MountainD
Technical Excellence Contributor
OK, so this one has troubled a lot of my friends and truth be known, I just got it to the house after breakdown so I don't know the answer. It is such an interesting one from a symptom standpoint, that it would be fun to see what you folks think and if you have a good TDI game .
Truck: 1991 200TDI.
What happened? My wife and dogs went up to the mountains, up an offroad trail and at the tip top of the trail before it becomes impassible from snow, the truck stopped. No odd sounds (like you can hear anything over a 200TDI anyways), no stuttering, just driving along and it's like I turned the key off. Boom. Off.
What I tried: Friend brought up 10 gallons of diesel. Thought it was out. there we go. Turn it over, it sounds like it is turning over pretty easy but there is some resistance but still feels a little light to turn over. Nothing. Not even an attempt to catch. Just turns over very strong. Exhaust doesn't even smell like diesel although air is being pushed through exhaust enough to blow a mask off the tailpipe.
Leave it for the night. In the wood, alone. Not ideal. Get there the next day loaded with tools as I know a thing or two about diesels now.
What I tried: Checked the fuel stop solenoid. Seemed obvious. Checked it and it worked find. Checked the voltage on the wire, even cranking, fine. Threw in a known good one...nothing changed. Changed the fuel filter. Changed the lift pump. No change. Nothing just cranking over. Everything looked good on the trail, just didn't run. Cracked the injectors. Spitting fuel. WTF?
Jabber came up and strapped me to get to a road. Towed it the rest of the way home.
Cloud looks nice. Screw you cloud.
Today, went to drive way. Cranked it over just cause. Removed inspection plate for IP and all bolts tight so didn't slip timing. Cracked injectors, they were doing this:
So I removed the rocker cover and saw a very bizarre thing:
So bizarre that I would like to see what you folks think before I dig in. Just cause I think it would be fun to see who gets closest.
Keep in mind-- IP is turning...cam is not... both run by the belt...
Truck: 1991 200TDI.
What happened? My wife and dogs went up to the mountains, up an offroad trail and at the tip top of the trail before it becomes impassible from snow, the truck stopped. No odd sounds (like you can hear anything over a 200TDI anyways), no stuttering, just driving along and it's like I turned the key off. Boom. Off.
What I tried: Friend brought up 10 gallons of diesel. Thought it was out. there we go. Turn it over, it sounds like it is turning over pretty easy but there is some resistance but still feels a little light to turn over. Nothing. Not even an attempt to catch. Just turns over very strong. Exhaust doesn't even smell like diesel although air is being pushed through exhaust enough to blow a mask off the tailpipe.
Leave it for the night. In the wood, alone. Not ideal. Get there the next day loaded with tools as I know a thing or two about diesels now.
What I tried: Checked the fuel stop solenoid. Seemed obvious. Checked it and it worked find. Checked the voltage on the wire, even cranking, fine. Threw in a known good one...nothing changed. Changed the fuel filter. Changed the lift pump. No change. Nothing just cranking over. Everything looked good on the trail, just didn't run. Cracked the injectors. Spitting fuel. WTF?
Jabber came up and strapped me to get to a road. Towed it the rest of the way home.
Cloud looks nice. Screw you cloud.
Today, went to drive way. Cranked it over just cause. Removed inspection plate for IP and all bolts tight so didn't slip timing. Cracked injectors, they were doing this:
So I removed the rocker cover and saw a very bizarre thing:
So bizarre that I would like to see what you folks think before I dig in. Just cause I think it would be fun to see who gets closest.
Keep in mind-- IP is turning...cam is not... both run by the belt...