Hi everyone,
I am in southwales and have a big problem.
My father in law took my surf to cirencester to fetch a diesel tank, when he was a mile away the engine overheated and blow the top pipe off the rad. he clipped the pipe back on, topped up the water with boiling kettle water then went that last mile. when he got to the garage that was selling the diesel tank, the machanic told him to turn off the engine immeadiately. The rad was cold and the engine overheated, the mechanic removed the themostat, my father in law got a lift back with someone else and left the truck there.
A few months later the mechanic called and said that the engine was free (not siezed) but he had no time to look closer at it. My father in law then arranged for the truck to be brought back by Lanes recovery.
Following the instructions from the mechanic i have drained the oil and water and replaced the oil, i have not refilled the water yet. the mechanic said to try starting the engine without water just to see if it would start, tried it with no luck.
I put a fuel conditioner in the tank to take care of any water and debris that may have been in there but the diesel has a funny white spirity smell to it. I have tried starting with a can of diesel connected to the filter so that the tank was not used but still no starting.
I really need help with this. I thought that it must be the head but after reading some of the threads i came to the conclusion that the engine should still start even with the head cracked.
It's a H reg 2.4 TD. I would be very grateful of any help.
Thanks
I am in southwales and have a big problem.
My father in law took my surf to cirencester to fetch a diesel tank, when he was a mile away the engine overheated and blow the top pipe off the rad. he clipped the pipe back on, topped up the water with boiling kettle water then went that last mile. when he got to the garage that was selling the diesel tank, the machanic told him to turn off the engine immeadiately. The rad was cold and the engine overheated, the mechanic removed the themostat, my father in law got a lift back with someone else and left the truck there.
A few months later the mechanic called and said that the engine was free (not siezed) but he had no time to look closer at it. My father in law then arranged for the truck to be brought back by Lanes recovery.
Following the instructions from the mechanic i have drained the oil and water and replaced the oil, i have not refilled the water yet. the mechanic said to try starting the engine without water just to see if it would start, tried it with no luck.
I put a fuel conditioner in the tank to take care of any water and debris that may have been in there but the diesel has a funny white spirity smell to it. I have tried starting with a can of diesel connected to the filter so that the tank was not used but still no starting.
I really need help with this. I thought that it must be the head but after reading some of the threads i came to the conclusion that the engine should still start even with the head cracked.
It's a H reg 2.4 TD. I would be very grateful of any help.
Thanks
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