Ebay - 75 CLASSIC CDTi NON RUNNER - Page 5

..... · 29th May 2012, 19:33

Apparently it happened in very wet weather.

blacknwhite · 29th May 2012, 19:38

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Originally Posted by Flintstone

Apparently it happened in very wet weather.

Acid rain

Greeners · 29th May 2012, 21:01

You are not alone, find Dragrads thread on the subject - bit of an epic

neilb740 · 30th May 2012, 09:44

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Originally Posted by Flintstone

I spoke to the seller on the phone.. he's a retired bloke and was left the car by his brother. He's had a few problems with it which he had sorted but was coming home and it started making strange noises. .

I would have thought a snapped crank would have done a bit more than just make a strange noise. Surely the engine would have stopped instantly at the very least. That’s a pretty catastrophic failure.

marinabrian · 30th May 2012, 10:13

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Originally Posted by suffolk boy

i wonder if has been remapped at some point and they have gone a bit over the top.only the crank on the m47r is not as strong as the bmw one hence the need for a dmf on the clutch reducing the load on the afor mentioned item

Most definitely in standard tune.

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Originally Posted by neilb740

I would have thought a snapped crank would have done a bit more than just make a strange noise. Surely the engine would have stopped instantly at the very least. That’s a pretty catastrophic failure.

My theory on this failure could have been caused by two things
1 the car was driven through deep water at speed, and the engine ingested water causing hydraulic locking, most unlikely scenario
2 The ecu has failed due to water ingress, the plenums were blocked, and the tide mark was well up the ecu, perhaps a more realistic scenario is ane of the injectors was held open causing unburnt fuel to build up in the cylinder bore causing hydraulic locking.

Now these fault codes would not clear on the original ecu and the fuel pumpwas not running, however a replacement DDE4 slaved to the car during the diagnostic, cleared all but the incremental angle sensor fault.
Upon cranking the car once I had charged the battery, it sounded to have compression on two cylinders, and a visual check revealed the auxiliary belt to be static while the engine was being cranked.
My opinion is the crankshaft has broken in the centre journal.
Having said all of this, Gary has indeed bagged himself an absolute bargain, the car itself is immaculate and deserves to be returned to the road.

Here is the plenum, after almost a week of dry weather, and a cursory attempted rodding of the drain with a screwdriver, a bold reminder of the importance of this simple check.
Brian

neilb740 · 30th May 2012, 11:13

Just noticed you are only a few miles up the road from me Gary.
If you need an extra pair of hands during the engine swap give me a shout.

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