V70 engine went bang!

gringoe · Jan 5th, 2011, 21:04

Hi,

Just before Christmas my wife's 2003 V70 D5 went bang - series of events is as follows:

Over the last 3 months on 3 occasions where an engine warning message displayed to stop immediately and there was a loss of power. Only happened under 30 mph around town. Car regularly used for 600 mile round trips with no dramas. Turn engiine off for 5 mins and then no problems. Put into local garage and couldn't diagnose any problems - didn't go to main dealer as problem seemed to rectify itself

22 dec tried to turn engine over and seemed that ignition was broken - key wouldn't turn. Thought the key may have been issue so tried it with spare and still no success. Had to make a couple of phonecalls so came back to the car and turned engine on successfully. Popped back into the house and heard rattling similar to blown cyclinder head quickly leading to bang, black smoke from engine and dead car.

Car had covered 116,000, full service history (main dealer) and had a timing belt change at 110,000.

Local garage has confirmed timing belt hasn't failed.

Has this happened to anyone else/is this a common problem?

Does anyone know a good garage near south - west Scotland that could carry out an engine replacement if local garage is unable to do it?

Many Thanks

deathrider311271 · Jan 5th, 2011, 21:07

out of interest did it start playing up after timing belt was done?

gringoe · Jan 5th, 2011, 21:11

Timing belt had been done prior to us buying the vehicle buddy.

deathrider311271 · Jan 5th, 2011, 21:17

my thinking was if the car hadnt been timed quite right when belt done u may have had come back on garage

MarksV70 · Jan 7th, 2011, 20:56

Have you / the the garage tried to manually turn the engine over ?
Black smoke etc sounds like the turbo has let go in a major way.

chrisjs3042 · Jan 7th, 2011, 22:10

Black smoke and bang sounds like turbo or could be an injector flooding the combustion chamber causing a hydraulic lock breaking the con-rod causing a rattle and de-connected piston rattling about, finally hits valves then busts something else and whammooo... Kaput!! What happens if you try and turn the engine by hand?? If it turns by hand have you tried to re-start it??

gringoe · Jan 7th, 2011, 23:25

Cheers guys,

I will pass this on and see what they say.

Jan 5th, 2011, 21:04	#1
gringoe New Member Last Online: Jul 14th, 2013 22:01 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: south west scotland	V70 engine went bang! Hi, Just before Christmas my wife's 2003 V70 D5 went bang - series of events is as follows: Over the last 3 months on 3 occasions where an engine warning message displayed to stop immediately and there was a loss of power. Only happened under 30 mph around town. Car regularly used for 600 mile round trips with no dramas. Turn engiine off for 5 mins and then no problems. Put into local garage and couldn't diagnose any problems - didn't go to main dealer as problem seemed to rectify itself 22 dec tried to turn engine over and seemed that ignition was broken - key wouldn't turn. Thought the key may have been issue so tried it with spare and still no success. Had to make a couple of phonecalls so came back to the car and turned engine on successfully. Popped back into the house and heard rattling similar to blown cyclinder head quickly leading to bang, black smoke from engine and dead car. Car had covered 116,000, full service history (main dealer) and had a timing belt change at 110,000. Local garage has confirmed timing belt hasn't failed. Has this happened to anyone else/is this a common problem? Does anyone know a good garage near south - west Scotland that could carry out an engine replacement if local garage is unable to do it? Many Thanks

Jan 5th, 2011, 21:07	#2
deathrider311271 I've Been Banned Last Online: Jun 21st, 2022 19:26 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Grimsby	out of interest did it start playing up after timing belt was done?

Jan 5th, 2011, 21:11	#3
gringoe New Member Last Online: Jul 14th, 2013 22:01 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: south west scotland	Timing belt had been done prior to us buying the vehicle buddy.

Jan 5th, 2011, 21:17	#4
deathrider311271 I've Been Banned Last Online: Jun 21st, 2022 19:26 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Grimsby	my thinking was if the car hadnt been timed quite right when belt done u may have had come back on garage

Jan 7th, 2011, 20:56	#5
MarksV70 Junior Member Last Online: Feb 26th, 2011 19:20 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Wigan	Have you / the the garage tried to manually turn the engine over ? Black smoke etc sounds like the turbo has let go in a major way.

Jan 7th, 2011, 22:10	#6
chrisjs3042 Junior Member Last Online: Sep 23rd, 2020 19:39 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Morayshire	Black smoke and bang sounds like turbo or could be an injector flooding the combustion chamber causing a hydraulic lock breaking the con-rod causing a rattle and de-connected piston rattling about, finally hits valves then busts something else and whammooo... Kaput!! What happens if you try and turn the engine by hand?? If it turns by hand have you tried to re-start it??

Jan 7th, 2011, 23:25	#7
gringoe New Member Last Online: Jul 14th, 2013 22:01 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: south west scotland	Cheers guys, I will pass this on and see what they say.

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