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    Replacing a cylinder head and servicing injectors

    Jun 11, 2020 2 minutes

    In part 1 of this article last month (available on pbo.co.uk/engine_surgery) we followed Geoff Higginbottom as he dismantled his Bavaria 39’s 2005 Volvo Penta MD2030 diesel engine to diagnose the reason for its power failure and excessively smoky exhaust.

    Geoff discovered a failure in the pre-combustion chamber in the

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