tdi intercooler jammed after 200km (125mls)

Wolfgang O. Hielscher · 2005-01-01T21:55:23+00:00

Hi,first, my appologies for my bad english and the inappropriate technical terms I might use.In Summer 2001, after 120.000km (75.000mls) with my '93 Discovery tdi, I got my intercooler and turbo replaced - according to the mechanic (BMW - dark times) some valve got burned so both couldn't be fixed. Later (autum 2004) after 198.000km (124.000mls), Iwas again suffering of missing power and really, really black exhaust gases. A newly found LR-specialized mechanic told me, that the intercooler was just jammed with the remains of the exhaust gases and that this could be fixed by rinsing it. So, after they rinsed the intercooler all seemed to be well - but just for 200km (125mls). Now, again, there's no power and the exhaust gases are dark black.So I'm suspecting, that there's something else wrong with the engine. Has anyone an idea what could be the cause? I will appreciate any comment or hint what to check to find or rule out the real problem.Thanks, Wolfgang

Jan 01, 2005 21 Replies

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Austin Shackles 21 years ago

On or around Tue, 04 Jan 2005 21:07:45 +0000, snipped-for-privacy@despammed.com enlightened us thusly:

could've been, at that, it sounds right. dunno what failed due to not cooling it properly then. I never claimed to have a memory.

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Richard Brookman 21 years ago

So Wolfgang O. Hielscher was, like

Some of us do the helping, and some of us do the entertaining. It's called division of labour and it's more efficient than everyone trying to do everything. Well, that's my excuse.

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