DIFFLOCK66
Well-Known Member
Glad to hear it. 
brian47
Well-Known Member
Glad that you sound as if the Disco is running OK now.
If you're concerned about the wiring looms, the flexible conduits do become a bit brittle with age and the heat of the engine but it's quite cheap and easy to replace. Just do a search on that (in)famous auction website for Flexible conduit and get a couple of metres of the diameter you need. It's split already for easy fitting.
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thebiglad
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I see this time and time again - linking the condition of the intercooler with the EGR system. Sorry but it's just crap.
Think for a second, how do the exhaust gases get re-routed back into the inlet manifold? Via the intercooler - I don't think so !!!
They go directly from the exhaust manifold to the inlet manifold and into the engine. There's no way that EGR stuff has anything to do with reducing the efficiency or cleanliness of the intercooler.
When you see black gunk in the EGR valve or the inlet manifold, that gunk has come directly from the exhaust manifold.
Pikey
Dummy Ejection Facilitator..
Yes but it passes thru the EGR. So once blanked, that gunk can no longer reach the intercooler..
thebiglad
Well-Known Member
You still don't get it do you - the exhaust gases can NEVER get into the intercooler as they are NOT routed through it.
Just think about it a bit, before you leap back in.
brian47
Well-Known Member
I stand corrected.
Thinking about it again, the usual ways that oily muck can get into the intercooler are either introduced by a possible trouble (faulty oil seal?) on the turbo which is the usual culprit or by muck dribbling back down the pipework from the EGR which is not likely. Once the EGR is removed this is no longer a route for contamination.
The exhaust tap off is of course introduced to the EGR after the intercooler.
I apologise for any confusion and withdraw my submission.
Thinking about it again, the usual ways that oily muck can get into the intercooler are either introduced by a possible trouble (faulty oil seal?) on the turbo which is the usual culprit or by muck dribbling back down the pipework from the EGR which is not likely. Once the EGR is removed this is no longer a route for contamination.
The exhaust tap off is of course introduced to the EGR after the intercooler.
I apologise for any confusion and withdraw my submission.
Steve171054
New Member
Regarding the loom wire's, the outer protection cover rots away exposing the loom wires's, in fact during some maintenance today I noticed the same problem. I had a spare piece of clear plastic tubing 10mm diameter, I cut the lenghth required then sliced through one side the full lenghth of the tube, I then inserted the exposed loom wires inside the tube and bobs your uncle wires covered and re protected.
