Johnny Disco
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Hi all. I've had a problem on our 1975 300TDi Disco Auto for several months now and not really had a lot of time to look into it.
When dropping the revs, there was a knocking from the engine area which I was assuming was possibly big ends or similar.
Anyhow, when I finally got to do some work on it, the starter motor would spin but the engine didn't turn, so I assumed maybe the starter was sticking or something. So I removed it and checked on the bench. It was fine.
Whilst I had the starter out, I thought I would check the flywheel to see if there was any damage to teeth etc. When I turned the nose of the crank, the flywheel only turned slowly with resepct to the speed I was turning the crank
. So my guess now is that I probably have a broken crankshaft or at least the connection to the flywheel?
The engine seems to have good compression when I turn the crank so I am assuming it is not the woodruff or something stupid like that.
At least a broken crank would explain the nasty noise from the engine!
John
When dropping the revs, there was a knocking from the engine area which I was assuming was possibly big ends or similar.
Anyhow, when I finally got to do some work on it, the starter motor would spin but the engine didn't turn, so I assumed maybe the starter was sticking or something. So I removed it and checked on the bench. It was fine.
Whilst I had the starter out, I thought I would check the flywheel to see if there was any damage to teeth etc. When I turned the nose of the crank, the flywheel only turned slowly with resepct to the speed I was turning the crank
. So my guess now is that I probably have a broken crankshaft or at least the connection to the flywheel?The engine seems to have good compression when I turn the crank so I am assuming it is not the woodruff or something stupid like that.
At least a broken crank would explain the nasty noise from the engine!
John
