Thread: TD5 seized I think ?

Idler pulley seized?

Yep, check the idler pulley. Mine did the same thing.

Originally Posted by Discodance

Hi guys ... my misses was driving home a few days ago and our 2002 TD5 just stopped . Tried to re start and near no cranking was possible , thought the battery had died or starter was shot ... but no , both came up as ok .. I put a new starter in anyway , but New Starter seems to be taking a beating when I try to start her , even smelt a bit warm each time I tried ... wont turn over much at all ...

We towed her home and tried to turn the engine over with a short wrench and found I could only move it just a little but not far at all .. Wondering if we have seized it ?

Question ? as I have never tried to hand crank a TD5 , can they be turned over by hand with a wrench ? ..

She is in great condition , nice and clean and well serviced , at least I thought she was :- (

cheers Steve , any help appreciated ...

Take off the drive belt and try to turn it over this will prove the idller theory
It probably a cheap bearing replacement

a stuffed harmonic balancers can also do it, check to see if fan belt is not jambed somewhere on it

I bought a Freebie a couple of years ago with suspected seized engine
Seized Ac compressor was the problem after a bit of investigation once home

Originally Posted by strangy

Idler pulley seized?

Originally Posted by Nemo

Yep, check the idler pulley. Mine did the same thing.

Originally Posted by djam1

Take off the drive belt and try to turn it over this will prove the idller theory
It probably a cheap bearing replacement

Yep, this stuck me up in the Flinders last year.
I thought a polling starter motor, Chris from Hawker thought I'd hydrauliced the engine (the creeks were up and he'd had an Isuzu the day before that had a lung full of water)
Luckily it was the idler pulley bearing seized, it was fixed in a couple of hours.

Idler pulley
Happened to me as well.
I freaked and started looking for 2nd hand motors while waiting for the tow truck.
In the end a $50 job and 1/2 hour