Euro cruise disaster

Makes me wonder if something was disconnected at the garage in Bruggge, as Garry stopped it by turning off the ignition on the roadside.

Tony.
 
Sean d said:
Was it a cloud of smoke from the exhaust Mike, @mwpe
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I am sure that the smoke was caused by the leaking oil contacting the hot engine and exhaust, it was just coming from under the car not from the exhaust pipes. Perhaps someone else who stopped can comment.
 
@mwpe The oil leak was on the left hand side of the engine, the exhaust is on the right side. There was no leak on the right hand side that I am aware of.The CCV and pipework are not fractured / ruptured / split from what I can see at the moment. It doesn't have any oil residue on it either, however it does look like BMW Brugge have cleaned it up. It hasn't been steam cleaned but it's definitely been wiped clean. I haven't removed anything yet other than the top engine covers and the air box.
I'll have a good look at the weekend. I've got a few chores to do first, but I will be able to give it more time than last week.
 
the suspense is killing me =))

I would of had it in 1000 bits by now just so I knew what it might be, even if it took me all night =))
 
Lee said:
the suspense is killing me =))

I would of had it in 1000 bits by now just so I knew what it might be, even if it took me all night =))
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You're more than welcome to start if you really feel the need =))
 
Jack Ratt said:
@mwpe The oil leak was on the left hand side of the engine, the exhaust is on the right side. There was no leak on the right hand side that I am aware of.The CCV and pipework are not fractured / ruptured / split from what I can see at the moment. It doesn't have any oil residue on it either, however it does look like BMW Brugge have cleaned it up. It hasn't been steam cleaned but it's definitely been wiped clean. I haven't removed anything yet other than the top engine covers and the air box.
I'll have a good look at the weekend. I've got a few chores to do first, but I will be able to give it more time than last week.
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Just after the failure, there was a lot of oil on the left hand side of the engine, some of this will have blown back onto the exhaust.
 
It's the not starting that's confusing me.
 
Does it crank at normal speed? Just no sign of it picking up and firing?
Either no fuel or no spark?
Taking out the plugs is going to tell loads even before you check compression.
As for the wheezing. I once had the centre of a spark plug blow out completely. Doesn't explain not firing on any cylinders though. Could crankcase pressure build enough to blow oil past the piston rings and foul the plugs before the CCV burst or blew off?
Looks like a single problem causing several faults
 
Let me throw something else into this.
The reason i asked earlier if there was any other symptoms like loss of power is i had a look a few weeks ago at a guy i know m44 1.9 at his house non start.
When i asked him about what had happened he said that it had went down on power and started wheezing quite loudly he just made it home and when he next went out next day it wouldn't start.
When i looked no fault codes appeared to have pretty good spark fuel pressure down a bit but still there.
Anyway after changing plugs / fuel pump and filter checking valve timing another advanced diag with a high end snap on diag computer still no start ( not even with easy start).
After a bit of hassle and time finally got to the bottom of it .
We took out a lambda sensor on a whim tried to start fired in about 2 turns
Turned out the car cat had disintegrated and blocked the exhaust.
 
Wow, that's a story to keep in mind for all M44 owners with original cat!
 
Jues Sorento had crankcase pressure blowing oil past the piston and somehow arrived all over the engine bay. It turned out to be piston 4 had failed. Do the compression test.
 
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Grumpy said:
Jues Sorento had crankcase pressure blowing oil past the piston and somehow arrived all over the engine bay. It turned out to be piston 4 had failed. Do the compression test.
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Dave am i not right in thinking when your sorento was broke it still started and ran with a misfire ?
 
Stevo7682 said:
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Dave am i not right in thinking when your sorento was broke it still started and ran with a misfire ?
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Yeah it started Steve and more "rough as" than a miss.
 
Grumpy said:
Yeah it started Steve and more "rough as" than a miss.
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The zed now doesn't fire up which is more concerning its a 6cyl if the timing is right still and suppose it had catastrophic damage to say 2 cyl say broken con rod or fhe like it would still try to start on 4
 
I think Garys car is a 1.9?
 
Jack Ratt said:
@mwpe The oil leak was on the left hand side of the engine, the exhaust is on the right side. There was no leak on the right hand side that I am aware of.The CCV and pipework are not fractured / ruptured / split from what I can see at the moment. It doesn't have any oil residue on it either, however it does look like BMW Brugge have cleaned it up. It hasn't been steam cleaned but it's definitely been wiped clean. I haven't removed anything yet other than the top engine covers and the air box.
I'll have a good look at the weekend. I've got a few chores to do first, but I will be able to give it more time than last week.
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I tend to agree with Mike the smoke appeared to come from under the car not through the exhausts (Hence I thought you'd blown a tyre), my guess is the oil ran from the engine bay, hit the exhaust under the car rather than in the engine bay.
 
Grumpy said:
I think Garys car is a 1.9?
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An m44 i thought it was a six .
Well if the same had happened and the exhaust blocked causes massive back pressure would throw oil from any weak seal. I was at that m44 every other night for a couple of weeks after work before we finally sussed the problem
 
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