What too do??

[maxpower]

Hello shiters, Not being  mechanically minded i would like any advice from the peeps with oil under their nails on here.

 

I have an 07 reg transit (ex-RAC) which i use for trips to cash & carry/ veg market etc....  it has been recently been leaving nice black oily calling cards everywhere it visits... i took it to a garage who said something bout there being too much pressure in the engine and it's bolloxed the pistons...and as the oil/diesel has nowhere to escape its pouring through the seals in the engine..hence the black puddles... he said he could repair it but it would be expensive and that i would be better to get a low milage replacement engine and he will fit it for me (present engine only done 80k)..or if i dont want to do that then get another van... what i want to know is (A) price for replacement engine.. or ( how expensive can this job be on original engine..or © would i be cheaper to get another van... which i have to be a bit fussy with due to boris's emissions cash cow in london... any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated... P.S... van is still running fine at the moment.

 

maxpower

[warren t claim]

Change the breather?

[maxpower]

they started from the cheaper options hoping it would be a cheap fix.. until they came to the conclusion above

[AlabamaShrimp]

I don't know tons but what's over pressure? What I mean is I've never heard of it, how's it happen and all that

[bub2006]

Could it just be something as simple as a seal gone? Don't sound too high mileage for a knackered engine if I'm honest but depends how it's been maintained. Have you crawled under and looked if you can see where it's from?

[scaryoldcortina]

Get a second opinion from a different garage. If it starts and runs fine I'd say worn bores and excess backpressure sounds unlikely.

 

PS, if it's a duratorq DI engine, they love to leak randomly from the front case - both the plastic cover over the diesel pump and the front crank seal are likely candidates for oil spreading.

[maxpower]

Get a second opinion from a different garage. If it starts and runs fine I'd say worn bores and excess backpressure sounds unlikely.

 

PS, if it's a duratorq DI engine, they love to leak randomly from the front case - both the plastic cover over the diesel pump and the front crank seal are likely candidates for oil spreading.

Yes it is a duratorq DI engine... when i stop i have to loosen the oil cap to let out the pressure

[scaryoldcortina]

What happens if you remove the dipstick?

 

 

PS, the oil separator/breather on a duratorq is part of the cam cover and often ends up totally blocked with a tar like gunge. Just checking the external pipework isn't enough to clear it on these.

[Bobthebeard]

{Pedant mode}

What to do? Not too do...

{Pedant mode off}

Blocked breather still sounding like a possibility..... If taking off the oil cap releases the pressure.

[billyboy406v6]

I agree with a blocked breather, should be cheap and simple to check ? Has it got more than one ?

[Tamworthbay]

Rag and elastic band instead of a filler cap?

[They_all_do_that_sir]

I had similar on the V70 recently - crankcase ventilation system gets blocked solid, leads to excess crank pressure which ends up causing oil to leak from wherever is weakest (my case it was the rear cam seal)

 

Ignored my dad's advice ("run it like a morris minor, just a pipe from the breather to somewhere under the car")

 

Proper fix was not just the pipework but replacement of the oil catch tank

[warren t claim]

 

 

Ignored my dad's advice ("run it like a morris minor, just a pipe from the breather to somewhere under the car")

 

Standard procedure on 1256 engined Vivas.