So, who knows what LOTS of white smoke from the exhaust means???
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My guess is that the workshop will do that test where they connect some kind of bong to the coolant reservoir and it changes colour or something if/when it detects combustion gasses inside the coolant. If your checks out with that test, fingers crossed, it might not be as bad as first feared.
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Mine did that too so don't panic just yet.... But get it into the shop....they can take a 27mm socket on the crank pully and spin it over to free it up most likely
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Damn I love the bong test method!!!!!
I have seen that contraption though and it is pretty cool....let me add this though....I could let mine warm up, shut it down, remove the oil filler cap and put my ear down to the fill hole I could hear the coolant hissing into the valve cover(but my issue was ON the driver side)
I have seen that contraption though and it is pretty cool....let me add this though....I could let mine warm up, shut it down, remove the oil filler cap and put my ear down to the fill hole I could hear the coolant hissing into the valve cover(but my issue was ON the driver side)
Or...you can remove the spark plugs n disconnect the injectors and just turn the ignition key to spit the water out of the chambers. However, don't do this and then drive the car later....because if water is in there now, next time you might not be so lucky with just a non-start situation. Keep us posted
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What causes it to be seized ?
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Yeah it's great man. One of the Darton sleeves dropped on my 2ZZ motor and the bong thing helped me decide not to run nitrous this year, lol.
That might....be a blessing. If...you have coolant in the chambers, it's better to trailer the car to the workshop and have the heads removed n water removed etc, than to have the motor fire and instantly snap a rod. I know that's not entirely comforting, but if you had to pick the best of a bad situation, this would be it. Fingers crossed for you my man
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Or...you can remove the spark plugs n disconnect the injectors and just turn the ignition key to spit the water out of the chambers. However, don't do this and then drive the car later....because if water is in there now, next time you might not be so lucky with just a non-start situation. Keep us posted
That might....be a blessing. If...you have coolant in the chambers, it's better to trailer the car to the workshop and have the heads removed n water removed etc, than to have the motor fire and instantly snap a rod. I know that's not entirely comforting, but if you had to pick the best of a bad situation, this would be it. Fingers crossed for you my man
This ^
Or...you can remove the spark plugs n disconnect the injectors and just turn the ignition key to spit the water out of the chambers. However, don't do this and then drive the car later....because if water is in there now, next time you might not be so lucky with just a non-start situation. Keep us posted
, Because of Christmas and new years they wont be able to look at the car until 2nd week of January
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OK, so update on the situation...figured out why my oil cooler fan was running all the time and then for 1min after shutdown... I had been continually pulling REAL codes with my Carly app and had one come up for temperature out of range yada yada but as part of the description in Carly it referenced the thermostat temp sensor in Diesel Benz engines....so I looked and damn if I didn't forget to plug the connector back in attached to the tstat housing.... Plugged it in and fan stopped IMMEDIATELY... so I assume that when it didn't see a valid temp reading it just turned on the fans to be safe
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Nice one Jptaylor. Glad to hear you got it all fixed and it's running great.
Thanks for the picture of the 2 headbolts. The first design is terrible. Did you section the bolts?
Thanks for the picture of the 2 headbolts. The first design is terrible. Did you section the bolts?
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"#3 head bolt on driver side had ripped the head away from the shaft...."
Was there enough of the bolt to vise grip it out or who did you get the rest of the bolt out?
Was there enough of the bolt to vise grip it out or who did you get the rest of the bolt out?
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...but mine fortunately had not torn completely off and I was able to get it out intact
