Well tonight whilst driving along the mway at a constant speed in 6th gear, my engine light came on, subsequently followed by a lack of revs and a nice knocking noise...
...I slowed down, flicked off the ignition and tried to reset everything (this happened in the Stilo JTD a few times and always worked - was the usual loss of boost issue...) but to no avail, ended up stationary on a very small hard shoulder.
Attempts to restart it failed, with my poor battery (1 mile journeys to work and back for a few months without a good long run) not being able to turn the engine over.
When the recovery truck turned up he plugged the old booster pack in, attempted to crank it, and it slowly turned over but make a horrid noise and wouldnt fire.
Suspect conrod failure.....
One new engine please..... (permission to say "Oh C0ck")
Maybe its just a belt thats slipped and damaged a few valves, but it could be a lot worse. Engine was not hot at time of failure, and no apparent loss of oil (although it was dark...). I'll check the oil level in the morning, but I always keep on top of my oil levels...
Any one know of a broken 1.9 Mjet with an engine going spare?
...I slowed down, flicked off the ignition and tried to reset everything (this happened in the Stilo JTD a few times and always worked - was the usual loss of boost issue...) but to no avail, ended up stationary on a very small hard shoulder.
Attempts to restart it failed, with my poor battery (1 mile journeys to work and back for a few months without a good long run) not being able to turn the engine over.
When the recovery truck turned up he plugged the old booster pack in, attempted to crank it, and it slowly turned over but make a horrid noise and wouldnt fire.
Suspect conrod failure.....
One new engine please..... (permission to say "Oh C0ck")
Maybe its just a belt thats slipped and damaged a few valves, but it could be a lot worse. Engine was not hot at time of failure, and no apparent loss of oil (although it was dark...). I'll check the oil level in the morning, but I always keep on top of my oil levels...
Any one know of a broken 1.9 Mjet with an engine going spare?