Very unusual one: car has been throwing P0087 since I've had her (month and a bit), fuel filter (genuine) replaced, no change. Took it to a local diesel specialist, he can’t find a code nor replicate the issue (pansy driver I imagine). Anyway we were discussing potential causes the day after when I'd managed to throw the EML again and I told him I’d done the fuel filter recently, he asked was there much gunk. So I showed him the pics:
And he goes it looks like you've got the "Diesel Bug".
I came home and did my homework: common in the marine diesel engine world, very little info for automotive.
Question is has anyone else ever come across this?
Reading between the lines of the history of the car, it does look like it has been stood for a while (common enabler for the bug to manifest).
I've ordered a diesel bug test kit from a marine stockist to confirm but going off the pics, the P0087 and the hesitation under load, it does make sense.
Not looking forward to the potential remedy, cleaning out the whole fuel tank, lines, etc...
And he goes it looks like you've got the "Diesel Bug".
I came home and did my homework: common in the marine diesel engine world, very little info for automotive.
Question is has anyone else ever come across this?
Reading between the lines of the history of the car, it does look like it has been stood for a while (common enabler for the bug to manifest).
I've ordered a diesel bug test kit from a marine stockist to confirm but going off the pics, the P0087 and the hesitation under load, it does make sense.
Not looking forward to the potential remedy, cleaning out the whole fuel tank, lines, etc...