oil level too high 2,0 TDI diesel 140 BHP

[dexter76]

Crasher, many thanks for the quick response, is the tandem pump a big job or is it one to try myself, I'm pretty capable, but mostly on aircooled.....I was just about to put the crewcab away for the winter, but better not do now....thanks again

[Crasher]

Quite easy to do as it is on the end of the head, takes me about an hour. I must pull all my digits out an extract the 72 1302 LS auto out of my garage one day and get on with the acid dip resto I have promised it.

[dexter76]

Not wanting to sound like a complete tool, the other symptoms are flat spots at low revs (gear changes in particular) fuel consumption is way down from the 50+ mark and the amount of cack blowing out of the back end when you try and pull away (even gently) is quite alarming. When you put your foot down, it sounds like the exhaust is knackered or the CAT is drowning in something.
Given that this car has 95k on the clock, with full history and has done the last 60k+ up and down the A1, does this point in any way to the injectors, or should i stick with the tandem pump first?

[Crasher]

It sounds very sick indeed. If the oil is diluted with diesel you have to start with stopping that and the first step is a new tandem pump as changing the injector seals can get very complicated even if the injector bores and bodies are not suffering from wear.

[martijn v o]

Last week i have changed the tandem pump again due to high oil level. Because the engine was having problems sometimes to start within 2 seconds or so i have inspected the fuel pump in the fuel tank. The pump was not working. So i changed this pomp also. i suspect that the tandempump was damaged because the fuel pump was not working properly. We will monitor the oil level closely and see.

[martijn v o]

Since the replacement of both pumps, the oil level doesn't rise anymore.