Fried engine

Shide · 17th July 2019, 09:39

I think I've cooked the engine. Will now only start under protest with jump leads and will idle under protest with my foot resting on the throttle. Clouds of oil smoke coming out of the exhaust. Yellow engine management light came on just before I switched off. TBH the engine seems to have an appetite for oil and I think I may have got caught out.

SD1too · 17th July 2019, 11:42

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Originally Posted by Shide

Clouds of oil smoke coming out of the exhaust.

I'd be suspecting the turbo Carl.

Simon

ZedTeeT · 17th July 2019, 13:11

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Originally Posted by SD1too

I'd be suspecting the turbo Carl.

Simon

COLVERT · 17th July 2019, 14:54

Did it overheat before ??? Why do you thing you have COOKED the engine.
The turbo doesn't do anything on tick over.----

--( except leak oil if the bearings are shot. )

You say it has a thirst for oil. If it's been burning it then you would, for some time, have had a cloud of smoke following you around.---

Mike Noc · 17th July 2019, 18:25

That doesn't sound good Carl. A compression check might help shed some light on the fault.

Shide · 17th July 2019, 18:33

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Originally Posted by Mike Noc

That doesn't sound good Carl. A compression check might help shed some light on the fault.

I'll do that when I get it home. I had to abandon her in a side street.

Shide · 17th July 2019, 18:31

There seems to be a couple of issues with it at the mo. The overheating problem recently (to which I never got a single response to). On the journey home last night it started to lose 'oomph' and I could see I was leaving a smoke trail behind me. I also suspect the turbine cartridge but I've always had to keep my eye on the oil level as it does have an appetite for it.

Mike Noc · 21st July 2019, 17:48

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Originally Posted by Shide

There seems to be a couple of issues with it at the mo. The overheating problem recently (to which I never got a single response to).

Can't find the overheating thread Carl - what happened?

17th July 2019, 09:39	#1
Shide Avid contributor Rover 75 1.8T Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Ash Vale Posts: 133 Thanks: 5 Thanked 13 Times in 10 Posts	Fried engine I think I've cooked the engine. Will now only start under protest with jump leads and will idle under protest with my foot resting on the throttle. Clouds of oil smoke coming out of the exhaust. Yellow engine management light came on just before I switched off. TBH the engine seems to have an appetite for oil and I think I may have got caught out.

17th July 2019, 14:54	#4
COLVERT This is my second home R75 Saloon. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: France/or Devon. Posts: 14,003 Thanks: 3,851 Thanked 2,167 Times in 1,816 Posts	Did it overheat before ??? Why do you thing you have COOKED the engine. The turbo doesn't do anything on tick over.------( except leak oil if the bearings are shot. ) You say it has a thirst for oil. If it's been burning it then you would, for some time, have had a cloud of smoke following you around.---

17th July 2019, 18:31	#7
Shide Avid contributor Rover 75 1.8T Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Ash Vale Posts: 133 Thanks: 5 Thanked 13 Times in 10 Posts	re cooked engine There seems to be a couple of issues with it at the mo. The overheating problem recently (to which I never got a single response to). On the journey home last night it started to lose 'oomph' and I could see I was leaving a smoke trail behind me. I also suspect the turbine cartridge but I've always had to keep my eye on the oil level as it does have an appetite for it.

17th July 2019, 18:25	#5
Mike Noc This is my second home Rover 75 CDT Manual Connoisseur SE, Rover 75 CDT Automatic Connoisseur SE & a Freelander Td4. Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,547 Thanks: 3,470 Thanked 3,119 Times in 2,247 Posts	That doesn't sound good Carl. A compression check might help shed some light on the fault.