X&"%&"%) Oil Leak and other b*&%&*y problems

[sheeprus]

Goddamit this ****** surf will evetually be the death of me so it will.
Just changed the injectors and the glowplugs.
Problem 1.
Glow pug fuse gone (second time in 6 months), ok, no real issue there, just a few scuffed knuckles and colonial language and we are back in business.
Problem 2
I had presumed the oil leak I have is a result of the split in the rocker cover gasket, turns out not so. The leak appears to be coming from the head. Lots of loud swearing and colonial sailor’s language. Take said jeep back to Yota, who only fitted new head etc in may. They tell me the oil is coming from a breather pipe. My pistons and rings are too worn.
I don’t even have 100,000 miles yet WHAT DO YOU MEAN WORN!!!!
So I’ll rumble on with it now until the engine dies and then replace it with either another surf or different engine (hmmm would a Hummer Diesel fit?), maybe if I can find a nice 3lt!!
SSOoo Problem 3
Whilst removing various pipes there are two sensors in the unti with the rad cap. 1 is the sender to the tempreture gauge, the other is a water level sensor that operates the fan at the front of the radiator. Now the fan is on all the time and my turbo light is not working, the vehicle thinks it is over heating on itself. Just to add insult to injury while my engine runs smoothly it really feels like I’m towing 1.5 tons behind me and I have more grunt in my old Massey 165, couplemthat to the fact that Yota tell me the part on their computer does not exisit as it is ‘not applicable’. Not happy . It feels like the surf is running in ‘safe home’ mode. This is more perplexing that anything else.

So chaps, any comments on the above? What is wrong with my turbo? Will shaggy really eat all of the scooby snacks?

Answers on a post card………..

[sheeprus]

OK, latest update, the head saket has been sorted and turbo has been fixed. Nobody seems to know how the turbo was fixed but it is now and that's all I care about.

It does appear however that i have worn piston rings? Anyone know how bad this is? please restore my faith in my surf!! It turn out I had two leaks. Head for 1, breather pipe was the other!! How do I stop oil from coming out of the breather pipe? Where is the (&*(% breather pipe?

I have now ceased using colonial sailors bar language for the time being because toyota did not charge me for the trouble.

[dirtydog]

breather pipe comes out of the rocker cover and into the air pipe... you could put an oil catch tank in like Im about too as my engine is getting on a bit and gets oily pipes etc.

no point worrying too much

[sheeprus]

breather pipe comes out of the rocker cover and into the air pipe... you could put an oil catch tank in like Im about too as my engine is getting on a bit and gets oily pipes etc.

no point worrying too much

In that case I'll owrry a lot less and thanks for getting back! In the mean time if you remember to take a few pics enroute .
I'm silly see and work from pictures!!!

[dirtydog]

will try and fit the catch tank after new year.
then hopefully I will know if oil is coming from the breather or turbo seals or some other nasty problem surf runs with loads more smoke with the new injectors than the old ones now.

will running with turbo seals leaking cause any damage?

[sheeprus]

will try and fit the catch tank after new year.
then hopefully I will know if oil is coming from the breather or turbo seals or some other nasty problem surf runs with loads more smoke with the new injectors than the old ones now.

will running with turbo seals leaking cause any damage?

I have to say that my wee baby is running with a load more smoke than it had before the injectors! Maybe I need a water filter on the exhaust!! Who knows!