I own a early L series diesel freelander and it has over 200000k miles and when I rev it up it puts white smoke out the back and max revs at 2 - 3k I suspect headgasket but it doesent seem to be burning coolant and oil is fine also I have some pictures of the dipstick and it seems the oil has got hot enough to actually burn the dipstick making it blue and red in colour it starts up and idles fine and doesn’t make white smoke also a bit of metal is wrapped around a hole in the dipstick
L SERIES HELP
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Nodge68
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It won't be the head gasket, as the L series doesn't suffer those.
First off, when were the timing belts last changed?
Retarded timing will cause lack of power, sluggish starting and smoking.
The dip stick is an odd one, but the bluish tint isn't from hot oil, as oil can't get hot enough to blue metal. It's probably from the manufacture of the stick, when it was punched out and cut to length, as they're made of spring steel
First off, when were the timing belts last changed?
Retarded timing will cause lack of power, sluggish starting and smoking.
The dip stick is an odd one, but the bluish tint isn't from hot oil, as oil can't get hot enough to blue metal. It's probably from the manufacture of the stick, when it was punched out and cut to length, as they're made of spring steel
the timing belts were changed roughly 12k ago
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Was the fuel pump belt changed at the same time?
im not really sure as i bought it with the belts already done
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I think that if the pump timing belt was so far out (stretched/slipped) to cause problems, then it wouldn't start.
The L Series does blow HG in Rover cars, but does not look to be an issue in Freelander setup. With no loss/contamination of coolant/oil though, this is unlikely the issue.
Is there any kind of 'tuning box' installed on the engine? If there is, I'd be taking it out and putting it back to standard first.
not to be a pain but it may be a stupid question where would the box be roughly located
just done a test got the old man to rev it and it does make my eyes water! could the pump possibly be pumping in to much fuel as I made it run off a wine bottle full of diesel yesterday and it sucked up the whole bottle in a minute flat
Not as simple as that as most engines suck up way more fuel then they need, any excess is returned to the fuel tank.
If the exhaust fumes stink of fuel then you have a timing issue as mentioned above, or you have a fuel injector fault.
I found out the injector pump gauze filter was clogged with crud causing fuel starvation it’s running perfectly now. I am going to do full fluid flush and filter change.
Good find, and a free fix to, the best kind.
