Well they nice people at LandRover (Hunters) decided (after some pressure) to look at my car on Friday. Symptom(s) were a rev limit which happened 2 or
3 times on a 100 mile run. each time when accelerating from about 65mph in 5th. Also, some intermittent exhaust smoke.They reckon it needs a new Turbo Charger ....... supply (when they can get one as LandRover are out of stock) and fit will be £1400:00.
Anyway they changed a ''completely blocked'' air element (cost £3) in the Turbo when doing the diagnosis and so far it seems ok ....... so maybe they have fixed it doing that. I shall have to wait and see but at the mo it is perfect, accelerates fine and zilch smoke.
I told them I didn't know the Turbo had an air filter and that one isn't mentioned in the service schedule, and he just said ''it is included in the revised schedule''. So _if_ this has fixed the problem it begs the question how many people have had a Turbo changed when all they needed was a filter.
As the cost is so high if the problem comes back I will seek a 2nd opinion elsewhere anyway _but_ does anyone here know if this element could be the answer.
Richard