Is anyone able to advise on our Vauxhall Zafira B please??

[Mummabear87]

Hi we own a 2009 Zafira B 1.7CDTI diesel . Car has been great however last weds while my partner was driving it lost power and cut out and he was unable to accelerate. He got towed home. The car turns over but won’t start instead it coughs and splutters it’s definitely trying to but there’s just nothing. The car has had aWe had a friend look at the car as he thought it sounded like a injector issue however the friend unscrewed the top of the 4th injector and is now unable to screw it back on which I guess is going to make it harder getting that injector out? Also there seems to be a black casing surrounding the 4 injectors which’s makes getting the injectors out impossible in the 1st pictures I’ve uploaded. We are tight on money due to COVID 19 and taking to a garage or even having a mechanic looking at it let alone having the work done would take months and months to save for my partner relays on the car For his job And no car = no work. He’s managed to borrow a car for a week so we are really hoping it’s an easy fix . Can anyone firstly tell us if the casing surrounding the 4 injectors needs to totally come off? How easy is it going to be to get the injector with no top on out? Any help would be great . Thank you.

[E-bmw]

Have you checked if the cam belt is still in place/intact & not broken?

Is there fuel in the fuel rail?

Can you hear the fuel pump at the tank priming the fuel lines when turning the ignition on but not starting it?

[oakdale]

I'm not sure what your friend has done but I don't like the sound of it, yes the cam cover has to come off as well as the fuel pipes and extensions.

It's a job that needs to be done by someone that knows what they're doing, the injectors don't screw out btw, they pull out after removing the clamps.

[imagineifyeswill]

Before I go to the trouble of typing out a long reply let us know if you have got any further with this problem.