[Vwdiesel] It pours

Sat Jul 27 07:39:40 PDT 2013

I just had the oil changed with Rotella T6 5w40. Fram filter.

I was thinking the possibility of a head gasket.

It doesn't smell like diesel at all.
On Jul 27, 2013 2:25 AM, <lbaird119 at aol.com> wrote:

>
>   A few possibilities come to mind.  One is that it got hot, the rings
> lost temper and you got massive blowby.  Another is that the pistons
> started to gall and the scraped off metal got the rings stuck.  Also could
> be semi-coincidental that you're running the wrong oil, and the rings were
> coked up, got hot and stuck.  (All that being if the exhaust smelled like
> burning oil).  If it just smelled like poorly burned diesel, could be a
> blown head gasket and a damaged injector shooting such that it's spewing
> unburned fuel.
>   Of course a cat will screw with what it smells like.
>      Loren
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincent McBeigh <vrmcbeigh at gmail.com>
> To: Mark Shepherd <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk>
> Cc: vw fans <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Fri, Jul 26, 2013 11:26 am
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] It pours
>
>
> I was on a back road with no real shoulder or driveway for miles. I saw the
> oolant light then saw the gauge spike to max and then level out to center.
> ot long after that, the oil warning went on and my engine stopped running.
> ny attempt to restart until it cooled resulted in no cranking at all and
> very light in my car dimming severely.
> When I pulled over, the engine was billowing blueish smoke with a nasty
> dour (not coolant) and my water pump pulley was crooked. I checked the
> ipstick and there was plenty of oil (read on the full mark), there was
> moke billowing out of my oil cap and dipstick tube when I removed them to
> heck.
> This is a 1999 Mk3, AHU with almost 221k miles.
> n Jul 26, 2013 2:17 PM, "Mark Shepherd" <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> > I don't think that your engine was truely seized, as you were able to
>  restart later.
>  Seeing as you spotted the warning lights, I assume you drove gingerly for
>  the next mile or so.
>  Not sure what could have hit your pump. If it's one of the last of the old
>  style 4 cylinder types, I suspect it's failed on the cheap bushing of the
>  last of the
>  production...
>  I drove that [this] old engine for a week with oil level so low that the
>  vacuum pump would have to rely on centrifuge to create a vacuum. [For some
>  reason
>  there is no high pressure warning sender on the filter housing]! only one
>  for the head, and that is satisfied with only a few psi.
>
>  I also drove for 2 miles towing a caravan with no water after my top hose
>  split catastrophically covering my windscreen with water; but I had
> thought
>  it was
>  the passing 4 x 4 showing off with it's super-dooper screen wash. Alas no
>  water level alarm...
>
>  Symptoms were a drop in water temp[gauge-wise] followed by a slow rise...
>  I too was on a no-stopping interstate, 2 miles was first exit... This was
>  the
>  corroded headgasket event that led me to hand skim that head years ago,
>  and the rest is history...:o)
>
>  So basically things may not be as bad as you think...
>  Mark
>
>
>  ========================================
>  Message Received: Jul 26 2013, 02:56 PM
>  From: "Vincent McBeigh"
>  To: "Brian and Ruth Decker"
>  Cc: "vw fans"
>  Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] It pours
>
>  The engine is probably hosed, then. I didn't have the luxury of pulling
>  over immediately due to where I was on the particular stretch of road. It
>  may have toasted my engine, but at least I could get to a safe location
> for
>  my passengers.
>
>  It seems like it's my water pump that got eaten. I think something kicked
>  up from the road and hit it or got caught in the belt. Luckily, as a road
>  hazard, my insurance should cover it.
>  On Jul 26, 2013 8:42 AM, "Brian and Ruth Decker"
>  wrote:
>
>  > One thing I have learned on the older VW diesels is when the coolant
>  light
>  > comes on I shut off the engine and coast to a stop to find out why. If I
>  do
>  > that and I have no coolant I have usually blown a coolant hose, water
>  pump
>  > belt or a head gasket. With the coolant hose or belt I just replace and
>  > it's
>  > good. About the same with the head gasket except it takes a little
>  longer.
>  > If one drives even a mile I find that it usually ruins a piston or two
>  and
>  > at least a rebore is in line.
>  > Brian Decker
>  >
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
>  On
>  > Behalf Of Vincent McBeigh
>  > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:37 PM
>  > To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
>  > Subject: [Vwdiesel] It pours
>  >
>  > Hi, all
>  >
>  > My 1999 Mk3 Jetta AHU has been giving me all sorts of trouble lately. I
>  had
>  > to replace the alternator in an AutoZone parking lot in NY, and back
> here
>  > in
>  > NH, I had my coolant light and oil pressure light come on in that order,
>  > got
>  > blue smoke from under my hood and out my tailpipe, then the engine
> seized
>  > (it seems). This all happened fairly rapidly. My coolant tank is bone
>  dry,
>  > but I still have plenty of oil on the dip stick.
>  >
>  > Any ideas?
>  >
>  > Thanks,
>  >
>  > Vincent
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