Thread: 98 TDi, the Disco is dead - blue smoke

Hi Andy,
At the very least, I'd suspect a bent valve. As to what has caused this I can't be sure, but would be looking at a "chewed out" keyway on your bottom pulley.

Best of luck,
Peter

head gasket

thats just what has happened to us...including the chuffing out of the the oil cover on top of the rocker cover

not that terminal for us skimmed head and new gasket hopefully, almost all back together so will be able to say in in the next week or so whether thats whats all

already have the head back on with new gasket etc, but while we had it apart we have sent the injectors off to be looked at to make sure they dont need overhauling once they come back will be able to fire it up

How many km's does it have on the clock??

TIM.

Originally Posted by dullbird

head gasket

thats just what has happened to us...including the chuffing out of the the oil cover on top of the rocker cover

not that terminal for us skimmed head and new gasket hopefully, almost all back together so will be able to say in in the next week or so whether thats whats all

already have the head back on with new gasket etc, but while we had it apart we have sent the injectors off to be looked at to make sure they dont need overhauling once they come back will be able to fire it up

As Dullbird said its the head gasket , not too much of a problem can be fixed and not terminal

Thanks for the replies so far.

140000 Km on the clock, I am only the second owner, Iv'e had it since 104000 Km. Serviced every 5000, the original owner sold it to me due to having his licence suspended (he was in his late 80's).

There is no water transfer with the oil, the coolant level is fine and there was no overheating. It has not displayed the normal headgasket signs I have seen in the past, although it is my first diesel.

The vehicle has done next to no hard work, just normal camping, light 4x4 work.

I have had 3 beers now, it does not seem so bad, just lots of $$$.

Can I start a petition to get JC to move to northern Tasmania? He is a bit too far away for this kind of repair .

Andy.

Originally Posted by Bushwanderer

Hi Andy,
At the very least, I'd suspect a bent valve. As to what has caused this I can't be sure, but would be looking at a "chewed out" keyway on your bottom pulley.

Best of luck,
Peter

mmm chewed out key, then the car would not go if inside the timing cover (as the timing would be so far out ), outside the timing cover then it would do nothing to the internals of the engine apart from over heating it and jaming it solid when it over heats too much (as nothing turning the water pump ). But you would noticce the power steering was working beofre it over heated

A blown turbo could account for the oil consumption and smoke, but not the chuffing and smoke inside the engine.

Originally Posted by Andy-M

Thanks for the replies so far.

140000 Km on the clock, I am only the second owner, Iv'e had it since 104000 Km. Serviced every 5000, the original owner sold it to me due to having his licence suspended (he was in his late 80's).

There is no water transfer with the oil, the coolant level is fine and there was no overheating. It has not displayed the normal headgasket signs I have seen in the past, although it is my first diesel.

The vehicle has done next to no hard work, just normal camping, light 4x4 work.

I have had 3 beers now, it does not seem so bad, just lots of $$$.

Can I start a petition to get JC to move to northern Tasmania? He is a bit too far away for this kind of repair .

Andy.

yes we never had any coolant lost either or water in the oil.....BUT there was wear on the head and gasket causing oil to pass into number 1 and number 4 cylinder.....i think in turn (this is what we were lead to believe) the cylinders then pressurize the oils sump or something like that causing oil to spray out all over engine bay! thats what happened to ours

i bet my life after experiencing ours its a head gasket as it sounds exactly the same....only difference is our cab filled with smoke and when we did stop dropped oil