thanks for replies

bubbuz

Run your van so its nearly empty of diesel then put about 60 euros worth of kerosene in along with about 500ml - a litre of 2 stroke oil then take it for a good hard drive, this will clean your injectors and fuel system out and you'll see a vast improvement in smoke ( lack of ) and also your vans performance.
I had a 03 transit which failed miserably on emmisions, I did the same as im advising you as was I advised by a very good mechanic friend of mine, took my van back for re test and she flew through.

MidlandsM

bubbuz wrote: »

Run your van so its nearly empty of diesel then put about 60 euros worth of kerosene in along with about 500ml - a litre of 2 stroke oil then take it for a good hard drive, this will clean your injectors and fuel system out and you'll see a vast improvement in smoke ( lack of ) and also your vans performance.
I had a 03 transit which failed miserably on emmisions, I did the same as im advising you as was I advised by a very good mechanic friend of mine, took my van back for re test and she flew through.

ohhh dear............here goes..............:pac:

bubbuz

MidlandsM wrote: »

ohhh dear............here goes..............:pac:

ah, just trying to help as it worked for me and did the van no harm and id rather try a throwing 60 euro at it first before going straight in with hundreds, sure what harm can it do, worst case scenario is still needs new injectors and pump, best case, problem solved and he's not hundreds out of pocket. I know what id try first.

gofaster_s13

bubbuz wrote: »

ah, just trying to help as it worked for me and did the van no harm and id rather try a throwing 60 euro at it first before going straight in with hundreds, sure what harm can it do, worst case scenario is still needs new injectors and pump, best case, problem solved and he's not hundreds out of pocket. I know what id try first.

Worst case scenario is still needs new injectors and pump and engine.