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20 years ago
Ytter,
I have known of several gasoline in diesel engine situations. I hope it did not actually happen that way. They seldom come out well.
After reading the entire thread - including your additions - I think you may well have more that one problem - now. My personal bet (without any actual contact) based on some experience, would be that the cylinder head gasket got taken out. That will cause both the over heat problem, the smoke and the bad running. I am somewhat surprized that the mechanic did not have the cylinder head off.
Though I suspect your statement that the engine was red hot is an exageration, if it got hot enough to blister the paint. You can count on the engine requiring serious work before it is dependable again. This will be as much as reboring the cylinders to get them round again and doing a valve job because the seats are distorted.
If the engine is not easy to work on where it is, I suggest you seriously consider getting it removed as that time required for the minimum amount of work the engine is likely to require.
I leave you by saying that I sincerely hope that I am completely wrong.
Matt Colie Lifel> Engsol! Engine would start-run for 3-4 sec and die,then I started again
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