I cleaned mine today with only 75000km and it was fully gunked up like all the photos
cleaned it up with a spray from repco designed for map and air flow sensors
My D3 has been cutting out on steep hills and over taking cars
with codes P132B turbo boost control A
and PO23D+P0101 map sensor
cleared the codes and will take for a run tomorrow
hope it helps!
22nd Jan 2014 5:14 am
disbelieve
Member Since: 14 Jan 2014
Location: Lower Austria
Posts: 46
Cleaned mine today.
120.000km and dirty.
I am curious how it will drive now...
22nd Jan 2014 3:50 pm
disbelieve
Member Since: 14 Jan 2014
Location: Lower Austria
Posts: 46
Started the engine yesterday evening for a drive...
Right after the engine began to run it sounded really different, it rustled and did not run very smooth. but after some meters of driving it got very smooth.
Does it have to "learn" the new values from the sensor? I took it for a 20km drive and was astonished. It drove very good!
23rd Jan 2014 5:12 am
RAW1
Member Since: 21 Jan 2013
Location: Plymouth
Posts: 394
Cleaned mine yesterday it was very gunky.
08MY XS D3 with 54,000 miles on clock, I have had it since Jan 13 and done 12,000 miles
I add 40ml of 2 stroke per fill of diesel so it will be interesting to see in 5k or so how the sensor looks
Since cleaning she does seem to pull more smoothly from low revs but that maybe just wishful thinking ie the placebo effect
24th Jan 2014 8:11 am
oldsalt
Member Since: 15 Dec 2009
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 179
Cleaned mine 25k ago ... did it this afternoon and this is what it looked like ...
all cleaned up and ready to go back in ...
she started O.K. - I'll take her for a spin tomorrow and check for any performance difference.
cheers
25th Jan 2014 6:35 am
DALEK
Member Since: 28 Jul 2011
Location: Near Stockport
Posts: 633
More of the same,
Before
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After
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After due consideration getting EGR's blanked next weekD3 HSE ........................Gone!!!
6th Feb 2014 1:07 pm
SWR
Member Since: 07 Nov 2013
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 840
Finally got around to checking and cleaning mine today. Owned the D3 since Dec and don't know if it had been done before. Now on 113k miles.
After 10 minutes in the rain trying to find the torx screw to remove the cover and getting wet and frustrated. I have it a little yank and it popped off. How stupid did I feel.
Sensor out and it looks like this.
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And cleaned after. I only wiped it clean what spray cleaner have people used as there is still some crud in the hole.
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Cheers.
Simon
6th Feb 2014 3:48 pm
DannyUbertek
Member Since: 20 Feb 2011
Location: Kent
Posts: 311
After the valves are blanked
Blanked the valves about 6 months ago
Checked it it's very clean!
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7th Feb 2014 9:25 pm
cdf
Member Since: 13 Oct 2012
Location: Northants
Posts: 156
Thought I would have a look at mine even though it has only done 35,000 I do run 2 stroke oil and was getting around 30/33mpg on the dash. It was some wet oily sludge on it not what you would consider dirty but I gave it a clean with wd40 and without doing anything else to it even the same tank of fuel so its not better fuel or more oil on a run I got 36mpg on the dash and return journey was bog standard Esso fuel with no 2 stroke and still got 33mpg not sure what to make of that but that's what I got.
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6th Mar 2014 7:13 pm
SeanDog
Member Since: 19 Oct 2013
Location: Delft
Posts: 3
172000km on the clock MY07........................ not that gunky..........not using 2 stroke but will see if there is a difference after next week.
7th Mar 2014 4:12 pm
Bobs
Member Since: 29 Oct 2013
Location: Manchester
Posts: 2330
The old girl may have been clocked.....
Still cleaned the sensors and it does make a difference IMO...
Actual mileage is 176,000 and no idea if it was ever done before .... seems smoother and more responsive ... good post and write up ...
15th Mar 2014 10:34 pm
lccl148
Member Since: 30 Nov 2010
Location: Dartford, Kent. On the square, in the centre...
Posts: 65
Gunky MAP sensor
Read this thread with interest so thought I'd check out my own as fuel economy is a pretty horrendous 22mpg (though to be fair, I only do very short journey work in the main). Model is 57 plate D3, non-blanked EGR's with just 40k on the clock. No images to show but, as others have illustrated, huge amount of gunk on exterior and completely blocked orifice, subsequently cleaned out with a combination of WD40 and electrical switch cleaner. This was sprayed in until found to run clear, then shaken out and refitted after being left to dry out for a couple of minutes.
Have yet to take the car out to see what changes are apparent if any, but have tintent towing job to do in a couple of days, so will report back soonest.
Also saw reference to using Shell V Power over supermarket diesel with a view to improving MPG. Anyone have any experience of this as I'd rather ditch the Nectar points in favour of better running costs?I'm off to a party with the RNLI tonight. They may not get together very often, but when they do, they certainly know how to push the boat out.
Remarkable amount of crud and aperture almost blocked. Next stop - EGR blanking in the morning!
5th Apr 2014 3:45 pm
euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
Re: Gunky MAP sensor
lccl148 wrote:
Also saw reference to using Shell V Power over supermarket diesel with a view to improving MPG. Anyone have any experience of this.....
I did a (very unscientific) comparison here http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic99250.html?highlight=Nitro using the trip computer....but I have found the 3.0 is more sensitive to "premium" fuels than the 2.7......anyway I'm too tight so stick to cheap Tesco diesel "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
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5th Apr 2014 4:08 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73090
Obvious question but now that the 3.0 lumps have been out there for a while, how are their MAP sensors looking? They don't seem to be having the same problems with EGRs but have they just passed the problem further down the line?
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