engine recon failure

curlygab · Feb 8, 2014

Hi, I wonder if any body can help? I have just stripped and reconned my 1977 diesel swb series 3. It had broken the big and little ends and I have replaced ALL the parts and checked each bore.
I have then taken it out ensuring that I dont over rev and keeping it at a safe 30-35mph. Having set off I went through the gears and started climbing a gentle hill in fourth doing about 30. It then lost power and cut out. I managed to restart and drove back home not coming out of third.
Im at a loss what has gone wrong as all the previous damage has been completely replaced and made good.
Any advise please!

fanatic · Feb 8, 2014

Ring gap and oil pressure

jamesmartin · Feb 8, 2014

is it smoking or just short of power from fuel starvation etc

thought it was mine! · Feb 8, 2014

wrong section, have a look in the series section and post there mate, by the way welcome

blue beasty · Feb 9, 2014

Moved

nickjaxe · Feb 9, 2014

When it re-started was it sounding ok...what's it like now????

Nick.

curlygab · Feb 9, 2014

nickjaxe said:
When it re-started was it sounding ok...what's it like now????

Nick.

When I restarted it sounded fine! When I drove it back I was being really careful so I dont know what its like on high revs. It could be oil pressure but it has always smoked a bit.

jamesmartin · Feb 9, 2014

curlygab said:
When I restarted it sounded fine! When I drove it back I was being really careful so I dont know what its like on high revs. It could be oil pressure but it has always smoked a bit.

its not going to be oil pressure unless its seizing up ,look at fuel system timing ,you dont need to run it in unless youve done bores and then it would want work and no idling

nickjaxe · Feb 9, 2014

Maybe just an air pocket in the fuel sys thats worked its way out....I would just run it,

If it was making noises I would worry....just watch the oil press and engine temp.

Nick.

curlygab · Feb 9, 2014

Personally I dont think its oil pressure. Ive had problems with air in the fuel system in an old landy and it used to kangaroo jump on accelerating, so I dont think its that. Somebody has suggested the tappets but I hope to god its not as I dont fancy stripping the engine again.
Whats doing my head in is when the engine was knackered it was doing 50+ on the M1

samc88 · Feb 9, 2014

You dont have to strip the engine to do tappets, just take the rocker cover off

Blackburn · Feb 10, 2014

Any oil in water or water in oil what manufacture was the head gasket.
With engine running try cracking off each injector in turn to see if they are all working do not overtighten the connections or they will fail.

divie · Feb 10, 2014

Good call from Blackburn re cracking injectors. I still remove injectors and re torque after warm up even with composite gaskets, these engines can have gasket failure around push rod area. Let us know how you get on.

Nigel-S · Feb 10, 2014

old/contaminated fuel? fuel filter?

nickjaxe · Feb 10, 2014

You dont say what its like now....fuel prob can manifest themselves in many ways.

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thought it was mine!

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Leaks an prone to bits dropping off

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