RIP Delica

[Tony]

Poor old gal, had engine runaway this evening.

When I stopped her the sump was full (bio+oil mix?) but rapidly draining onto the motorway.  Think my IP shaft seal must have failed and filled the engine with fuel.  Now she burns blue oil and leaks everywhere!

[Julian]

Bad luck mate!

Would be a shame to take the RIP route, it's obvious how fond you are of it.  Is an engine swap or rebuild really out of the question?

[Rotary-Motion]

ouch new car time then tony

[Jamesrl]

Poor old gal, had engine runaway this evening.

Scary ain't it, how much smoke behind you?

[greasemonkey]

Ahhh, stinker!

Could be worth looking at doing a recon on the motor. The way I look at things like that is, at least then you know you have a vehicle with a recon motor. It may cost a bit, but providing the rest of the vehicle is worth it, it's a better gamble than buying another vehicle and finding out its got problems.

[Tony]

It's a bit 50:50 TBH.  It's not stuck a con rod through the block or anything, so I suspect replacement turbo, IP seal and possibly a gasket somewhere.  But she's getting on a bit, it's not the weather for mechanical playing, and I had to do a fair bit of welding last year so it might be time to call it quits.

[Glycer-rides]

Bad luck, mate.

There's a VOD guy in Edinburgh who could rebuild it for you? ;-)

Difficult to get the family used to a normal car again, so might be worth an engine swap.

[Dickjotec]

Well sorry to hear that, you have had the old girl a while.
Dick

[Head Womble]

I feel for you mate.
Second hand 2.8's aren't that cheap from what I've seen, but I don't know if I could trust your engine after a runaway,
all those revs without proper lubrication.

I know it's not the best time of year to be buying another car but Pete's selling one or both of his 4x4's.

[Chug]

Ouch, sorry to hear that Tony, at least it didn't dump the rod through the side and lock the wheels up on the M-way! If there's out we can do.... search for engines/parts give a shout.

[Tony]

Thanks for the kind words.

So now I need to hunt me an old diesel 7 seater of some description

[Keef]

You have my condolences Tony, It's horrible to say goodbye to a car you know backwards and trust.

pm sent about 7 seater.

[julianf]

Tony,

Can i ask -

We all know, technically, that blocking the air inlet is supposed to stop the run away, however, ive wondered, if it happened to me, if i would get it done quick enough, and also how much fun it would be trying to block an air inlet with an engine screaming next to me.

Id like to know the details of how you got on?

[BANDIT2]

Don't panic too much yet.
The smoke is horrendus because the intake system and the exhaust is full of oil/fuel.
If the engine sounds sweet,I would clean the intake up,drain the exhaust and check out the turbo/IP seal.
The same happened to me when the turbo went,I was dismayed after repairing it to find it still poured out blue smoke but the found the exhaust system full of oil.I drained out the worst and after around 10 miles of hard driving-no more smoke!
This was in the summer time for me though.......
A mate has just got himself a sharan-loads of seats which can be removed in seconds turning it into a van- I would get one of them if the Defender got wrote off or stolen-It won't rot away cos of the galv chassis and bulkhead and spares are plentiful and cheap so mechanical problems are never a major biggy.
There just crap-but I love it!
I'd be tempted to buy a car off a forum member if I needed one-I feel you would never get ripped off by one of us.
Good luck pal.

[Julian]

Well, it's an ill wind ...

Although you're not called Julian, you can weld, so this is your golden opportunity to join the elite band of Discovery owners!