A little mishap..

[J Z]

Had a little mishap with my 1.6 td.

Were filled with 15 liters degreaser by mistake   
After 10 km this happened...

Well, If nothing else is broken, I will replace this 8 mm head with a 10 mm. ''after a thorough cleaning'' 

[8v-of-fury]

thought the td's had 9mm heads?? am i wrong in thinking so? Or was it an ECO pump.. did they have 8mm?

[J Z]

I'm not sure.
The car been imported second hand from Germany and has, among other things, no LDA.
Can not make out numbers on the pump.

My second 1.6, ''sold in Sweden'', has a 9 mm.

[chrisg]

i'm confused? what was filled with degreaser? the fuel tank?

[ORCoaster]

15 liters hmmm I say oil not fuel tank. But how?  And if by a shop of any kind wouldn't they be fixing this on their dimes?

[chrisg]

15 liters hmmm I say oil not fuel tank. But how?  And if by a shop of any kind wouldn't they be fixing this on their dimes?

didn't think the engine could hold 15 liters?

[8v-of-fury]

Engine definitely cannot hold 15 liters.. That is a fuel pump plunger.. The tank must have been filled with 15L of degreaser didnt know you could run on degreaser

[ORCoaster]

BRAIN DEAD.  did the conversion all wrong in the brain before blurting out engine oil.  15 liters is about the same number of quarts not divided by about 4 to get quarts.  That gives gallons.  So about 4 gallons in the fuel tank.

but I bet the IP is real clean now baby!  Injectors too.

But I still can't figure out the part or how they got that fluid in the tank?  Grabbing up a Jerry can and pouring unknown fuel in tank for lack of cash to go for a beer run?

Come on fess up.

[CRSMP5]

ORcoaster.. sent pm.. needs a real jpg of your avitar to make a sticker for my toaster from...

yep id like ot know how this happened too...

[J Z]

didnt know you could run on degreaser

Well you can, but not for long..   


Well, it was entirely my own fault

'Short story'... Almost empty in the tank.  Dark garage. In a hurry. 2 canisters (Jerry can?). One with diesel , one with degreaser. Took the wrong one...   

Then, 10 km later, on the fly, it just felt like turning of the key.  No noise, no twitching.. just died.

Then... I went home and had a beer...   

[burn_your_money]

You should replace the injectors as well.

[ORCoaster]

Ahhh,  It is the piston from inside the pump.  No lube equals friction, then seize.  Ouch.

[J Z]

I decided to replace the entire engine against a 1.9 td instead