2003 320D Engine Problems

[Jas1_2]

Hi -

I recently changed the turbo on my 320D - everything was changed from air filter, breather, oil seperator, oil, EGR valve was cleaned - but the car was still smoking (white/blue) quite a bit.

Any way, i took it for a little road test. the car reved by its self to about 5000rpm, i quickly turned the ignition off and it still remained reving???? the revs came down and the car switched of after a couple of seconds in a puff of smoke..........now the car will not start - is this it for my 320d??

Has anyone of you has had similar experience or might have any opinion as to what the problem could be??

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[P1000]

Whoops. The engine fed itself with oil, in a runaway situation. Is there still oil on the dipstick? Who did the turbo change? Was it a brand new turbo? The thing is it could be a couple of things. Including alot of blow-by possibly caused by a swirl flap being sucked into the engine. But bad news is that after runaway like that, the engine is seldom salvageable. Best of luck. Hope the mechanics who fitted the turbo were competent and gave a warranty.

 

[Jacques Motorem]

Does the engine turn at all. I suspect that you have put a conrod through the block if it does not turn - and it does not get any worse than that. The engine could have been running on traces of oil left over from the work or the sump could have been too full.

I will pray for you old chap

 

[Jas1_2]

Whoops. The engine fed itself with oil, in a runaway situation. Is there still oil on the dipstick? Who did the turbo change? Was it a brand new turbo? The thing is it could be a couple of things. Including alot of blow-by possibly caused by a swirl flap being sucked into the engine. But bad news is that after runaway like that, the engine is seldom salvageable. Best of luck. Hope the mechanics who fitted the turbo were competent and gave a warranty.

Thanks for the reply - yes, there is oil still on the dipstick, and the turbo was a re-conditioned one from turbo solutions. The engine still cranks over, but doesnt fire up. :dunno:

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Does the engine turn at all. I suspect that you have put a conrod through the block if it does not turn - and it does not get any worse than that. The engine could have been running on traces of oil left over from the work or the sump could have been too full.

I will pray for you old chap

thank you for the reply - Yes, the engine still turns over but doesnt fire up.:banghead:

 

[Threetwoeight]

The intercooler should always be cleaned after a failed turbo. I suspect the engine ran on oil from the intercooler for a while. That is a workshop comeback. You might be lucky or shall I say "they might be lucky" with little damage.
The injectors are probably stuffed.

 

[Jas1_2]

The intercooler should always be cleaned after a failed turbo. I suspect the engine ran on oil from the intercooler for a while. That is a workshop comeback. You might be lucky or shall I say "they might be lucky" with little damage.
The injectors are probably stuffed.

Thank you for the comment - Im going to clean out the intercooler 2mrw, and open up the injectors to see for fuel. Hopefully then i can get it started. :thumb:

 

[Iceman007]

Moral of the story dont buy a BMW diesel aspecially a 320D:banghead::banghead::banghead:

 

[VINDIESEL]

sorry to hear....i too own a 320d..had mine 2 yrs now..im hoping by regular servicing that i can avoid ur situation...
we all(320d owners) fear whats happenig to u...gud cars..just hav a bad reputation with turbo failure especially.

i hope things work out:thumbsup:


i think we shud all upgrade to'' THE BEAST'' (330D)

 

[james]

Good cars, bad owners. Period.

 

[WerriesM5]

Great cars..... just expensive....
On a run-away diesel 1st thing to go is the injector tips

 

[netercol]

On a run-away diesel 1st thing to go is the injector tips

this might be your problem , i agree.. have you had the error codes read? might give you some good clue's.

 

[Waliedg]

so true...320d.....good car.....bad driver / owners.....same can be said of the boy racer the VW TDI......peeps simply do not know how to drive a diesel......

 

[virek]

I just got my 320d -about 2 months now and the turbo failed :bawling: I got a recon unit from Turbo Exchange and did everything on my own - the car is going well but I lost confidence in it. Hopefully nothing else breaks and I will feel good about it again!

 

[yoginnaidoo]

Intercooler blow-by is most likely the cause of the engine overrun. Very unlikely of a conrod through the block - you would have seen the hole in the block. Injector tips (if similar to the E39 530d) cannot be replaced - complete injectors. To me, it sounds as if one of the oil pipes have been switched.

 

[P1000]

Injector tips (if similar to the E39 530d) cannot be replaced - complete injectors. To me, it sounds as if one of the oil pipes have been switched.

Hmmm, I think you have some bad info there. The injectors can be repaired. Diesel-electric does it for ~R500/injector. Also try and find a dead injector. They do not exist, you will not find one! They all get repaired and sold for ludicrous prices.

How do you propose the oil pipes have been swapped? That does not sound like a very likely situation to me, nor would it explain all the oil getting into the intake?

 

[WerriesM5]

When the turbo blows it pumps a lot of oil into the intercooler, intake pipes...... If you don't clean the oil out it gets hot on the test drive, then the engine starts sucking in the thin hot oil, burns it, and runs away since there is no throttle valve.
A "bad" new turbo would do the same if it leaks oil past its seals.

On all the new generation diesel engines it does have a throttle valve to prevent the run-away and a long list of other cool stuff..

 

[riaanm03]

hallo Jas1_2

did you managed to fix the problem,

i have also just replaced my turbo, and my car does not want to start at all
not sure what is wrong :banghead:

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how do you clean the intercooler?

 

[Jas1_2]

hallo Jas1_2

did you managed to fix the problem,

i have also just replaced my turbo, and my car does not want to start at all
not sure what is wrong :banghead:

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how do you clean the intercooler?

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Hi all -

Thank you all for commenting. I had a BMW guy come out to me over the weekend and had the fault codes read. Glow plug fault and also air intake sensor fault.

However - he tried to start the car by using quick start, spraying it into the intake.....this he saud should off started the car or at least the should of 'coughed' slightly but nothing.......:banghead:

He suggested that i checked the timing and also do a compression test. :cursin: