Zeitgeist wrote:
My OM603 has just now started to smoke (blue) so much so, that I think
I'll be parking her for some time. This started with excessive
smoking at startup, then progressed to a little puff of blue upon
acceleration and is now emitting a minor cloud on acceleration and at
idle. Methinks valve stem seals, a headgasket and turbo seals are in
order...or, I have a bent rod, or the head is toasty, or all of the
above.
I'd check the compression of #1 to see if the seal between the the
cylinder and the oil passage has failed.
Valve stem/seal problems producing the symptoms you describe are VERY
rare in OM60x engines even after 300-400kmi of service. Turbo seal
failures are also rather rare. 603.96 engines almost NEVER have shown up
with bent rods (I've heard of one or two).
Marshall
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Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
"der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5
turbo 237kmi
