[Vwdiesel] Initial Diagnosis: 1998 VW TDI Jetta

[Stephen Kraus]

James: The spot did not change, it stayed constant in one position, I could
turn the crank back and it would freeze. I had already set the cam to TDC as
well.

Discoveries made today:

Head pulled, good condition, no dropped valves and no foreign debris.
HOWEVER, excessive oil in the #2 cylinder, I believe it was there before I
pulled the head. The #2 piston also has heavy coking from oil consumption,
#3 had some minor coking as well, #1 and #4 looked clean. I am beginning to
suspect the head gasket was leaking oil into the piston and caused it to
hydrolock due to oil. Otherwise, once head was pulled the engine does a
complete 360 stroke without issue.

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:22 PM, <dieseltdi at verizon.net> wrote:

> Sounds like a a dropped valve or a broken glowplug.  You may be very lucky.
>  Hayden
> On Jan 7, 2011, at 9:05 PM, Stephen Kraus wrote:
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> > Well as you all know I purchased a 1998 Jetta TDI for $600, siezed
> engine.
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> > Well after initial look over, the engine turns freely one way, and the
> other
> > until it hits something. This is looking better and better
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