engine stall halfway driving!!!

[Old-MAN]

C&C have found out the issue already. My piston jammed! And they asked me to change the whole engine!! Anybody know garage that are able to fix it??

 

Bro Subaloo, what is the YOM of your ride and what is the milege? Oh...what is your ride???

 

If under 3yrs and under 100K, by right under warrantee...

[shauns]

Good reason to change your ride now! Anyway what's the mileage? Piston jam sounds bad.

[keltanky]

Interesting, ya what YOM?

[eastendboy8]

C&C have found out the issue already. My piston jammed! And they asked me to change the whole engine!! Anybody know garage that are able to fix it??

 

First time I came across piston jam. It does sound bad. Was the engine overheated when it happened?

[solar]

I was googling for piston jam and was presented with a few links that in general mentioned piston jams can be caused by overheating. Some further mentioned it can also be caused by using wrong heat range spark plugs.

[eastendboy8]

I was googling for piston jam and was presented with a few links that in general mentioned piston jams can be caused by overheating. Some further mentioned it can also be caused by using wrong heat range spark plugs.

 

I'm more familiar with industrial equipment, but the principles are similar.

 

In mechanical terms, something like piston jam would likely be caused by "siezing". Symptoms of "siezing"would be overheating, but the actual cause may be due to lack/inappropriate lubricant. This leads to build up in fraction. expansion, more friction until the parts "sieze"

 

As far as I know, parts that have "siezed" cannot be repaired, as the crystalline structure of the steel/alloy has been irreversibly changed

 

However, if the piston jam is caused by foreign particles, then there would not be a symptom of overheating. Overhauling may be possible in this case. But bro subaloo stated C&C asked him to change the engine i.e. not repairable

[subaloo]

yom 2011 . piston jammed. can't even turn with our hand... thats how bad it is... even if it repairable... he afraid that this problem will come up again so his words to me is "change your engine. engine itself 35k"....... 

[subaloo]

105k mile. pls don ask me why

[Ah Bui]

105K km or miles??? if miles is 170K km..... and that's a lot..... but anyway 105k km in 2 years is already astonishing.....

105k mile. pls don ask me why

[solar]

105k mile. pls don ask me why

Scary.. Did CNC offer any forensic cause for this?

My car is also yom 2011..only 65k mileage..

If heat was the cause, was it the engine oil too thin or thick, etc.

[Jarebbsg]

YOM 2011 - Under warranty

105k KM - Out of the 100k KM warranty

If it is out of warranty, than you will need lots of money to get it resolved.

 

But if you had been servicing your car diligently at C&C, this wouldnt have happen even if its is 5k KM more than 100KM for warranty support.

[mulderang]

this is indeed very scary for the engine to fail at 105km....

[Ah Bui]

YOM 2011 - Under warranty

105k KM - Out of the 100k KM warranty

If it is out of warranty, than you will need lots of money to get it resolved.

 

But if you had been servicing your car diligently at C&C, this wouldnt have happen even if its is 5k KM more than 100KM for warranty support.

I do suspect servicing was not done regularly. ... or like you said. .. diligently. ....

[eastendboy8]

Another likely cause would be

 

I do suspect servicing was not done regularly. ... or like you said. .. diligently. ....

 

Another possible cause would be that if the engine is not sufficiently warmed up before being driven aggressively, this will lead to rapid uneven expansion & uneven temperature profile, especially for turbo charges cars. Over time, this may also cause the piston to jam (or "siezing" to occur)

[subaloo]

yes, overshot by 5km servicing. any bro here got solution or lobang to get it fix other then change the very costly engine..? regret...not..servicing..in...time....... tooo...late.

[thaiedwin]

Bro it's either you scrap the vehicle or to change the engine now.

No other options it's a pain and a price to pay for not servicing in time

[yc3333]

yes, overshot by 5km servicing. any bro here got solution or lobang to get it fix other then change the very costly engine..? regret...not..servicing..in...time....... tooo...late.

 

Did you do your servicing every 15,000 km ? If not how often did you go for servicing?

[APR C180]

yes, overshot by 5km servicing. any bro here got solution or lobang to get it fix other then change the very costly engine..? regret...not..servicing..in...time....... tooo...late.

Try sourcing for half cut from scrap yard?

[mulderang]

Scraping going to cause you more right......

[solar]

if it is going to cost this much...any possibility of going for the turbo engine instead of back to the kompressor?

[thaiedwin]

Turbo and Kompressor is the gearbox transmission not the engine and LTA requires the manufacturer to Certification from vehicle manufacturer or the local sole agent stating that the replacement is of the same type as the original one.

 

Thus is impossible to change from Kompressor to CGI/ 7G