Thread: Did You know this 'Can' happen to a diesel (Death by oil)

About to head back to Stanthorpe from the GC. Truck is running and at this stage it seems it was just a broken bolt.

Will I make it there.........

You guys should start a betting pool on whats next. My money is on a belt, either timing or fan...

Originally Posted by uninformed

About to head back to Stanthorpe from the GC. Truck is running and at this stage it seems it was just a broken bolt.

Will I make it there.........

You guys should start a betting pool on whats next. My money is on a belt, either timing or fan...

Fingers and toes crossed for you Serg...

good luck!

Made it.

I will try to remember to post pics of the failure and the difference between the HS2.8tgv hold down bolt and the 300Tdi hold down stud.

I'm amazed


I had no Idea there was such a possibility.. sort of like a 'china syndrome' for a diesel.


According to info later in the post ... the following can happen when a blown turbo recirculates engine oil back into the cylinders and the glow plugs burn up the oil till it runs out and seizes.




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Oil seal in turbo fails and leaks oil into the engine intake which gets burned by the engine. Switching the fuel off does not work because the engine is running on it's engine oil so only stops when it's used it all and the engine seizes. If this happens, you should put it into 5th gear and stall the engine, otherwise it will destroy itself. If it's an automatic the only option is to open the bonnet and block the air from the intake, but that's dangerous if it blows. Only happens on turbo diesel engines


Good thing it wasn't started up in the garage - in the house.


.. could lack of turbo maintenance be a cause .. or was it in fact someone put the wrong part attached to the wrong place..?


really glad I have a V8.

Yep, diesel running on it's own oil is fun to stop.
Wouldn't worry about it in a D3/D4/RRS though.

Been there done that......

But at 80km/h on a windy single lane road.....

Yep 2 stroke Detroit diesels are bad for it. one of two things happens The shaft seals in the supercharger start leaking and away she goes until it goes bang, or the fuel racks that control the injectors get sloppy and go "over-centre" and jam in the full fuel position till it goes bang.

Did a tune up on a 8V92T a couple of months ago (valve set, injector heights, governor set-up etc) every second paragraph in the workshop manual says "verify fuel racks return to the no fuel position before start up". Little bit anxious on that first start up after the tune up.