Ford Escort TDI

can be oil leaking in to the combustion area and burning

I`ve noticed that the sump oil level is above the max mark, slight overfill :-), can this be the indirect cause? How does `oil leaking into the comustion aera and burning` cause this problem? Exciuse my ignorance if I should know the answer. Cheers Gerry

It's normally caused by the turbo seals leaking, and is generally accompanied by excess blue smoke out the exhaust.

What colour are the exhaust gases when it revs up? blue = oil burning (turbo, breather problem) black = excess fuel

Black, I think, I switch off as soon as it starts happening, makes a frightening sound at those revs. Cheers

Something I should off picked up on before is that it stops as soon as you switch it off. If it was burning oil, it would continue to run on even after turning the ignition off.

Does this engine have a throttle cable, or is it fly-by-wire?

If it's got a throttle cable then it's likely an injection pump fault. If it's fly-by-wire then it could be a faulty throttle position sensor, but the ecu should go into a fail safe mode if it detects a fault. Failing that then it's most likely an injection pump fault.

Other than those suggestions, I can't think off any other fuel system fault that would cause the engine to rev at full revs.

Hi THanks for the info. Ity continues to run for a second or two after switch off, but not for long. It has a throttle cable. The injection pump has recently been rebuilt and serviced at a cost of

Did the fault occur before the pump was rebuilt?

Hi Moray The fault has ony ocurred since the pump was rebuilt. I hasn`t occurred since the 3 occasions on Monday but I haven`t been stuck in any traffic queuse since then. Cheers

I'd get it towed to a garage ASAP. Stopping the engine at high revs is a surefire way to knacker the turbo bearings.

Sounds very much like an injection pump fault. Think it's time to take it back to whoever rebuilt it last.

Hi Moray Thanks for the advice. I will take it back to the garage when they return from holiday. A lot of businesses close down for August here in Spain. Too hot to work. Cheers

It is. 87K. Three turbos. Golf TDI.

I figured out what the Muppet driving it was doing. Pulls into car park with high throttle. Stops engine. Stops car.

The fleet manager had to physically restrain me from screaming at the arse.

So we bought him a Golf SDI as a replacement , which solved the problem, although he screamed chuff about it. :)

You had to have all three turbos replaced on a Golf TDI? I thought they only had one. :-)

That'll be the type of idiot that thinks "it's modern, so it shouldn't go wrong, it's obviously crap", then.

They were every other service items.

He never checked the oil, never did anything actually.

Heh. No I think he was just inept.

There's a difference between the two?

You can be one but not the other...?