Funeral March Music.............................
Dumm Dumm Der Dumm Der Der Dumm Der Dumm Der Dum Der etc.
Well, I now don't think it was a tappet, I have explained to the ladyfriend what that funny red light and buzzing noise meant, (you drove it how far?) 20 miles, hmm. Took about a gallon to get anything on the dipstick, yup, abosobloodylutely zero oil in it. Runs on three now, with scary orchestra of destroyed bearing knocks, so tis dead, full of oil a couple of days ago, so just curious as to the most likely post mortem mechanism of death. My bet is on piston break up, or maybe turbo oil seal failure, but there was no runaway. Don't panic as the engine is definately dead, I'm just curious as to how it ate all the oil so as to commit suicide.
I think you should keep driving it.
the new polos have three cylinders right? and they get fantastic mileage
-Owen
because sometimes a runaway does not run out of oil or lock up before it comes apart and sends bits flying very fast in all directions.
Sorry Owen, chaos rules, I was trying to paste the following youtube link without it autorunning, this is why the continuity........ isn't...... if you get what I mean.
google "runaway diesel defender 200 tdi" to get the idea! see how they run! (can't say I blame them
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and I thought I was rought on cars lol
that video made me cry.. but listen to how smooth it is holding 7000 rpm's
thing is gonna be a champ when he rebuilds it.
good thing they weren't doing laundry that day.
to the op; sorry
If it were dead, it would not be "knocking on Heaven's door", or would it?
Just change the lower end bearings, don't even have to take it out of car.
i would see how toasted it is before i totally messed up the bottom end. if it still runs, there is still hope for it..
i would see how toasted it is before i totally messed up the bottom end. if it still runs, there is still hope for it..
Agree. These things take a lot to kill em, and if it's still running.. you didn't give it that much
Smutts, is yours a 1600 or 1900?
I'd bet on the crank and rods being seriously out of whack.. Yeah these things are tough, but they have their limits... The engine I rebuilt for the Bunny had a spun rod bearing from less than a few miles of being run low on oil.. Big end of the rod was somewhat oval shaped, the crank is now bolted to the back of my golf cart for ballast..
Going by your previous posts about the tappity tap tap tap also leads me to think a piston decided it wanted to be somewhere else.. The tapping might have been a crack in the piston around the wrist pin (gudgeon pin I think you call them over there?) And if that is indeed what happened I'd guess that particular cylinder is none too pretty either...
Then again, stranger things have happened.. Send it over here, I'll weld it up!
Smutts, is yours a 1600 or 1900?
It's the 1600 intercooled SB engine from 1990 ish. It was shagged when I bought it 100,000 miles ago, my first diesel, so I got a bit stitched up. But it has soldiered on fine since, but has always been thirsty for oil, and lumpy compressions, but never got worse till the mystery tapping started up. So I bought a better one, but the girlfriend isn't allowed near that one,
You brave? or need parts?
