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Have I done the head gasket
Guardian.:
NOT GOT BUST RIngs has it? dont see how oil can get ito the bores if everything is a1 up top as id definately is now, or block split, not good that one ive just been there.
clover:
Could be either I suppose.
No way of telling until I strip it all down.
May well be worth me getting a rebuilt short engine and start again.
Oh well... looks like I'll not be driving any green roads in the near future.
davidlandy:
did you look at the bores John?
any scoring , could you move the pistons sideways in the bores?
my bro in laws 200 went this way - turned out to be bore/rings kapputt, compressions where well down.
clover:
Well I did not check 2 and 3 for scoring on the bores as they were at TDC. 1 and 4 were fine. There was no noticeable free play in any of the pistons.
I would have thought if it was rings/bore it would smoke all the time and not just when cold? Would it not use oil as well? This is what gets me as it does not seem to be using oil. Until it packed up it never used a drop.
Think I need to just accept the fact that I need to either totally rebuild or maybe look for a decent replacement engine for it.
clover:
Ok
Since my initial issues with smoke I've started it from cold a few times and driven it around a bit and it seems to be better.
I've not had a recurrence of the problem with the smoke. I am hoping this was just engine oil that had got into the injectors or something???
I'll have to see what it does if I leave it standing for a few days.
However I do still have an issue. I am occasionally getting smoke on tick over. As soon as you rev it up it goes. It does not do it all the time. It seems to be white smoke which suggests to me its possibly a mixture issue? under fueling at tick over?
Its not massive amounts of smoke but it never used to do this.
Anybody got any suggestions?
I've put some injector cleaner in the fuel so am waiting to see what that does.
I understand on the 200TDi their is a smoke screw on the pump you can adjust that controls off boost fueling? But I don't understand what it does or how it works or if it will help.
Cheers
John
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