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"Gary G Jones" <
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> Hi Folks
> Just driving home in the discovery tonight (300tdi 1995 auto) maintained
> regardless of cost.
> I even spent out on it yesterday, having new discs and pads fitted to the
> rear.
> Anyway, about 6 miles from home , already covered about 20 miles, I noticed
> a lack of acceleration while pulling out of a junction, hmmm ,strange I
> thought , took it nice and steady and then noticed a bit of smoke coming out
> the back looked to be grey in colour.
> I pulled over and had a quick look under the bonnet, nothing obvious so I
> carried on. The smoke out the back was now worse and the power was down even
> more.
> As I arrived outside the house I switched off but the engine kept on
> running. Worse than this it, decided that it was going to rev itself to hell
> and back ( I have never seen the rev meter go that far round before) and
> smoke out the entire street, that much smoke that a neighbour came over to
> see if I was OK and did I want them to call the fire brigade out.
> The discover has about 115000 miles on the clock now and like I say,
> since I have owned it for the last 35000 miles I have had everything checked
> ,serviced, and replaced when needed and sometimes just to be on the safe
> side.
> So my question is,
> 1)where do I start to look for the problem, does it sound to you folks like
> a head gasket problem.
> 2) if I to turn the key and start it up and it goes into super high rev
> mode even with the key out, how the hell do I stop it fast.
>
> I'm just going now to have a look at the coolant to see if its full of oil.
>
> Many thanks for your help.
> GGJ
>
I'll get a cup of tea your head gasket has gone (back LH corner
looking in from the front). If you have not used all the oil (it
would seem not if it starts doing it again!) then it is unlikely
there will be any further damage. If you *really* need to start
it again top up the oil first. To stop it, put the handbrake on
and the footbrake, stick it in 5th and let the clutch off - it
will stall easily. Allow a bit of space in case the hadbrake's not
100% - there's no need to go into trees etc.
This is a well know problem at the sort of milage you car is at,
and while being a bit scary don't panic! Bearing in mind the
possibility of having burned all the oil (that's what the vast
smoke cloud was), a new head gasket is all that will be required
- it most likely won't happen again.
Richard
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