When your TDi blows up!

[landyman Ash]

Seeing as Ive been on the landy all day I fancied a pint so thought I'd put the bits I broke in my pocket and take them to the pub.

Back now after lots of "ouch's", "ooooo's" and "bet that was costly" I thought I'd bring it to my second fav bar

4 bent push rods, one bent rocker, one snapped rocker.

[beast5680]

they look very lovely are you going to mount them on a plinth and show them off  :lol:

[Brains]

:shock:  :shock:  :shock:

[Xtremeteam]

NOW boys & girls


this is why a TDI is great,pop a belt & no valves get bent  :lol:  :lol:

rockers are £5 each i think & the pushrods are no far of that

[Colin 009]

Hay Ash could made into a great Club award,  :lol:

[landyman Ash]

NOW boys & girls


this is why a TDI is great,pop a belt & no valves get bent  :lol:  :lol:

rockers are £5 each i think & the pushrods are no far of that

Arent they great!!!!

I actually did the entire top end, all new bits just so its done and I dodnt have to worry, even then ALL new bits only came to £248.  If I'd just done the push rods and two rockers the bill would of been :

Pushrods : £3.07
Rocket (tappet slide) £15.66

So only £40 for the lot but took the head off just to check so thought sod it, do the lot.

[landyman Ash]

Hay Ash could made into a great Club award,  :lol:

Oooooo, good idea.  I'll get the welder out  

[bullfrog]

I always keep broken bits,
I only have a broken track rod end and a half shaft so far .
Not bad for 5 years and 7 vehicles.
I am planing on spraying them a bright colour and mounting them on a plinth :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[landyman Ash]

I always keep broken bits,
I only have a broken track rod end and a half shaft so far .
Not bad for 5 years and 7 vehicles.
I am planing on spraying them a bright colour and mounting them on a plinth :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

If I kept all my broken bits I'd need another garage  

[AbyssDJ]

i take it thats what happens when the timing belt breaks? what happens on a 200tdi? :)

[Xtremeteam]

i take it thats what happens when the timing belt breaks? what happens on a 200tdi? :)

the same as they have both the same setup  

[landyman Ash]

i take it thats what happens when the timing belt breaks? what happens on a 200tdi? :)

Belt didnt snap, it slipped which can be worse.

If the belt snaps the valves then stay in that position and what ever is in the wrong position gets broken.  When it slips, EVERYTHING can get broken as the valves are still moving but in the wrong position!

Thankfully I was going slow and I killed engine straight away.  One valve hot the piston but no damage

[AbyssDJ]

so its not critical then? reason i ask is because i dont know when our timing belt was last done, and i cant afford to pay for a garage to do it/dont have the space or knowledge to do it myself....

everywhere that we've remotely spoke to about it before has said, in not so many words, if it breaks you'll need a new engine...

sounded like a very extreme outcome to me...

[landyman Ash]

Depends......

Usually it will just blow top end.  However depends on circumstances.  My mates 300tdi snapped its belt at 75mph, piston hit the valve, snapped it and it dropped into engine.  By the time be'd stop the valve had scored the piston so badly he needed a new block!!!

Its rare that happens but bare it in mind.

[extreme90]

any1 had there cam timing gear retaining bolt shear yet? thus resulting in cam goin bi bi's back into the block ?
makes quite a mess and resulted in pushrods in s shapes
but the gud old girl still ran believe it or not
piccy 2 follow if interested of cam and all the broken bits  :lol:

[landyman Ash]

We all love to see broken bits!!!!!!!!!

[extreme90]

hehe will get piccys t morra then, bust a  bit of end of cam bust the gear broke a follower into 2  :shock:  list goes on but no bust valves even tho they did hit the pistons on all 4 cylinder  :?
spose thats what you get with varible valve timing  :lol:
danny

[AbyssDJ]

right i see :)