Owler
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Hi all,
I was wondering whether you may be able to help/advise me on an issue with my car. I’ve owned a Freelander TD4 for around a year now. Up until very recently it’s been a great car. As my first Land Rover I’ve been impressed.
A few weeks ago, whilst driving the car. The engine light came on and the car went in to limp mode. I took the car straight to a local garage, who read the fault as ‘boost pressure’. When returning from the garage there was a quiet ‘pop’ sound from the engine bay, after which the engine light went off, and the car began to plume thick black smoke from the exhaust.
I’ve since driven the car home and parked it on my drive. Whenever I start the car, it drives slowly with black smoke coming from the exhaust on revs over 2.5k but the engine light remains off. I’ve done a bit of digging and the most common cause of this fault appears to be with the engine hoses around the intake and intercooler. I’ve found a uprated replacement set consisting of the air intake hose, 3x intercooler hoses and turbo intercooler hose for around the £150 mark, but I’m a bit reluctant to buy them if the issue could be something else. My current plan is to remove the existing hoses and inspect them for any obvious issues/failures before purchasing the new set.
To be honest I bought the car as a run around. I could just cut my losses and sell the car as spares or repair, but the tightwad inside me wants to at least attempt a repair, especially given it’s so simple, before I sell up.
So I was just wondering whether anyone else has experienced a similar problem, or has any idea as to whether the issue could be related to something else? The symptoms appear to be similar to those I’ve read where the hoses were split and no longer holding pressure under boost. However the way in which I got to those symptoms (i.e. the initial limp mode and engine light, followed by a pop sound and the engine light disappearing) don’t seem to be consistent with anything else I’ve read. Most people just get the limp mode and black smoke. Could the issue just be the breakdown of the hoses? Or could it be an fault with the turbo or another major component?
As I say, I’ve done some reading / searching, but I couldn’t find anything which is similar to the conditions I experienced prior the failure. So I have started a new thread.
One other thing worth mentioning, is that the front of the engine bay, around the fan and radiator area, is completely covered in what looks like thick, black oil. I have no idea whether this is recent and caused by the issue, or whether it has always been there and I’ve only just noticed it because I’ve been looking. I don’t know whether this is important, I’m just trying to provide as much information as possible to help resolve the issue. The rest of the car seems to be fine.
Thanks in advance for any advice given!
I was wondering whether you may be able to help/advise me on an issue with my car. I’ve owned a Freelander TD4 for around a year now. Up until very recently it’s been a great car. As my first Land Rover I’ve been impressed.
A few weeks ago, whilst driving the car. The engine light came on and the car went in to limp mode. I took the car straight to a local garage, who read the fault as ‘boost pressure’. When returning from the garage there was a quiet ‘pop’ sound from the engine bay, after which the engine light went off, and the car began to plume thick black smoke from the exhaust.
I’ve since driven the car home and parked it on my drive. Whenever I start the car, it drives slowly with black smoke coming from the exhaust on revs over 2.5k but the engine light remains off. I’ve done a bit of digging and the most common cause of this fault appears to be with the engine hoses around the intake and intercooler. I’ve found a uprated replacement set consisting of the air intake hose, 3x intercooler hoses and turbo intercooler hose for around the £150 mark, but I’m a bit reluctant to buy them if the issue could be something else. My current plan is to remove the existing hoses and inspect them for any obvious issues/failures before purchasing the new set.
To be honest I bought the car as a run around. I could just cut my losses and sell the car as spares or repair, but the tightwad inside me wants to at least attempt a repair, especially given it’s so simple, before I sell up.
So I was just wondering whether anyone else has experienced a similar problem, or has any idea as to whether the issue could be related to something else? The symptoms appear to be similar to those I’ve read where the hoses were split and no longer holding pressure under boost. However the way in which I got to those symptoms (i.e. the initial limp mode and engine light, followed by a pop sound and the engine light disappearing) don’t seem to be consistent with anything else I’ve read. Most people just get the limp mode and black smoke. Could the issue just be the breakdown of the hoses? Or could it be an fault with the turbo or another major component?
As I say, I’ve done some reading / searching, but I couldn’t find anything which is similar to the conditions I experienced prior the failure. So I have started a new thread.
One other thing worth mentioning, is that the front of the engine bay, around the fan and radiator area, is completely covered in what looks like thick, black oil. I have no idea whether this is recent and caused by the issue, or whether it has always been there and I’ve only just noticed it because I’ve been looking. I don’t know whether this is important, I’m just trying to provide as much information as possible to help resolve the issue. The rest of the car seems to be fine.
Thanks in advance for any advice given!
