HELP SOMETHING WENT WRONG AFTER PLACING A NEW TD5 AMC HEAD !

Hi there , because I am going the 11th of august 2019 on a long adventure trip to Southern Morocco and the Western Sahara and my 2003 Discovery 2 td5 didn't pass the MOT due to a medium oil leak (they are very strict in Belgium) I decided to throw some TLC and lots of money at it , Fitted a new AMC head , Turbo Cartridge , waterpump , Steering pump , A/C condenser , piping , new oil cooler seals , oil filter seals , FPR kit , flushed and cleaned al the parts and did everything by the original workshop manual . But no cigar !! It started immediately but emitted an enormous amount of white smoke and the oil just disappeared instantly ,and there was some liquid (?? oil/water/diesel I don't know what mix) coming out of between the exhaust/turbo manifold. I stopped the car instantly so it didn't overheat . What did I do wrong ?

did you leave a plastic bung in turbo drain in your new cartridge

jamesmartin said:

did you didnt leave a plastic bung in turbo drain in your new cartridge

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Not that I know off, both sides are connected , could it be that the oil drain gasket is crooked ?

OMG you are absolutely right !! I can't thank you enough !!!!!!! Just one question did I destroy the new cartridge by doing that or am I okay restarting ?

At a guess...if you left the return blocked the turbo would be filled with oil and possibly ok. If the flow was blocked it wouldn't of faired so well?
I would give it a good run and check for oil bypassing the seals and turbo noise.

Urban Traveller said:

OMG you are absolutely right !! I can't thank you enough !!!!!!! Just one question did I destroy the new cartridge by doing that or am I okay restarting ?

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likely spoilt the cartridge oil seals

jamesmartin said:

likely spoilt the cartridge oil seals

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Thanks james , your help is much appreciated , I'll put the old turbo back on and send the new cartridge for an overhaul ;-)

Flossie said:

At a guess...if you left the return blocked the turbo would be filled with oil and possibly ok. If the flow was blocked it wouldn't of faired so well?
I would give it a good run and check for oil bypassing the seals and turbo noise.

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Thanks Flossie , but like james said I ruined the seals , send it back for overhaul ;-)

On a scale of 1 - 10 how stupid do you feel whilst being deeply relieved that that was all it was!!!!!!!

Interceptorxj said:

On a scale of 1 - 10 how stupid do you feel whilst being deeply relieved that that was all it was!!!!!!!

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11 ;-)

Thanks for letting us all know what happened

@jamesmartin if only you received a pound for every time you were right .....you're an absolute legend mate.
Hats off to ya.


Urban Traveller, wishing you safe travels

Ha ha what luck first reply is the winner! Enjoy your trip (I did the same one in my Disco 2 TD5 back in 2016) and don't forget to post some photos

ifloochies said:

@jamesmartin if only you received a pound for every time you were right .....you're an absolute legend mate.
Hats off to ya.


Urban Traveller, wishing you safe travels

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Thanks my friend

Landshandy said:

Ha ha what luck first reply is the winner! Enjoy your trip (I did the same one in my Disco 2 TD5 back in 2016) and don't forget to post some photos

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Will do , everything should be fixed now , going for a MOT today ;-)

Just back from the MOT and she passed without any issues !!! Yihaaaaa Thanks peeps