TD42 hydrolocked
Posted: 24 Jul 2017 09:13
Morning all,
As newbie to this forum, I should introduce myself - I have a 1998 GL4.2D which I've had for about 4 years and has given me no problems, but some friends and I managed to drown it in Chobe a few weeks back. It was drained and restarted the following morning and ran but with a loss of compression on one cyclinder (assume we bent a conrod) but no evidence of fuel in the oil system. We drove it back to Maun and had injectors and glowplugs checked which were all fine and some electrical niggles sorted from it being submerged for an hour until we recovered it (courtesy of a Jeep - the shame!) However driving slowly back to Jozie, she started burning a lot of oil (as opposed to unburnt diesel from the one cyclinder) this side of Francistown so we decided to call it a day and bring it home on a flatbed.
Thanks to a nice insurance payout, I'm now keen to get her repaired so I'm looking for recommendations for someone who can open her up and see how fixable she is. My suspicion is that it isn't terminal for the engine (I suspect she slipped a piston ring), but I'm no Michael, so I need to be put in touch with someone who knows their way around the TD42, especially since I'm thinking of taking the opportunity to to tinker with the engine to get a bit more torque (possibly add a turbo and intercooler).
Some of you have mentioned SAC in Centurion but any other suggestions would be appreciated!
As newbie to this forum, I should introduce myself - I have a 1998 GL4.2D which I've had for about 4 years and has given me no problems, but some friends and I managed to drown it in Chobe a few weeks back. It was drained and restarted the following morning and ran but with a loss of compression on one cyclinder (assume we bent a conrod) but no evidence of fuel in the oil system. We drove it back to Maun and had injectors and glowplugs checked which were all fine and some electrical niggles sorted from it being submerged for an hour until we recovered it (courtesy of a Jeep - the shame!) However driving slowly back to Jozie, she started burning a lot of oil (as opposed to unburnt diesel from the one cyclinder) this side of Francistown so we decided to call it a day and bring it home on a flatbed.
Thanks to a nice insurance payout, I'm now keen to get her repaired so I'm looking for recommendations for someone who can open her up and see how fixable she is. My suspicion is that it isn't terminal for the engine (I suspect she slipped a piston ring), but I'm no Michael, so I need to be put in touch with someone who knows their way around the TD42, especially since I'm thinking of taking the opportunity to to tinker with the engine to get a bit more torque (possibly add a turbo and intercooler).
Some of you have mentioned SAC in Centurion but any other suggestions would be appreciated!