It's Bloody Broken

Thought I Had A Good Car For Once, Re-Built The Head Gasket On My 19j. Had The Car Running All Nice And Sweet For The First Time Since I Bought Her, Pulling Outta Work Today. Bang (Well More Poof) All Compression In The Engine Lost, Cuts Out And Will She Hell Start Again, RAC Came Out, Said Yupp No Compression So Maybe My Head Gaskets Gone Again, Anyone Got A Cheap 200Tdi I Can Steal So I Dont Have To Suffer Trying To Repair This Bloody Thing (Again)

porthos0 said:

Thought I Had A Good Car For Once, Re-Built The Head Gasket On My 19j. Had The Car Running All Nice And Sweet For The First Time Since I Bought Her, Pulling Outta Work Today. Bang (Well More Poof) All Compression In The Engine Lost, Cuts Out And Will She Hell Start Again, RAC Came Out, Said Yupp No Compression So Maybe My Head Gaskets Gone Again, Anyone Got A Cheap 200Tdi I Can Steal So I Dont Have To Suffer Trying To Repair This Bloody Thing (Again)

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Sounds more like cambelt faliure to me.
Rob.
EDIT.........forget my reply, just read the thread correctly.
Rob.............numpty......doh!!!!!

Oh bugger! Did you give the head and block a good clean up with emory cloth before you applied the new gasket and you didn't put hylomar or any silicone sealant under it did you? It cant have been cam belt if there engine was ticking over and trying to start. You can check by putting your hand over the exhaust whilst turning over the starter. Is there any blow out of the exhaust? It will only be slight. What kind of noise was it making?

Did It All Absotivly Properly. The Gasket Totally Sealed No Problems Or Anything, She Was Running Perfect Up Till The Second It Stopped.
Tis Just A Bugger, Spend All The Time Reconditionin It And This Happens,

Soloby Rob said:

Sounds more like cambelt faliure to me.
Rob.
EDIT.........forget my reply, just read the thread correctly.
Rob.............numpty......doh!!!!!

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Lol Happens To All Of Us....Well Some

When I Turn The Starter Over It Just Wines At Me Bless It, There Is A Tiny Bit Of Compression, But It's Nearly In Minus Numbers,

I'll Just Steal Yours Pos

You can't have mine! Its great =) Got me to Weymouth and back without any trouble and went up to Durham yesterday 70 all the way! No problem, no fuss no oil leaks! Are you about one weekend this september?

Bah, Lol, Mine Went To Wakefield From Pontefract Yesterday Lol, If Thats An Achivment? You Can Do 70??! Lol,

Thats unbelievable that really =P It should be quite a decent engine really, they weren't as bad as people made them out to be, it was just because in their earlier days people thrashed them because they had a turbo, which caused loads of problems and internal damage. My N/A will do 74 on the flat and accelerate to 78 down slopes to over take! It's bloody loud though and I have to open the vents because the heat comes straight back into the cab.

I'm Thinking Bout Replacing The 2.5Td With The NA If I Cant Find I Decent (Cheep Enough) 200Tdi, Just As A Stop Gap Till I Can Afford One, What MPG You Get On Your NA?

I only got 27 running down to Weymouth because I was driving at 65 to 70 all the way down. Generally running about I get 27 and on a motr way run to and back from Durham last year (before the rebuild) I got 30.06 MPG!!! That was driving at 55MPH nearly all the way up though.

Not too bad really
-Pos

Nice I'm Gettin 20 With The 19j In Mine, Which Is Obismal Really, Generally Only Run Round Town Or To Wakie/Leeds. Might Invest In A Naturally Asthmatic One

Yeah I'm quite pleased with it. You should in theory achieve more than what I get because the turbo is their to improve efficiency. Like I said it ran at high revs down to Weymouth for 8 hours and then back up with even higher revs for 6 hours, no problem! There are still plenty on ebay but you can't be sure what you're getting thats the only problem. Its slow off the mark but its good once it gets going! Theres no need to fit a land rover engine. Why not get a perkins or an Iveco diesel engine?

Have Looked At Perkins, I'm Just Seeing What I Can Afford Atm, (Being A Poor Student Type)

We're in the same boat then. I'm starting uni in Sep, product design course. I was meant to be taking a dry stone walling course at the end of August but the guy never got back in touch!

Yupp, Ah Cool, =]. I'm Puttin Uni Off, (Had 2 Year Gap As It Is, But Probs Next Year) And That Sucks, Could Have More Muni That Way Lol