[Vwdiesel] Banana Rabbit--Bad news...

[peter blake]

David,
 I'd start by pulling the valve cover, then the pan, then the head.
Somewhere in one of those locations you will find ur problem.
Let us know what u find.
Peter

--- On Sun, 1/30/11, Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Banana Rabbit--Bad news...
> To: "Audi-VW-Diesels Group" <Audi-VW-Diesels at yahoogroups.com>, "VW Diesel Group" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Date: Sunday, January 30, 2011, 3:49 PM
> The car struggled to start back up
> today without having the block heater in.  I tested and
> it doesn't seem that the installed relay is providing power
> to the plugs, so I need to do some testing with it to see if
> the relay is bad or what.  In the mean time, I don't
> want to buy plugs until I know which relay I will end up
> using.
> 
> But I got it started.  It was having a hard time
> idling, so I purchased a new air filter as the one in there
> looked pretty bad, and I got a couple different bottles of
> diesel treatment stuff and some fresh fuel.  Added the
> new air filter, treatment, diesel fuel and jumped on the
> rear bumper to mix.  The car started fine and was
> idling fine.  
> 
> To let the mixture work its way through the fuel system
> thoroughly, I let the car idle while I vacuumed it
> out.  Some mice had taken up residence and I didn't
> want mouse poo flying around as I drove.  The car sat
> there and idled happily for probably 30-45 minutes or
> so.  Was warmed up but never seemed to get hot,
> etc.  I was pleased.
> 
> So I decided to take it around the neighborhood to see what
> would happen.  I was about 2-3 blocks away and about
> 25-30 mph and the engine made a bang and stopped!  
> 
> I pushed it home a did a little inspecting. 
> 
> Timing belt is intact.  There doesn't appear to be
> anything poking through the block (and it wasn't, in my
> imagination, a loud enough bang for that) and no fluids had
> leaked.
> 
> There is still oil in the pan, and coolant in the tank. 
> 
> I didn't immediately feel the engine, but I did lift the
> hood when it stopped and didn't notice signs of severe
> heat.  It took 10-15 minutes to push it back to the
> garage, and at that point it was cool enough to touch with
> no discomfort.  (Was just warm.)
> 
> I cannot turn the engine in either direction at the
> camshaft.
> 
> Awesome.  Just awesome.
> 
> So where do I go from here?
> Dave Cook
> 
> 
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