Car has turned into a nightmare in a few short months.

Replaced the turbo pipes as we're driving me nuts popping off all the time., Bang! Turbo blew at the garage on the test drive. So new turbo etc.

 

Then: Intermittent problem with brake servo turned out to be a split plastic hose, replaced that..

 

Now: Following 140 mile trip to visit my brother. Oil drips off the dipstick and smells of diesel. I'm worried about even starting it. Let alone driving it the 140 miles home.

 

Probably need a new tandem pump and an oil change.

 

The worry is it's already started gnawing at the cam and the bottom end.

 

Sadly, I think this may be the end of my furby experience. 😟

You can rebuild the tandem pump with new seals and a gasket, change the oil and voila.

You're catastrophising about the rest, unless the bearings are audible then there's no reason to suspect the worst.

On 05/01/2022 at 19:40, sepulchrave said:

..."You're catastrophising"...

Rather more than I thought. RAC man eventually rocked up and took 30 seconds to state "that's normal oil, it does that, if fuel was getting in there, it'd be overflowing and going everywhere".

I drove it 140 miles back up east quite handily this afternoon so it seems that he was right.

In my experience, diesel in the oil on a PD that's running ok is more likely to be caused the o rings on the injectors leaking than the  tandem pump failing.  

 

Worn cam would show as a rough idle, and be reasonably easy to spot if you take the cover off and have a look. If it's had decent oil it's whole life, there's not likely to be an issue. 

1 hour ago, StevesTruck said:

In my experience, diesel in the oil on a PD that's running ok is more likely to be caused the o rings on the injectors leaking than the  tandem pump failing.  

 

Worn cam would show as a rough idle, and be reasonably easy to spot if you take the cover off and have a look. If it's had decent oil it's whole life, there's not likely to be an issue. 

I've since thought through it and if the tandem pump seals failed I'd think that it would suck fuel through quite rapidly. Pressure one side, part vacuum the other....

 

First longer trip in the car in two years. Just after the first real big problem I had with it. (Turbo went boom). Extra worry and paranoia. At least I had the RAC membership (bought just before Christmas).

If I'd turned up fretting at the wrong garage, the £££s signs might have lit up.