Confirmation Needed on Turbo Problem

Hi All,

Firsty time post on here but great to read all the other issues and problems

I was driving home on Friday on the motorway and had my 2002 Freelander TD4 running at around 90MPH. A very quiet noise like a stuck bearing or similar started, thought it was the radio at first until the noise got louder over the course of around 5 minutes the noise was a full blown bearing squeel, then bang! Lost almost all power with clouds of white or blue smoke out the rear.

Engine still starts and turns over but while idleing it sounds like there is servere metalic rattleing coming from somewhere in the engine.

Got vehicle recovered but from what I can read on here and my limited mechanical knowlegde (I'm in to IT) I think it's my turbo that has blown.

Engine has done over 152000 miles so is there anyway I can confirm that it is my turbo without having to drag it to a dealer and is it worth replacing if it has gone?

Sorry to sound like an idiot but I can fix computers not engines

If anyone has an IT issues, I'd be happy to sort them for you just PM me

Thanks for all your help in advance#

Toshlad

That doesn't sound like a turbo to me.

I've had to (non-LR) engines throw rods recently though and a broken con rod sounds a lot like your describe.

It could be a completely disintegrated turbo bearing; best I can think of to test it is to remove the air inlet pipe from the turbo or intercooler - it should at least idle happily like that. No easy way to avoid the exhaust passing through the turbo though. If it bounces on idle it's probably internal and a snapped con rod.

Watch the oil level while testing to avoid staving the engine - if it is the turbo bearing then you'll be pumping engine oil into the exhaust quite quickly.