Don;t operate the car without fixing the hole somehow.
Doing so will result in overspinning the turbo and potentialy damaging it.
A quick repair is to wrap a couple of layers of gaffer tape about an inch
left and right of the hole and better still use a jubille clip over the area
right where the hole is. The wider the jubillee clip the better results you
will get in rendering the hose airtight again.
I have found that a product called QuickTape is excellent on such occasions
either for high pressure turbocharger hoses or water cooling system ones. I
have on purpose left it for more than 10.000 Km on the main water hose of my
AUDI RS2 (while having a brand new spare and 5 litres of engine cooling
liquid in the trunk) just to check its performance and whether it would give
away finally after staying for so long.
I ended up replacing the hose on the last major service of 120.000 just
because I got bored waiting for the QuickTape to give way (which it didn't)
I have also checked in on a torn intercooler to intake manifold hose on one
of my Disco 200Tdi 's and it performed faultesly.
I guess it is a good practice having one in the vehicle's toolbox and that I
why I have ordered a few rolls for me and other fellow members of the LR
Club of Greece.
The product can be purchased online from
www.kalimex.co.uk
They also sell a product called SEAL-UL which works wonders for cracked
cylinder heads, engine blocks and chaffed cylinder head flanges. Have tried
on both V8 and Tdi engines and it did exactly as promised sealing the cracks
and stopping the loss/consumption of water.
I now represent them for Greece so I do have a connection but those two
products are exactly what they say and can really save you money, time or
frustration when in need of such a repair.
Take care
Pantelis Giamarellos
LAND ROVER CLUB OF GREECE
"Cymro Gwirion" <
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> I drive an X-Reg Discovery TD5. Today I started hearing some whistling/air
> noise (similar to a heater fan) when accelerating. After having a good
look
> around I notice that there is a hole in the pipe from/to (?) the turbo,
and
> this seems to tie in with when it happens. I probably can't get parts or
> take it to a garage until the weekend. Am I damaging the Landie in any way
> by still running it? There doesn't seem to be any loss of performance at
the
> moment.
>
> Thanks for advice or a better suggestion as to what the sound could be.
>
