300tdi Head gasket

How long do the head gasket last on a 300tdi motor

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On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 09:13:36 +1030, "bensdive"
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>How long do the head gasket last on a 300tdi motor

If you run them without water in them, about 30 minutes

Alex

bensdive wrote:
> How long do the head gasket last on a 300tdi motor

On a properly maintained engine, the head gasket should last the life of
the engine.


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On or around Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:50:07 +1300, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>bensdive wrote:
>> How long do the head gasket last on a 300tdi motor
>
>On a properly maintained engine, the head gasket should last the life of
>the engine.

note the use of the word "should"
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the gasket will not usually blow unless youve cooked the engine by
overheating it or by revving the tits off it for a long drive .

if you do blow one youll probably need the head skimming flat again or
even require a new cylinder head casting .

these engines dont usually run very hot at all but i can see youre down
near hallet cove and at this time of year its very hot there , so i
dont know what kind of temps youre engine reaches .
it would be a good idea to have the viscous fan and an electric one in
front of radiator to aid cooling at those times .

even in the summer here at 28degs the 300tdi doesnt really get hot as
such , so they have plenty of scope for warmer climates , which is
probably what they were designed for anyway .

if youre having a problem and need advice may i suggest you put
together a list of symptoms etc you are seeing and then post the
message on here and also on the DIFFLOCK.COM landrover forum .

Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:50:07 +1300, EMB <[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> bensdive wrote:
>>> How long do the head gasket last on a 300tdi motor
>>
>> On a properly maintained engine, the head gasket should last the
>> life of the engine.
>
> note the use of the word "should"

A cynic might read that as 'when the head gasket goes t'engine is dead"

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On or around Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:56:48 GMT, "GbH"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>> On or around Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:50:07 +1300, EMB <[email protected]>
>> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>> bensdive wrote:
>>>> How long do the head gasket last on a 300tdi motor
>>>
>>> On a properly maintained engine, the head gasket should last the
>>> life of the engine.
>>
>> note the use of the word "should"
>
>A cynic might read that as 'when the head gasket goes t'engine is dead"

well, yeah. not precisely, though. In our case, it cost a new head, but
still cheaper than a new engine.
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In message <[email protected]>
"bensdive" <[email protected]> wrote:

> How long do the head gasket last on a 300tdi motor
>

In theory forever, but in the real world 300's, like 200's, usually
suffer a failure around 70 to 110,000 miles. Unlike the 200Tdi, the
300Tdi usually manifests itself as a failry loud, very machanical,
ticking/knocking noise that sounds like a duff tappet. As with the
200 it is almost always between No. 3 or No. 4 cylinder and one of
the push rod "holes". Replacing the gasket and torquing it down
PROPERLY will usually fix the problem for the rest of the engines life.

Under no circumstances run a 300Tdi with low, or no, water in it - the
head will get damaged fairly quickly, but worse than that the piston
crowns "melt" after a *very* short time..........

Richard
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