Any hints on this chaps?

Mate of mine has a 110 county fitted with what he thinks is a Mazda
4-pot diesel. He topped up the oil the other day, put a gallon in,
drove it 1/4mile down the road, and the engine started to rev to full
throttle. Couldn't switch it off, so he had to pull the fuel line. Oil
being sprayed out of filler cap and dipstick hole. Plenty of oil all
over the place. When he pulled the fuel line, it died, now he can't
start it.

I know nuffing about diesels, but hopefully someone here has a
suggestion?

Alex

"Alex" <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Any hints on this chaps?
>
> Mate of mine has a 110 county fitted with what he thinks is a Mazda
> 4-pot diesel. He topped up the oil the other day, put a gallon in,
> drove it 1/4mile down the road, and the engine started to rev to full
> throttle. Couldn't switch it off, so he had to pull the fuel line. Oil
> being sprayed out of filler cap and dipstick hole. Plenty of oil all
> over the place. When he pulled the fuel line, it died, now he can't
> start it.
>
Sounds like it has far too much oil in, and it is running away burning the
oil.

Are you sure the engine has the correct dipstick?

Alex wrote:

> Any hints on this chaps?
>
> Mate of mine has a 110 county fitted with what he thinks is a Mazda
> 4-pot diesel. He topped up the oil the other day, put a gallon in,
> drove it 1/4mile down the road, and the engine started to rev to full
> throttle. Couldn't switch it off, so he had to pull the fuel line. Oil
> being sprayed out of filler cap and dipstick hole. Plenty of oil all
> over the place. When he pulled the fuel line, it died, now he can't
> start it.
>
> I know nuffing about diesels, but hopefully someone here has a
> suggestion?
>
> Alex
Sounds as if it has been passing sufficient oil past the rings to run, due
to excessive oil level or excessively worn rings. Not an unheard of
happening.
JD

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 22:32:23 GMT, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
wrote:

>Any hints on this chaps?
>
>Mate of mine has a 110 county fitted with what he thinks is a Mazda
>4-pot diesel. He topped up the oil the other day, put a gallon in,
>drove it 1/4mile down the road, and the engine started to rev to full
>throttle. Couldn't switch it off, so he had to pull the fuel line. Oil
>being sprayed out of filler cap and dipstick hole. Plenty of oil all
>over the place. When he pulled the fuel line, it died, now he can't
>start it.
>
>I know nuffing about diesels, but hopefully someone here has a
>suggestion?
>
Its running on its own engine oil.
Drain the sump. Refill with correct amount of oil.
Completely bleed the fuel system to injector level.
Restart.

If he doesn't know how to bleed the injectors (as overfilling with
engine oil suggests) the take it to SWK. Where abouts is the vehicle?

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In message <pbo0f0hoprosp86e8df7947n7rofs46f3q@4ax.com>, Alex
<nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk> writes

>I know nuffing about diesels, but hopefully someone here has a
>suggestion?

Sounds like a leaking oil seal on the turbo, The l/r 200's are prone to
it as is the 300 but not as common. Never heard of it on a Mazda but
you never know though?

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Graham Jones

On or around Sun, 11 Jul 2004 23:40:52 GMT, Graham Jones
<graham.jones25@ntlworld.com> enlightened us thusly:

>In message <pbo0f0hoprosp86e8df7947n7rofs46f3q@4ax.com>, Alex
><nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk> writes
>
>>I know nuffing about diesels, but hopefully someone here has a
>>suggestion?
>
>Sounds like a leaking oil seal on the turbo, The l/r 200's are prone to
>it as is the 300 but not as common. Never heard of it on a Mazda but
>you never know though?

any or all of the suggestions so far made.

But that bit on the dipstick that says "do not overfill" is not there for
nothing.

A gallon of oil would be about enough to fill the sump from empty. Mostly
low-high on the stick is about a litre, on modern engines, sometimes a bit
more, sometimes a bit less. If it was low on the stick and he put a gallon
in, it's almost certainly way too full, or was. Now it's probably simply
buggered, depending on how quickly he managed to get it stopped. sometimes
those runaway situations lead to it revving fast enough to self-destruct.

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