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Orch
 19th Feb 2014 10:16am
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| Yep two less things to worry about for a while I guess! |
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Orch
19th Feb 2014 9:13am
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| Well as promised back for an update. Turbo had indeed gone. Spannerman said we were lucky, 2 more miles and it could have caused serious damage. Recon turbo fitted and all now good. He did change the ... |
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Orch
9th Feb 2014 11:07pm
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| Been thinking about this a lot and earlier I remembered two things that I had dismissed at the time without a second thought. Firstly Dad mentioned it had started dropping oil recently, just a tiny am ... |
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Orch
9th Feb 2014 9:32pm
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| Haha, yeh saw that a few weeks ago. I bet that entertained a few locals! |
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Orch
9th Feb 2014 10:54am
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Turbo's re worked in Latvia 
Yeh I noticed that after posting. Perhaps not then  |
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Orch
9th Feb 2014 9:59am
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I thought they might be after typing that. Oh well, as it's not my car I've never researched them before.
Does anyone have any recommendations for reconditioned turbos? I found this one which seems ... |
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Orch
9th Feb 2014 9:35am
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| To be honest, as a diesel auto driver myself, I find it quite concerning and baffling that there isn't some sort of air shut off valve in case this happens. Imagine this happening whilst out on the ro ... |
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Orch
9th Feb 2014 9:33am
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| Thanks mate. That was my understanding of it but needed it clarified. That would be a disaster. It's an auto as well. |
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Orch
9th Feb 2014 9:19am
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Found this description on wiki
In many vehicles, a crankcase breather pipe feeds into the air intake to vent the crankcase; on a highly worn engine, gases can blow past the sides of the pistons and ... |
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Orch
9th Feb 2014 12:03am
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| Hmm. I'm really in two minds to be honest. On the one hand there's a chance that it's really gummed up, and fitting a new breather filter might bring her back to life. On the other hand I could be mak ... |
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Orch
8th Feb 2014 10:37pm
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Thanks for the responses guys very helpful.
My Dad's actually away until Thursday so it won't be going anywhere for a while. I guess it wouldn't hurt to check the breather out and fit the new filte ... |
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Orch
8th Feb 2014 9:23pm
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| Evening all, new member here. I couldn't see an into section so apologise for coming straight in with a plea for help. We're a bit of a Land Rover family (for our sins) with two Disco 2s (one being mi ... |
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