BrumLee
Member Since: 07 Mar 2008
Location: West Midlands
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Hi Hotrocks
The o/s intercooler hose I changed had three faults. A split, lost its rigidity and loosing pressure at the lower jubliee clip. Also had a turbo low boost pressure fault found by wiggs. New hose fitted (£38 ) and fault code cleared. I've rechecked quite a few times and the code hasn't reappeared.
Turbos do pass a certain amount of oil under normal operation and you may think you have a lot passing but this may be an accumilation. Faultmate MSV2 EXTREME
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 20th Jan 2010 9:46 pm |
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ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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The thing I noticed when peoples Turbo's have gone is that they never really think that that is what the problem actually is.
Many look for and try different 'remedies', but in the end, they end up having their turbo's replaced !
I know ... I talk from experience.
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| 20th Jan 2010 11:17 pm |
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hotrocks
Member Since: 05 Jan 2010
Location: England
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Ronp - Good point well made... but still an expensive fix for something that MIGHT be broken... when the vehicle has no other symptoms apart from a computer telling you it has an under/over boost fault then I think I prefer to try everything possible before parting with my hard earned 
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| 21st Jan 2010 12:53 am |
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DaveT
Member Since: 01 Aug 2005
Location: Cornwall
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Take out a years warranty with turbo cover  Long succession of Disco's since 2001...
SIII Lightweight - neglected & rusting. Bulkhead, A panels, vent panel & outriggers now disintegrated - Next years project!
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| 21st Jan 2010 10:26 pm |
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camelrock
Member Since: 11 Oct 2008
Location: north yorkshire
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The turbo went on mine last June. Sorted a new turbo from Midland turbos £400 brand new in the box ,could of got a recon from a local company for £280. Fit the turbo on my drive lovely job NOT !!!
Its not the turbo itself that goes down but the actuator and I don't think you can get those seperatley, I couldn't find one anyhow, but you still need to take the turbo off to to change the actuator even if you did find one. Good luck..
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| 26th Jan 2010 12:19 am |
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BrumLee
Member Since: 07 Mar 2008
Location: West Midlands
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How long did it take to change camelrock? Faultmate MSV2 EXTREME
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| 26th Jan 2010 1:01 am |
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caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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I had a leaking throttle body seal. Symptoms were a hesitation/shudder on take off. New seals cured it. Could this have the same effect as a leaking turbo hose? “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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| 26th Jan 2010 1:22 am |
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ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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camelrock wrote:
Its not the turbo itself that goes down but the actuator
Are you sure you don't mean the VNT mechanism?
That's my understanding on what fails in the turbo.
You can get these redone at people like Turbo Technics. I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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| 26th Jan 2010 10:23 am |
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Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
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The VNT mechanism and the actuator like like the same thing on the outside of the turbo.
Just on the older style turbos, without VNT, it was called an actuator, so it stuck  My D3 Build Thread
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| 27th Jan 2010 7:58 am |
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thomash
Member Since: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Netherlands
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During the last service, my dealer diagnosed a faulty turbo.
They didn't have a new one in stock and I would have to go back to have it replaced.
I can have it done at a LandRover Specialist (not dealer) for a lot less.
Does anyone know if the car needs to go to the dealer (computer) after replacement of the turbo, or is it ok if the new turbo is fitted?
regards,
Thomas
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| 27th Jan 2010 8:21 am |
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camelrock
Member Since: 11 Oct 2008
Location: north yorkshire
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To change the turbo took me 5 days but that was a case of doing the odd hour or two on a night weather permitting.
In answer to thomash's question you only need the fault codes clearing..
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| 27th Jan 2010 11:13 pm |
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Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
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camelrock wrote:To change the turbo took me 5 days but that was a case of doing the odd hour or two on a night weather permitting.
In answer to thomash's question you only need the fault codes clearing..
There is an engine management update required after fitting a new turbo. It forces the VNT mechanism to travel through its full sweep of travel to prevent it seizing up again, every time the ignition is turned on My D3 Build Thread
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| 28th Jan 2010 8:02 am |
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thomash
Member Since: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Netherlands
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Stupid question, maybe, but can you have that done at a dealer when you don't have the work on the turbo done there?
I can imagine the dealer would not be too happy eager to help out with the computer when you haven't had the work done by them.
Thomas
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| 28th Jan 2010 8:38 am |
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camelrock
Member Since: 11 Oct 2008
Location: north yorkshire
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I took our D3 into the local dealers the other week to get the service indicator reset. I got the lad to check if there where any upgrades needed and he said none had been flagged up. Does this turbo upgrade need doing or has it been done sometime in the past ?? I understand it is standard programming on 07 on models..
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| 7th Feb 2010 8:13 pm |
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hotrocks
Member Since: 05 Jan 2010
Location: England
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An update for those that are interested - I decided against fitting a new turbo as the vehicle only had the warning bong and a reduction in speed and no other symptoms that would indicate there was anything seriously wrong with the turbo.
I had three people tell me it was a turbo vane sticking so I opted for cleaning the turbo using the turbo cleaning product found here -
http://www.innotecworld.com/c-1064-turbo-clean-set.aspx
This product has some good feedback on other forums for other cars etc and was originally developed (and is used very successfully) for cleaning lorry turbos.
I stuck the car on a four poster and the whole thing took about an hour and a half (including the 55 minutes waiting time needed to let the cleaning stuff do its thing).
My D3 now runs tons better (I also gave it a full service while it was up in the air), the turbo kicks in nice and smooth and the fault has not recurred (yet! fingers crossed!).
I have ordered a Faultmate to clear the codes and intend driving to Spain at the end of the month - so far - so good - a lot cheaper than a turbo change and as far as I can see a more practical solution as the turbo can be cleaned on the vehicle and does not need taking off.
Hopefully thats the end of it.... might be time to purchase a warranty though 
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| 7th Feb 2010 10:16 pm |
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