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Good point, thanks. Off with the manifold this weekend then...

Good point, thanks. Off with the manifold this weekend then...

Hmm..ok, I will try and get that done this weekend. Yesterday I took the hose off from turbo to intercooler and ran the engine for a minute, quite a bit of oil was blowing out of the turbo. There was also some very thin smoke chuffing out of the oil filler cap while the engine was running, is...

A world of pain as in what? Head gasket? Or worse?

Yes, it is smoking more since the oil change.

Cleaned the cyclone and its a bit better. I left it running for half an hour and when I came back to it I noticed a small pool of oil under the exhaust. Does this support the turbo oil seal failure theory?

Just thinking out loud, could the cyclone breather be to blame? I have never cleaned it out and I do not know how long ago it was done by the previous owner (MOD).

I know, it will be more frequent in future to be sure. I am thinking outlet side oil seal failure, anybody have any other opinions?

Ok, here is this morning'g update. I had a look in the inlet and outlet pipes at the turbo and found a little oil in each pipe, not loads but a dribble. I had a feel in the intake side of the turbo and there was about 1mm of play from side to side, none front to back. I decided to have a look...

Also, the over run thing only happened twice and now she is behaving fine, apart from the smoke and black gunk.

I doubt the turbo seals are gone, it had a recon unit about 35k miles ago, or could they fail that quickly? I will have a look at water injection, thanks.

I removed the EGR and blanked it off some time ago, I will check the intercooler hoses in the morning as I need to do some work ATM but last time I had them off there was a light coating of black oil inside, nothing too much.

Last year I ran my 1997 300Tdi on new veg oil 50/50 with diesel for about 6 months. Since going back to pure diesel I have noticed quite a bit of greyish smoke from startup until the turbo kicks in and it seems down on power. I changed the engine oil and filters at the weekend and it was very...

They are going to be these, I have one and it is a solid vehicle: Land Rover Wolf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There are a lot of TD5 parts in the 300tdi Wolf, could be he means that.

It is a TUL HS from the 1997 contract, registered on an R plate.

Thanks, I like Buster's guides

I tried that a few of times over the last couple of years, no joy. There was a crash damaged one a while ago but I missed it.

Cool, thanks. Should keep me out of trouble on Saturday then.

Wheel bearings were replaced last week, play was still present so I moved on to swivel bearings. Having reset the preload the vehicle is now ok. As it is only a matter of time before the swivel bearings require replacement is it an easy job or will it necessitate removing and stripping the...