Thread: 300tdi knocking noise

Compare the movement at the front of the crank with the rear by looking at the flywheel at the same time. If there's relative movement then its still likely to be a broken crank. There's bound to be a good crank available somewhere as all these heads have failed lately...

well i found out on the weekend bad news it was turns out my crank is snapped

Originally Posted by orangeshannon

well i found out on the weekend bad news it was turns out my crank is snapped

Ouch. So what did the tradies at work say when you told them they were wrong?

Btw:
http://www.paddockspares.com/err2112...ft-300tdi.html

cheers mate i found another site slightly cheaper its rimmerbros.

yeh i told the guys at work about it and there like F*&KING HELL!!! haha.

i would really like to know how it accually snapped when i take it out the engine i'll put some better pics of the snap up yay $1,000+ later haha

so since you are pulling the crank, what are your plans/ what parts are you going to replace and how much of a rebuild are you going to do?

ok what im going to do because of my situation im going to replace every bearing in the bottom end even if there in good nic because i figure if i buying the crank alone for around about $800 aussie dollars im going to spend the money on it and do it properly by getting all new brearings, seals and gaskets. i'm thinking that its going to cost me around $1,200ish but i'm also going to flush the engine out with some kerro and put some parts through the parts wash at work to make sure that any metal that is floating around is gone. im not going to worry about doing pistons and rings as there fine and not smoking i was thinking about doing the head gasket and replacing all gaskets but theres no oil leaks so im not going to bother with it. bit its also gave me a chance to clean the intercooler which was about 90% full of mud and we found a crack around the front drivers side body mount in the engine bay which im going to weld up. i also cleaned the whole engine bay and its spotless no more mud can't wait to get it on the road and take out bush for my first time in it

i just ordered all my parts im getting brand new crank, bearings, seals, gaskets, top and bottom radiator hoses, and a few other bits and peices and postage for change from $1,200 now thats not a to bad buy considering the cheapest crank i could get here was $1,050 and the bearings where $240 for the set

While you've got it in bits, do the timing belt/idler/crank sprocket as well.

Pete