TD5 Failure.

Ouch!

What's the damage, $12k?

Thanks for the warning.

Even thought I have a Pajero 2.8 ITD, it also has the oil cooler mounted in the block in the water jacket. Same thing could happen. The older 2.5 diesels had the oil cooler externally mounted up near the radiator. Advantagesand disadvantages.

Makes you wonder how important it is to use the right corrosion inhibitor in the water.
Any thoughts about what you used?

Will keep checking the radiator by taking off the cap and if I see oil on the top, will be very suspicious.

Thanks - this problem had not occured to me before now.

one of the biggest issue i thought was the regular changing of the timming belt (70,000km) if you go any longer you are very very brave, i thought this was the cause of most of the engine failures.

Mattie

TD5 has a chain.
Regards Philip A

Spinifex.
Did the td5 have a copper heat exchanger for a shower? Eric.

Sounds like its time for a GEN III or a 6.5 GM.

Both half the price (installed) of a new TD5 head by Truckies calcuations

There's a variety of "failure indicators" here depending on whether the oil goes through the radiator tubes or through the cooler radiator tank. I would say on most engines the oil would go through the tubes as it's easier to maintain the oil pressure that way. SO if a tube was slowly failing, you'd get a drop in oil level on the dipstick and signs of oil in the engine cooling water. This is based on the oil pressure being higher than the water jacket pressure so the oil goes into the water. Theoretically this should have been picked up long before there was such a catastrophic failure.

If a tube did blow suddenly & catastrophically, the oil pressure would drop very rapidly and the oil pressure warning light or alarm would come on. Stop engine immediately!!

Someone's not been checking things,,,,,,,,

Whose car was it Spinifex? Not yours I hope!

Bilbo