Ford Focus 2007 diesel engine stopped

puzzled20155

Was driving to work this morning going about 100km went to overtake a car put the foot down and bang well a sort of a dud loud enough and the engine cut out just stopped while I was driving, it will turn over but won’t start, timing belt is fine possibly too much oil in it? Anyone have any idea ?

Henry Ford III

Could be anything really. I'd suggest getting a mechanic.

How do you know the t.b. is intact, and why do you think it's overfull of oil?

puzzled20155

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Could be anything really. I'd suggest getting a mechanic.

How do you know the t.b. is intact, and why do you think it's overfull of oil?

Took off the t.b cover had a look it’s intact seems to have good tension, serviced it recently put a bit too much in it thought it be alright ? It’s been fine the last few days ? and the Battery is fine

Whocare

If it a 1.8tdci could be wet belt. But unlikely being 2007

Does the TDCi rely on the air flow meter to start? In that case it could be a popped off inlet ducting between the turbo and the inlet manifold and a very cheap fix.

barneygumble99

Have come across a few fiestas where the aux belt snapped and broke the crankshaft position sensor causing it to cut out and not start. The loud snap could be the belt hitting off something when it broke. Not sure off hand if it’s the same set up on the focus.

puzzled20155

Whocare wrote: »

If it a 1.8tdci could be wet belt. But unlikely being 2007

Its 1.6 diesel

puzzled20155

barneygumble99 wrote: »

Have come across a few fiestas where the aux belt snapped and broke the crankshaft position sensor causing it to cut out and not start. The loud snap could be the belt hitting off something when it broke. Not sure off hand if it’s the same set up on the focus.

Timing belt still intact teeth are ok, good tension on it still

puzzled20155

puzzled20155 wrote: »

Timing belt still intact teeth are ok, good tension on it still

All belts seem ok

puzzled20155

samih wrote: »

Does the TDCi rely on the air flow meter to start? In that case it could be a popped off inlet ducting between the turbo and the inlet manifold and a very cheap fix.

I don’t know if it relys on it but can’t see any hoses popped off tried it again there and it says engine systems fault on dash, going to get a mechanic to look at it

TheBoyConor

puzzled20155 wrote: »

Its 1.6 diesel

Most likely the turbo is after blowing itself.

The turbos go in all of these 1.6tdci engines. They are a bad engine.

Leonard Hofstadter

puzzled20155 wrote: »

Its 1.6 diesel

Probably the turbo then unfortunately.

TheBoyConor

captainspeed wrote: »

Probably the turbo then unfortunately.

Agreed. Can be 95% sure. I doubt it's even worth having a mechanic look at it tbh if the turbo is gone. It would be nonsensical to repair or even if you replaced the engine with another scrap engine, that will just end up blowing too after a while.

Even if it is not the turbo, anything fault that produces a heavy clunk followed by a loss of all engine function is a major mechanical failure. These are rarely worth fixing in a car of this age.

Scrap it and move on.

barneygumble99

Don’t understand how anyone can advise him to scrap it without knowing what’s wrong. It could be something simple and even a turbo is not the end of the world if it’s replaced properly. Rest of the car could be mechanically perfect, taxed, nct’d.

Without bringing it to a mechanic no point trying to diagnose it yourself. Some people always point to the worst possible diagnosis on here. The equivalent of checking a fuse first when a bulb blows instead of replacing the bulb first.

puzzled20155

TheBoyConor wrote: »

Agreed. Can be 95% sure. I doubt it's even worth having a mechanic look at it tbh if the turbo is gone. It would be nonsensical to repair or even if you replaced the engine with another scrap engine, that will just end up blowing too after a while.

Even if it is not the turbo, anything fault that produces a heavy clunk followed by a loss of all engine function is a major mechanical failure. These are rarely worth fixing in a car of this age.

Scrap it and move on.

It’s gone to the mechanics hopefully nothing too serious will have to wait and see and I don’t really have the money to just scrap it and buy a newer car I’m afraid

puzzled20155

barneygumble99 wrote: »

Don’t understand how anyone can advise him to scrap it without knowing what’s wrong. It could be something simple and even a turbo is not the end of the world if it’s replaced properly. Rest of the car could be mechanically perfect, taxed, nct’d.

Without bringing it to a mechanic no point trying to diagnose it yourself. Some people always point to the worst possible diagnosis on here. The equivalent of checking a fuse first when a bulb blows instead of replacing the bulb first.

Very good point, well it’s at the mechanics so fingers crossed it’s not too serious, rest of the car is perfect only nct’d 3 months ago

bazz26

TheBoyConor wrote: »

Agreed. Can be 95% sure. I doubt it's even worth having a mechanic look at it tbh if the turbo is gone. It would be nonsensical to repair or even if you replaced the engine with another scrap engine, that will just end up blowing too after a while.

Even if it is not the turbo, anything fault that produces a heavy clunk followed by a loss of all engine function is a major mechanical failure. These are rarely worth fixing in a car of this age.

Scrap it and move on.

Seriously, you have expertly diagnosed the problem over the internet. I'm sure NASA will be in touch with you soon to join them.