Svl95-2s overheated

[goat79]

As title says. The coolant drain line came unplugged and dumped all the coolant while working, then shut off. I found the line and plugged it refilled coolant. Now it turns over but will not start. What's my next move to figure out what might have happened to it? Thanks for any advice.
Dave

 

[jaxs]

Compression test. Yes a single overheating event can destroy any diesel engine. Simply because out of necessity for compression induced combustion diesel engines must operate at higher temperature than gasoline engines where combustion is spark induced. Stated another way, it's only a few hundred degrees from operating temperature to meltdown temperature. Hopfully your compression is good and if so we can look at other possibilities. Even if compression is low it MIGHT be blown head gasket if you are lucky.

 

[goat79]

Compression test. Yes a single overheating event can destroy any diesel engine. Simply because out of necessity for compression induced combustion diesel engines must operate at higher temperature than gasoline engines where combustion is spark induced. Stated another way, it's only a few hundred degrees from operating temperature to meltdown temperature. Hopfully your compression is good and if so we can look at other possibilities. Even if compression is low it MIGHT be blown head gasket if you are lucky.

Ok thank you that will be my next step

 

[whitetiger]

Ok thank you that will be my next step

The compression test will only take you about 8 hours if you know what you are doing, have the tester, and are pretty mechanically inclined.