57 plate Dodge nitro 2.8crd diesel - Injector nozzles melted

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Tue 16 Sep 2014 22:23
57 plate Dodge nitro 2.8crd diesel - Injector nozzles melted - Woddy321
Hey, I have had a few threads on the forum due to my non starting dodge nitro. Picked the vehicle up yesterday from the specialist as they could not find any faults. Today I have stripped it down, timing is spot on so no issues there however, after taking the injectors out to remove the head (due to specialists finding the tips of two glow plugs which had burnt/melted away), all 4 injector nozzles have melted, I have removed the head all the bores and pistons look good along with all valves, rocker arms, cams etc.. It looks like it has risen to a very high temperature. I'm not sure whether it has run on it's own oil, turbo seems to be ok no excessive play, a little oil residue in the turbo pipe but nothing more than I've seen on other cars, I cannot see how turbo has gone at 39k. Other thought is maybe it has been filled up with petrol hence the contaminated fuel light staying on with ignition for a good while? Or head gasket, cracked cylinder = water in the cylinders causing steam? Or has something caused the injectors to be stuck open?

I would like to find the cause if I can to save it happening again!

All suggestions appreciated

Edited by Woddy321 on 16/09/2014 at 22:25

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