Thread: The joy or not of travel

How old and how many km's on it?

13 years and 230,000 k's. It was running beautifully and suddenly lost all compression.

Originally Posted by jx2mad

13 years and 230,000 k's. It was running beautifully and suddenly lost all compression.

Buggar, that's not good, not high km's for a diesel.

There was no noise at all. Running at 110k/h on highway when it just lost all power and I coasted to a stop off the road.

Originally Posted by jx2mad

There was no noise at all. Running at 110k/h on highway when it just lost all power and I coasted to a stop off the road.

No rise in temp? Smoke from the exhaust?

Nothing at all. Just stopped producing power. Motor turns over ok so not seized

Originally Posted by jx2mad

Compression test done with all air intake removed

What was the result of the compression test, no compression could be a number of things, rings not sealing in bores, valves held open, holes in pistons.
Dust entering intake can very quickly destroy an engine, ZD 30 nissan motor we are replacing at the moment only lasted 2 months, lots of off-road driving, (pod type oiled cotton filter) just got slower and slower till it wouldn't pull a greasy stick out of a dogs bum, then just turn over but not start, Regards Frank.

Full service done 6 weeks ago including timing belt etc. New filters fitted of course. I saw them today, clean