engine goosed time for a new one

Went to take the kids to school this morning, started the old girl up and all was well for about 10s. Then we got a loud clunk, followed by taping, the engine cut out and locked up. Well myself and 300tdistu stripped down the top end, and found a possi drive screwdriver bit inbedded into the no.3 piston, but also has wrecked the head. Strange thing is last time i did any work on it was 4 months ago when i changed the head gasket. Could it really have been in there that long???????????. Secondly i'm not missing a bits out of my set.
So I'll get some pictures up(or stu will) and you the wise can take alook and see if this engine is fixable and cost friendly, or replace it with another. The car is a 94 300tdi, manual with 189,000 on the clock.
cheers guys and girls
alex
pictures as follows:
cylinder head




pictures of no.3 piston

wtf!!!

how did yu manage that?

Honestly i have no idea, as said before i never use the bits when working on the engine as i fear that the above will happen. Only thing i can think of is the person that was helping me at the time dropped it and said nowt, or did know that he had.

Interesting one! I dropped a plastic speedo drive into a mk2 Golf GTI gearbox once, thankfully it just got chewed up Also dropped an M6 nut into one of the oil channels in the block but luckily that had no effect either prior to selling the car

Needless to say I was at the start of the DIY mechanics learning curve when I had that car.

Sorry it's broken but excellent work sir, my worst nightmare. I shall be oh so extra careful when i rebuild mine in a couple of weeks.

I bought a mk2 golf gti once really dodgy guy, box pack up after a week, she sounded, and went like an m6 thou. lol. wouldn't mind but been on the spanners for 12yrs or so now. First time i've ever had this problem

I would matey. Something so small can cause so much engine gore.

is it me or do you have THE most expensive disco on planet earth?

Well yes lol. shes had a few parts bolted onto her. nearly 100% right, well until the next time. It was my first disco, and to be honest it wasn't the best around. Still stuck by her and got it nearly right until today.

its fooked mate,

time to bite the possi drive screwdriver bit and let me have the axles for me 90

have you run on cooking oil with "anti-foaming" or "anti-burn" agents in it have you... ??

she not fooked, its just running on three cylinders to save fuel. And the knocking is just to let me know that its still running lmao

it sounds like a citron 2cv :hysterically_laughi:behindsofa:

if only she was worth as much. I would be laughing. Still atlleast i know what the knocking sound is on my landy:bolt: lol

alex8882 said:

if only she was worth as much. I would be laughing. Still atlleast i know what the knocking sound is on my landy:bolt: lol

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iv made an educated guess and i think its my transfer box its the only thing it can be

so its the o/s c.v joint then lol. Tell you what let linzi drive it for a day. She will find the fault lol

alex8882 said:

so its the o/s c.v joint then lol. Tell you what let linzi drive it for a day. She will find the fault lol

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let linzi drive my disco





iv seen the way she drives her own :bolt::behindsofa:

look out txt is coming your way lol

so have you found a engine for it yet ??

or shall i get me axle stands out lol