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Hi Guys.

Before I start I’ve had a quick look through the forum and haven’t been able to find an accurate answer.

I have a 2000 Diesel that I’ve had for about two years, It has fairly high K’s (300k) but it has been well looked after with regular/frequent oil changes.

A few days ago I was driving home from work normally until all of a sudden the front end abruptly felt like it was going to shake itself apart and I had lost almost all power.

I pulled over, shut it down and had a quick look under the bonnet but couldn’t find anything out of the ordinary(everything was plugged in, no massive oil puke), however I took the oil filler cap off and it felt like it had more than the usual amount of blow-by (filler cap wouldn't stay on-top of the filler neck)

Started it back up (no difficulty in doing so) but it sounded/felt it was only running on 3 cylinders and was puking white smoke (unburnt diesel?) out the back.

Had a go at clearing its throat, but it only seemed to increase the volume of white crap out the back; as well as leaving remnants of black soot on the ground under the exhaust.

NRMA'd it home on the back of a flat bed to deal with it another day.


Any help steering me in the general direction would be greatly appreciated!!!
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Hi Guys.

Before I start I’ve had a quick look through the forum and haven’t been able to find an accurate answer.

I have a 2000 Diesel that I’ve had for about two years, It has fairly high K’s (300k) but it has been well looked after with regular/frequent oil changes.

A few days ago I was driving home from work normally until all of a sudden the front end abruptly felt like it was going to shake itself apart and I had lost almost all power.

I pulled over, shut it down and had a quick look under the bonnet but couldn’t find anything out of the ordinary(everything was plugged in, no massive oil puke), however I took the oil filler cap off and it felt like it had more than the usual amount of blow-by (filler cap wouldn't stay on-top of the filler neck)

Started it back up (no difficulty in doing so) but it sounded/felt it was only running on 3 cylinders and was puking white smoke (unburnt diesel?) out the back.

Had a go at clearing its throat, but it only seemed to increase the volume of white crap out the back; as well as leaving remnants of black soot on the ground under the exhaust.

NRMA'd it home on the back of a flat bed to deal with it another day.


Any help steering me in the general direction would be greatly appreciated!!!
Hi there,

I just bought another diesel XJ with the same symptoms as you describe. Shaking & blowing white smoke. Unburnt diesel & coolant.
I pulled mine apart & discovered 1 x cracked head out of 4.
I was wishing it was a head gasket but it wasn't.

I hope yours is just a gasket.

I am just waiting for the time to put her back together.

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Hi there,

I just bought another diesel XJ with the same symptoms as you describe. Shaking & blowing white smoke. Unburnt diesel & coolant.
I pulled mine apart & discovered 1 x cracked head out of 4.
I was wishing it was a head gasket but it wasn't.

I hope yours is just a gasket.

I am just waiting for the time to put her back together.

Regards

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worst case I have a set of recond heads

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for your sake hope its a just a head gasket


just also check for oil in the coolant or water in the oil, normally the gasket will go and water will sit on the pistons, it happen to an Diesel I bought a few years ago,
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