modustollens
28th May 2012, 11:06 PM
So, I am burning a lot of oil. More than I thought would be possible in an engine that would still go. I have never owned a vehicle that ate this much oil.
The manual said if there is excessive oil consumption then there is something wrong with the turbo seal.
The temperature gauge shows that the engine is not overheating.
There is also a lot of black smoke coming out the back (and, as I understand at present, that is unburnt diesel).
People have said to me in the past if the engine is burning oi then the piston rings are gone. I have not done a compression test; so, I do not know if the piston rings are shot.
Otherwise, this old truck (it is a 1990) goes ok - I have been taking it out in the bush and into the sand dunes, been camping a few times too. It is fun to drive, if only a bit smelly and smokey.
http://modustollens.org/Kazakstan/pictures/Okonki_Lake_OR_1_2012_04_30/Okonki_Lake_OR_1_2012_04_30_002.JPG
http://modustollens.org/Kazakstan/pictures/Okonki_Lake_OR_1_2012_04_30/Okonki_Lake_OR_1_2012_04_30_040.JPG
I can keep just pouring oil in; or, I can try and figure out the problem.
I won't be doing anything major (like rebuild the engine) for I am a foreign worker living in Kazakhstan for the next year and half and only bought this thing for weekend fun - cars here are terribly expensive and this patrol was one of the cheapest things around. It has never been cleaned and it does not look like it has much care - indeed - the transfer case and the differentials were all empty of fluid (and what a difference fluid makes too)! Don't even ask about the electrical problems.
Anyone care to speculate or suggest a course of action to help the diagnosis? Of course, being Kazakhstan, getting parts will be really hard, if not impossible. And I can't talk directly to the mechanics here (for Russian and Kazakh I speak not). But if I could improve the oil problem without spending too much it will be easier to sell the truck at the end of my contract here (or, better, prevent me from getting trapped out on the steppe).
Good luck!
MT
The manual said if there is excessive oil consumption then there is something wrong with the turbo seal.
The temperature gauge shows that the engine is not overheating.
There is also a lot of black smoke coming out the back (and, as I understand at present, that is unburnt diesel).
People have said to me in the past if the engine is burning oi then the piston rings are gone. I have not done a compression test; so, I do not know if the piston rings are shot.
Otherwise, this old truck (it is a 1990) goes ok - I have been taking it out in the bush and into the sand dunes, been camping a few times too. It is fun to drive, if only a bit smelly and smokey.
http://modustollens.org/Kazakstan/pictures/Okonki_Lake_OR_1_2012_04_30/Okonki_Lake_OR_1_2012_04_30_002.JPG
http://modustollens.org/Kazakstan/pictures/Okonki_Lake_OR_1_2012_04_30/Okonki_Lake_OR_1_2012_04_30_040.JPG
I can keep just pouring oil in; or, I can try and figure out the problem.
I won't be doing anything major (like rebuild the engine) for I am a foreign worker living in Kazakhstan for the next year and half and only bought this thing for weekend fun - cars here are terribly expensive and this patrol was one of the cheapest things around. It has never been cleaned and it does not look like it has much care - indeed - the transfer case and the differentials were all empty of fluid (and what a difference fluid makes too)! Don't even ask about the electrical problems.
Anyone care to speculate or suggest a course of action to help the diagnosis? Of course, being Kazakhstan, getting parts will be really hard, if not impossible. And I can't talk directly to the mechanics here (for Russian and Kazakh I speak not). But if I could improve the oil problem without spending too much it will be easier to sell the truck at the end of my contract here (or, better, prevent me from getting trapped out on the steppe).
Good luck!
MT