I found this post by newbe (crispy) in Australia under general discussions. I copied and paisted. Thought there may be someone down there that may be able to help them?

crispy wrote:

"]Help me please anybody. I have a 2007 kj 2.8crd. My lady was driving it up a steep incline when it started blowing smoke and stopped. Upon trying to start it it was noted the battery was dead. I had it towed to a local mechanic who replaced the battery stating it failed the test. Car still would not run. Removed the egr valve and cleaned it. Changed fuel filter. Cleaned turbo sensor. Car would then start but was misfiring and had no power. Injectors were removed and bench tested at an extremely high price $1200. Diesel specialist said they were fine. Mechanic could no longer help me unless I paid $15000 for a rebuild. Contacted Chrysler dealer in Brisbane Australia who said don't bother bringing it to us as we are only going to send it to KM diesel (diesel specialist) and said with the information I provided they would change the injectors @ $2400 each plus labour. So I sent it to the diesel specialist who promptly rang me back same day and said come pick up your car we don't want to know about it and we need workshop space. Totally lost at this point. I was given a referal by a friend to a Mechanic who specialises in these sort of things. Injectors were removed again and compression test was undertaken. In his words there is nothing mechanically wrong with this vehicle. %99 sure he said. The mechanic is well known for rebuilding these engines and was confident after hours of listening and blowing compressed air through the motor that all valves,pushrods etc were fine. Reckons we would be mad to take it apart. Totally lost now and starting to freak out. He promptly put me onto a well known auto electrician who after several visits assured me it isn't an electrical problem as there were no codes coming up and the injectors were getting power. He recommended another diesel specialist. Its like being on a roundabout. Contacted Chrysler Australia again and they said that the dealer at Albion in Brisbane is not reputable and I shouldn't use them. Help. What to do when the dealer isn't recommended by the Manafacturer. After spending over $5000 I still have a car I used to love that won't go. Main assumption by the rebuilder is that cylinders 2&3 are misfiring. Please anybody with any ideas help me. I will be in debted forever.

If the people who are looking at your CRD have not worked on a CRD before, RUN! Find somone who has. Lots of good shops have missed out on a known issue on these engines.

If you find someone who you trust. They need to do a suck - blow test. This will tell you is the engine broke some rockers or jumped time.

1. Remove the turbo boost hose connection to the intake. (this is on the drivers side with a clamp)
2. Start the engine. Place a dollar bill or paper at the intake. The paper should be sucking in only. If it is blowing out and poping. Your Engine jumped time and or broke rockers or Pistons.

If so the intake will need removed for repairs, along with the fnt of the engine.
FYI... this is a common thing. But $$$$

Hope someone has some info for these people to get help?

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05 Liberty CRD Sport with Leather 115k
GDE ECO, No EGR, no FCV, (system gone)
Oil Drain plug P/N 090-039
K&N Air Filter, 2nd gen Fuel filter head
NEW Rockers & lifters
Mobil 1 0w-40
Stant 13519 195 deg inline Thermostat.
0 281 002 845 MAP
Etecno GX3123 7v Glow Plugs
Advance Gold 800CCA Battery
Traded it for a Quality VW TDI

Can I just say that there are a number of people trying to help him out on the Ausjeep KJ forum. Part of the complexity of his problem is that he has had a a number of different 'professionals' look at it and all tell him something different. He's over the timing belt service interval, and knows little about how the engine works.

Apparently none of his experts have even checked to see if the engine is in time and I think that should be one of the first things looked at.

So we are helping out but of course more hands are always good.

Glad to hear somone is helping.

Thanks

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05 Liberty CRD Sport with Leather 115k
GDE ECO, No EGR, no FCV, (system gone)
Oil Drain plug P/N 090-039
K&N Air Filter, 2nd gen Fuel filter head
NEW Rockers & lifters
Mobil 1 0w-40
Stant 13519 195 deg inline Thermostat.
0 281 002 845 MAP
Etecno GX3123 7v Glow Plugs
Advance Gold 800CCA Battery
Traded it for a Quality VW TDI

X2 on the timing.

Sounds as if you had a lot of parts changers looking at it for you?

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2006 LTD Bright Silver loaded with all the needed mods, CCV intact.
Proudly supporting CRD vendors, and their development of quality parts and accessories.
Equipped with HDS thermostat, plenty of heat, faster warm-ups, increased fuel mileage.