My wife was driving her T4 diesel manual 2.5 (2002) on the highway yesterday morning thinking how well the old bus was going and soo quiet as it loped along. Suddenly a loud screeching noise caused her to immediately pull over into a driveway some 100 meters on and within 30 seconds she's rolled to a halt with the engine stopping when she put the clutch pedal in.
Inspection showed a long trail of water back to the highway and water gushing out where she stopped.
I was called to provide my car and was left there to sort out a tow with the local friendly RACQ. An hour later when the engine had been cooled down I attempted a start to position the Transporter for access by the flat top tow truck, thinking my problem was probably just a loss of water.
Nah ! Turned over OK but no sign of a start and a worrying metalic clunk type noise.
Its now waiting at a local workshop for a look on Monday and me pondering as to what has happened.
Turbo blown up? Does this usually involve the water pump? or radiator damaged by turbo disintegrating? Or maybe something more sinister like a thrown con rod? Maybe slipped timing belt? We've had the vehicle 12 months and done about 5,000 ks. Total ks about 270,000.
Anyone else had a similar experience?