Thread: My TD5 had a heart attack, where's a defibrillator???

Originally Posted by Nick S

Yes a diesel but with an ECU so it could be a generalised seizure, perhaps consider some anticonvulsants

absolutely, a lot of phenytoin pumped IO (into the oil circulation) at the precise moment the bolt parted ways could have prevented the seizure.

(One would have to ask, as this is a known fault of the TD5, when was the last time the sump was removed and Locktite (re-)applied to the oil-pump bolt thread? It should be a regular service item!

More importantly why wasn't it a left-hand thread in the first place. )

Originally Posted by Killer

I didn't think it was a design fault of the motor, but rather a manufacturing fault in that some oil pumps did not receive the Loctite treatment. Are you suggesting that the Loctite will degrade and need reapplying at regular intervals? I agree that a left hand thread would have been the best solution.

Cheers, Mick.

Not having a LH thread in a situation where a RH thread comes undone, is, in my opinion, a design fault.

Yes there was a batch that were not Locktite'ed, but all such things can fail over time or have held on without Locktite and, I would think, should be checked on some regular schedule. Maybe every 100,000km or so.

The cost of a sump gasket is a nominal expense compared to the loss of an engine. After all everyone I know who has suffered the failure at highway speed didn't have time to pull over between the light coming on and the engine seizing.