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Failed High-Pressure Fuel Pump (HPFP) - Checklist: What to Do After a Pump Failure
We commonly see failed High-Pressure Fuel Pump (HPFP) on modern Common Rail Diesel Engines resulting in a tangled web of issues, expensive repairs and headaches. The most common symptons are poor startup or a lack of power (especially under hard acceleration).99% of the time HPFP failure is most likely due to internal wear or metal-on-metal contact which often sends metal particles/shavings, also known as "swarf" throughout the entire fuel system. If these contaminants are not removed completely
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10 12 2025
OUR NEW 4WD DYNO + CP3 HPFP + BIG INJECTORS + AN UNEXPECTED PROBLEM - AUDI A5 3.0 TDI QUATTRO PROJECT
This one blog is summarising 2 Video's of our Audi A5 3.0 TDI Project! Part 14 and 14.2.
Back in Part 8 we travelled over to John Sleath Race Cars to carry out a series of upgrades on our car whilst on the dyno, taking it from 228bhp - 340bhp in the same day.
Since then a lot has been happening, and not just with the car...
We have recently purchased our own 4WD Dyno Dynamics rolling road. This is something we have had planned for a while but when one came up at the right money we could not r
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15 04 2019