Rori
30th December 2007, 12:15 AM
Hi Folks, this is my first post. I have a 300 tdi I bought just over a year ago with reconditioned head and trans, now done 228000 klm, I put it on gas and very pleased with the result. Now I have a problem, a knock has developed at start up, it goes away in a couple of minutes but now the oil light comes on at idle in hot weather (I live in WA). To me this adds up to a big end bearing on the way out.
If I could get a little info from your collective wisdom it may make it easier for me to decide just how mush work I need to do.
My two main questions are; Do the con rods hold their shape/size or not? (If they usually need to be resized then I won’t be able to get away with just dropping the sump).
What kind of wear would I expect to find in the bore having done this amount of Klm’s?
Hope some of you can help
Regards
Rohan
If I could get a little info from your collective wisdom it may make it easier for me to decide just how mush work I need to do.
My two main questions are; Do the con rods hold their shape/size or not? (If they usually need to be resized then I won’t be able to get away with just dropping the sump).
What kind of wear would I expect to find in the bore having done this amount of Klm’s?
Hope some of you can help
Regards
Rohan