330d driving me nuts

[330D Bravo]

HI everyone

Im new in the forum
I have a 330d 2002 e46
Recently done the Head cylinder and gasket
Drove for 500m ,started giving of black smoke,no power ,consumed a quater tank of diesel for that 500m i drove,oil is still milky. currently sitting on 28L/100km. What could the problem be? Please help

 

[330D Bravo]

HI everyone

Im new in the forum
I have a 330d 2002 e46
Recently done the Head cylinder and gasket
Drove for 500m ,started giving of black smoke,no power ,consumed a quater tank of diesel for that 500m i drove,oil is still milky. currently sitting on 28L/100km. What could the problem be? Please help

 

[Nick]

Wow that sounds horrible.

Hope you sort it out soon mate.

 

[330D Bravo]

It is Horrible mate,

 

[Nick]

What made you do the head and cylinder head gasket?

 

[Ralf*]

HI everyone

Im new in the forum
I have a 330d 2002 e46
Recently done the Head cylinder and gasket
Drove for 500m ,started giving of black smoke,no power ,consumed a quater tank of diesel for that 500m i drove,oil is still milky. currently sitting on 28L/100km. What could the problem be? Please help

500m

Did you do the work yourself or was it from a workshop ?

If from a workshop, U-TURN and give it back to them

eeish

 

[330D Bravo]

It was mixing coolant and oil

 

[netercol]

welcome mate..

your question is a bit in the "how long is a piece of string" category..

we need more details, it could be any of a hundred things.. why was the head done, who did the work, what parts can you rule out, (injectors, hp pump, turbo, pistons, )

have you read the error codes, are the basics fault free?

 

[330D Bravo]

I had an independent mechanic doing it at my home, so i lost confident in him after this fiasco

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It was mixing coolant and oil,basically oil was milky, giving off black smoke and using a lot of coolant.Had the Head done by an independent mechanic,after tune up took it for a drive. thats when it started this fiasco. Turbo is still ok,hp pump still ok,injectors still ok.

 

[zaleonardz]

This is a frikken mess

That consumption is not possible, not even close

your prob going to find that he screwed up your injectors, if that is the case, its prob burning a hole in your piston right now

Compression test dry and wet first thing to see if he actually put the motor together properly, which he more then likely has not

And that motor has very few sensors on it compared to the petrol, no fancy cam timing or anything,

On a petrol i would say he messed up the pre-post cat sensors, but not on a diesel, not like that.

i read 500m, is that right, impossible, simply impossible... 1/4 tank ?

If all that diesel is going into the cylinder, you are going to have very big problems soon, only way i see this is an injector stuck open, which means bottom end will fail very shortly.

My best advice, consider that the car is un-driveable have it towed to a proper mechanic, do a wet and dry compression test, then do a pressure test on the fuel rail, if an injector is stuck open, rail pressure will be far below what it should be.

Or, more then likely, budget 35k and get a motor from japan motors or something... cause, this is going to end in tears, mostly yours

Sorry bud.

 

[330D Bravo]

Thanks for the advice,

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Which reliable mechanic can you refer me to around Pretoria if you might know one?

 

[zaleonardz]

or he screwed up the cam timing, only other thing i can think of.

 

[Nikhil]

hmm try and get hold of nutsforwheels on the forum he recently rebuilt and E46 330d himself maybe he can help you. note that NO shortcuts should be taken with these cars or they will come back to bite you

 

[DieselFan]

Eish. I hope you come right.

Sent from Samsung S5

 

[Gordvisr]

Hallo And welcome

Firstly did you drain the oil and replaced the filter when you replaced the gasket ?
From the sound of things your head gasket is still a problem,
Secondly did you replace the headgasket because of overheating ? you had to skim your head before replacing the gasket. That could also be another reason.

 

[China]

Welcome buddy!!
Sucks having to join and then ask questions about your car... :yuck:

Hope you get it sorted though!!

And when your ride is up and running.....

:ttiuwp:

 

[330D Bravo]

Hallo And welcome

Firstly did you drain the oil and replaced the filter when you replaced the gasket ?
From the sound of things your head gasket is still a problem,
Secondly did you replace the headgasket because of overheating ? you had to skim your head before replacing the gasket. That could also be another reason.

Hi there

It was not overheating, it was mixing coolant and oil,giving black smoke
I took the head to be stripped,pressure tested,skimmed,replaced all valves and guides. Replaced oil and filter.

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Thanks a lot,

will upload some pics l0l

 

[330D Bravo]

Thanks mate....

 

[Coisman]

Threads merged.

 

[anton-sa]

your 330d is drivin ur nuts...

how about this,
Cheese of the day:

A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel attached to his crotch,
the barman asks "why do you have a steering wheel attached to your crotch"

the pirate says: Rrrrrrrr "its drivin me nuts"

:flyfun: