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Hi All, Can anyone help, I have a '97 TDI 300 Disco, and in the morning when cold the engine is smoking (white/blue) very badly. I know a bit of smoke it normal for this engine, but not this much. I took it into a main dealer (mistake I know) and they wanted to charge £700+ to send away the fuel pump, which may or may not be the cause; they were not sure. Given that this is 10% value of the car I declinded their offer and decided to keep going with a smokey start in the morning.

Once the engine is running at normal temp the smoke stops, and there is no impact of performance. There is some oil loss, but the smoke is not a deep blue like normal oil burn.

Any ideas?????

Thanks,

Mark

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Mark Nicholas
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May also be a damaged turbocharger. Hope it is the hose though since this is a much cheaper thing to get right.

Take care Pantelis

Reply to
Pantelis Giamarellos

Hi Mark,

Mine has decided deposit copious amounts of oil all over the floor. The engine still runs OK though but I'm dreading the garage bill.... The trouble is my local garage (who are usually very good) can't see my disco till thursday..

:(

Gail

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Gail

"> May also be a damaged turbocharger.

Out of curiosity, how much would one expect to pay for a new Turbo and are reconditioned turbos available?

Gail

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Disco1

Inital report for garage today was faulty piston ring or piston.

I still suspect the turbo myself, I would describe the noise it makes as similar to a police siren, as a friend of mine was sure we were being followed by the police at the weekend due to the noise of the engine.

Anyway the garage are planning to take her apart tomorrow so, I will let you know if it is the piston/ring or turbo or hose or ............ who knows. That the joy of a landrover, you never know what will go wrong next.

Cheers,

Mark

Pantelis Giamarellos wrote:

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Mark Nicholas

Yep' exactly the same with mine.

oh dear....there goes my two weeks gliding in scotland :(

Gail

Reply to
Disco-diva.

If you are not too late you may just need to repair the turbocharger by replacing the turbine axle's bearing and properly balancing the assembly.

My 1993 model year Discovery 200Tdi had developed the same fault after overspinning the turbocharger following a tear on the turbo to intercooler hose. After changing the turbine axle's bearing and rebalancing the assembly everything is now back to normal. Actually the turbocharger sounds much better and also has far less turbolag then even before developing the faul and siren noise.

Take care Pantelis

Reply to
Pantelis Giamarellos

A new report from the garage yesterday confirms that piston and ring OK, but turbocharger is knackered. No surprise here, however turns out this is a much cheaper job as they can fit a reconditioned unit.

Will let you know what the cost is on Friday when I get the bill.

Cheers,

Mark

Pantelis Giamarellos wrote:

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Mark Nicholas

On or around Sat, 23 Aug 2003 08:07:11 +0100, "Gail" enlightened us thusly:

there's a fair bit of work in swapping, a head gasket, mind, and at the rates some people charge it don;t take long to rack up 500 notes.

Reply to
Austin Shackles

It may be of no use, but there is a 200TDi turbo for sale on ebay at the minute.

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 '77 101FC Ambulance '95 Discovery V8i

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Tim Hobbs

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