Re: piston ring gone on my renault traffic 1.9 dci
Hello, I'm new to this forum,
I'm at my wits end with my van and would appreciate if anyone can help,
A few months ago I had load of work done on my van the garage uncovered quite a few problems due to someone drilling through the cylinder head this is cutting a long story short.
Here is a list of things I had to have done:
Cambelt and water pump
New cylinder head and head set
4 glow plugs
2x diesel injectors, new manifold studs and nuts,
Plus a few other bits that are not related to the engine,
Costing just short of 1400,
Van was ok for about a couple of months,
Then it started to make a sqealing noise,
New turbo and inter cooler,
Eventually got it back, after taking it back a couple of times due to manifold hose I think that's wot it is called? Causing it to sound like a tank,
I thought nothing else could go wrong with it, how wrong I was! About a month later,
Driving along and started to lose power, with black smoke behind me got it of road, was unable to turn engine off! It was revving uncontrollably I even managed to stall the thing,
Towed back to same garage, they eventually take it apart ,they say bottom end has gone,
They showed me, looks like the pisten has clashed with the valve on the new cylinder head? That's wot I can see anyway, I'm not a mechanic just a heating engineer,
I'm starting to get suspicious As no one could explain why this had happened,
Piston ring has gone? That's all I got,
However went in there today see what is going on with the van it is in bits, been like that for over 3 weeks, like they are reluctant to do it or hiding something, spoke to a different person in the garage, he said that one of the injectors had caused it and don't know which one, don't think he was meant to share that information with me as original guy who was doing the work was off that day,
This what I think,
I think they have done the timing incorrect when the ca belt and new head was fitted
Or that the 2 new injectors and my remaining original ones have been fitted incorrectly,
I know I'm going to have trouble proving this, I just find it hard to believe that it was all a coincidence or just bad luck,
ive lost confidence in the garage, but have to bite my lip as van is in pieces can't drive it to another garage, Im going to give them a bit more time, before things turn sour,
Just wanted a bit of knowledge if I have to take it further, i have been very patient with them I understood things are not aways straight forward Im are tradesman my self,
I would really appreciate some help or advise as quite desperate ,
Thank you for taking the time to read this,
Hello, I'm new to this forum,
I'm at my wits end with my van and would appreciate if anyone can help,
A few months ago I had load of work done on my van the garage uncovered quite a few problems due to someone drilling through the cylinder head this is cutting a long story short.
Here is a list of things I had to have done:
Cambelt and water pump
New cylinder head and head set
4 glow plugs
2x diesel injectors, new manifold studs and nuts,
Plus a few other bits that are not related to the engine,
Costing just short of 1400,
Van was ok for about a couple of months,
Then it started to make a sqealing noise,
New turbo and inter cooler,
Eventually got it back, after taking it back a couple of times due to manifold hose I think that's wot it is called? Causing it to sound like a tank,
I thought nothing else could go wrong with it, how wrong I was! About a month later,
Driving along and started to lose power, with black smoke behind me got it of road, was unable to turn engine off! It was revving uncontrollably I even managed to stall the thing,
Towed back to same garage, they eventually take it apart ,they say bottom end has gone,
They showed me, looks like the pisten has clashed with the valve on the new cylinder head? That's wot I can see anyway, I'm not a mechanic just a heating engineer,
I'm starting to get suspicious As no one could explain why this had happened,
Piston ring has gone? That's all I got,
However went in there today see what is going on with the van it is in bits, been like that for over 3 weeks, like they are reluctant to do it or hiding something, spoke to a different person in the garage, he said that one of the injectors had caused it and don't know which one, don't think he was meant to share that information with me as original guy who was doing the work was off that day,
This what I think,
I think they have done the timing incorrect when the ca belt and new head was fitted
Or that the 2 new injectors and my remaining original ones have been fitted incorrectly,
I know I'm going to have trouble proving this, I just find it hard to believe that it was all a coincidence or just bad luck,
ive lost confidence in the garage, but have to bite my lip as van is in pieces can't drive it to another garage, Im going to give them a bit more time, before things turn sour,
Just wanted a bit of knowledge if I have to take it further, i have been very patient with them I understood things are not aways straight forward Im are tradesman my self,
I would really appreciate some help or advise as quite desperate ,
Thank you for taking the time to read this,