2h motor will not crank

Submitted: Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 at 21:00
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Hi all just done an oil & filter change on me 60 went to start and it cranked over and made an awful metallic screech for a second or two then i switched it off.Now when I try to start it just gives a loud heavy clunk like the starter is engaging but the motor is seized, is this a spun bearing? To tell should I take out the glow plugs and try to turn the motor by the pulley nut. I tried to free it up by rolling down the driveway and engaging reverse but it stopped dead and rocked back and forth, pretty damned locked up what am I looking at here. thanks all. andy
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Reply By: get outmore - Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 at 21:11

Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 at 21:11
beginners mistake

youve filled it with opil too quickly and its come up through the breather and into the inolet manifold filling the cylinders hydrolocking the donk
the good news is its unlikely your starter motor has had the power to damage cranks/rings etc

you need to pull out your glow plugs and turn it over (look out oil will go everywhere) then replace them and start as normal


---- how do i know this ummmmmm im not telling
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Follow Up By: landseka - Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 at 21:15

Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 at 21:15
I think we were typing at the same time...lol
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Reply By: landseka - Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 at 21:14

Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 at 21:14
At a guess I would say you have filled a cold motor with oil & because it is slow flowing down out of the rocker/tappet area it has passed through the (pvc??) hose into the inlet manifold. When you cranked it the oil was sucked into the combustion chamber.

Hopefully you have not bent a con-rod.

Remove the glow-plugs, crank it to get rid of the oil & see what happens from there.
Don't feel bad, you are not the first person to do that and won't be the last.

Cheers Neil
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Reply By: olcoolone - Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 at 21:30

Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 at 21:30
how much oil did you put into it?
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 at 21:33

Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 at 21:33
they take 10l- but if you fill them too fast the situation described is a certainty
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Follow Up By: Ozhumvee - Monday, Jan 23, 2012 at 07:45

Monday, Jan 23, 2012 at 07:45
Yep BTDT and also had friend that did it on the night before an extended trip.
Whatever you do when you have removed the glowplugs don't turn it over in shed or garage, do it outside on the street or other big open space as believe me the oil goes everywhere, definately don't stand anywhere in line with the glowplug holes.
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Follow Up By: Member Andys Adventures - Monday, Jan 23, 2012 at 08:24

Monday, Jan 23, 2012 at 08:24
I would have to disagree with Peter, Don't take it out in the street, as you would be putting oil all over the road. And then how are you cleaning that up!! Next rain down the drain into our waterways. Cars picking it up on there tyres and taking it up the street. Wrap the motor in a disposable tarp and then take it to the tip for proper disposal. The oil coming out of the motor has to be contained and not spread all over the place.
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Reply By: Member - Alastair D (NSW) - Monday, Jan 23, 2012 at 18:09

Monday, Jan 23, 2012 at 18:09
Harlequin,
Have seen someone do this too. To minimise the mess lay a whole lot of newspaper underneath and a layer on top of the motor after you have removed the glow plugs. Shut the bonnet, cross fingers and crank. Preferably do not allow it start before it has had quite a few clearing strokes and oil is no longer coming out. Does a 60 have a shut off solenoid? Can't remember, if it does then fix it so the vehicle will not start.

Best of luck but as others have said I doubt the starter will have had enough oomph to do any lasting damage. You still have potential to do so if you let it start once it starts to clear the oil out.

cheers
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Reply By: get outmore - Monday, Jan 23, 2012 at 18:28

Monday, Jan 23, 2012 at 18:28
I dont recall there being that much mess it takes surprisingly little to lock a motor
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