Recent content by mathew leaney

just an update, once i put it all back together started her up got to 2000 rpm again started smoking so i went all out and took the head off and turns out valve seals leaking, i didnt have time to sort it but a friend of mine was interested init so i sold it to him yesterday for £500

hi thanks for your reply well i dont think the turbo is damaged as i only got 5 to 10 ml out of the whole system so today i cleaned all pipes, intercooler, egr valve, and inlet man, and allso changed the breather valve to the other one from the other engine but put a new filter in, put turbo...

how do i check if the breather valve is working properly? what i done today was removed all intercooler pipes and inter cooler to clean them out but i didnt take off the pipe that gos round the back of the engine as dont no how its bolted on, all the pipes had oil in them some more then others...

hi thanks for the reply so you think the turbo still looks good? the crank breather was blocked before and blow its oil out of the dip stick so i changed the filter for the crank breather the old one was sticky it stuck to my glove lol so that was well gone. so if the breather valve was stuck...

hi thanks for the reply i could be wrong but its not the oil pipes its a pipe that looks like it gos to the rocker crank breather here is a couple pics to see it better. the first pic is the cold air pipe that gos from the air box to the turbo and on the side of that pipe is the hole where i...

can anyone tell me if my turbo looks gd seal wise? there is no free play and no oil on the hot side but i did find oil comming out the breather pipe that gos on the cold side pipe

lol i get ya. i spouse i could have worded it abit better lol

sorry i dont understand

hi i dont no what its meant to feel like when driving as i brought it with the clutch slave gone. i have a replacement turbo on the auto freelander its almost off just have to wiggle it out as done it with the ird in place. does the turbo look gone to you? there is also no oil in the exhaust side

hi there i got my auto freelander today so set out the change the turbos over but when taken apart my turbo the when with blue smoke im not sure is the turbo has gone or not as there isnt alot of oil around or in the turbo. the pic of the cold air in had oil in it but the oil is coming from the...

hi thanks for all the replys. well i have now cleaned out the intercooler and all the pipes and intel manifold put all back and still smoking so i think im going to just change the engine with the new one i brought but i just went over to get the engine of my mate and i managed to end up buying...

hi its blue and alittle white

hi tyrefitter yes does have a little diesel smell but so does my diesel 307 they smell the same, and the smoke comes out alot when i come to a stop

hi thank for the reply ok i will take the intercooler out and give it a good clean and at the same time might as well do the intel and pipes again as they will have oil in them. whats the best and easiest way to get the intercooler off? worst case i do have a complete engine with everything and...

hi thanks for the reply ok i will give the intercooler a gd clean out see if that helps whats the best way to take it off? this is the bit i dont understand as i said above i cleaned inlet and pips again but left the top intercooler pipe off on idle it will be fine nothing coming out the back...