Moving it into diesel section as instructed
Hey guys,
I live in India, a country where you see very few cruisers floating around. Happened to get my hands on a 1992 80 series, a dream since I hit puberty, which now came to life. Since I have bought this there has been a series of issues/questions I have been confronting and any advice from experienced lots would be very helpful. Please bear with me as the list is pretty long:
1: as soon as I took possession of the rig I was faced white smoke issues which slowly started becoming very prominent, so I began to fix the issue.
I was told that the turbo seals are blown, so removed it, replaced the seals and put it back, while at it also got the injectors cleaned and got a full service done.
The car came back with the same
Issue unresolved!
When we opened the turbo there was a slight oil leak from exhaust port 1 and 2, which lead to suspecting guides and head gasket, so we set out to replace those parts and relised the valves, steam seals had issues due to bad timing setting.
We ended up replacing the valves, head gasket, guides and seals, removed the turbo and fixed the seals again.
I was also told that the head gasket quality is bad when we first fixed it as we starting seeing coolant boiling in the radiator, because of which I was told the head gasket quality is bad, so removed it all again got another gasket and fitted it back.
2: After we did all this work, the white smoke stopped, oil spray from the turbo intake hose stopped but started seeing some black smoke from the exhaust.
Now they are suspecting diesel pump needs servicing, and retuning as there might be excess diesel being pumped in.
3. I somehow managed to drive it for a short weekend trip when I realised the car has significant loss of power with car struggling to climb a Tarmac incline up a moderate hill station and struggling to touch 100kms speed.
I really got frustrated and somehow fished out the number of the previous owner and to my surprise he tells me the engine had seized due to driving for a long distance in 3rd gear and created a crack on the block.
4. I called my mechanic and he tells me he could not see any signs of crack or seize in the cylinders when he was working on it and tells me sluggishness could be because of turbo going bad and fuel pump needing fixing and still thinks the second head gasket also being faulty and because of which there is loss of compression.
Summarisation: I am beginning to get worried how deep is the problem and is it worth it to keep the car. What am I really dealing with here and if I do, will it come back biting me hard in the future?
By the way this is a 1hdt, auto transmission with approx 200k kms on it with centre diff locks and AWD setup
Please advice
Hey guys,
I live in India, a country where you see very few cruisers floating around. Happened to get my hands on a 1992 80 series, a dream since I hit puberty, which now came to life. Since I have bought this there has been a series of issues/questions I have been confronting and any advice from experienced lots would be very helpful. Please bear with me as the list is pretty long:
1: as soon as I took possession of the rig I was faced white smoke issues which slowly started becoming very prominent, so I began to fix the issue.
I was told that the turbo seals are blown, so removed it, replaced the seals and put it back, while at it also got the injectors cleaned and got a full service done.
The car came back with the same
Issue unresolved!
When we opened the turbo there was a slight oil leak from exhaust port 1 and 2, which lead to suspecting guides and head gasket, so we set out to replace those parts and relised the valves, steam seals had issues due to bad timing setting.
We ended up replacing the valves, head gasket, guides and seals, removed the turbo and fixed the seals again.
I was also told that the head gasket quality is bad when we first fixed it as we starting seeing coolant boiling in the radiator, because of which I was told the head gasket quality is bad, so removed it all again got another gasket and fitted it back.
2: After we did all this work, the white smoke stopped, oil spray from the turbo intake hose stopped but started seeing some black smoke from the exhaust.
Now they are suspecting diesel pump needs servicing, and retuning as there might be excess diesel being pumped in.
3. I somehow managed to drive it for a short weekend trip when I realised the car has significant loss of power with car struggling to climb a Tarmac incline up a moderate hill station and struggling to touch 100kms speed.
I really got frustrated and somehow fished out the number of the previous owner and to my surprise he tells me the engine had seized due to driving for a long distance in 3rd gear and created a crack on the block.
4. I called my mechanic and he tells me he could not see any signs of crack or seize in the cylinders when he was working on it and tells me sluggishness could be because of turbo going bad and fuel pump needing fixing and still thinks the second head gasket also being faulty and because of which there is loss of compression.
Summarisation: I am beginning to get worried how deep is the problem and is it worth it to keep the car. What am I really dealing with here and if I do, will it come back biting me hard in the future?
By the way this is a 1hdt, auto transmission with approx 200k kms on it with centre diff locks and AWD setup
Please advice
