Help please lots of white smoke??

Hello everyone,

I have just stumbled across this forum looking for info regarding my Freelander TD4 55 plate. Today I was stationary with the engine running and noticed quite alot of smoke coming from the exhaust. I pulled into the curb and turned of the engine, lifted the bonnet looking for anything obvious. I noticed some oil around the hose from the intercooler to the turbo and also some oil around what appears to be a sensor on a large hose by the inlet manifold but don't know what this hose is. I also checked the oil level and although the engine had been running five minutes previous was suprised to see it was at the minimum level. Anyway I was two miles from home and thought I would drive it carefully home but a mile into my journey I was filling the road up with smoke and decided to pull over. There was no lack of power in the engine but was what I would describe as a sucking noise or whistling noise which I have never heard before as if the engine was drawing in air. I lifted the bonnet again and noticed that oil had actually puddled up around the hose to the turbo definately more than when I previously looked, then I checked the oil level again after standing for some time and oil was only showing at the very tip of the stick. Had to be recovered from the side of the road and put up with the constant moaning from the recovery driver about how bad his day had been. Anyway not much of an intro but would really appreciate ideas and opinions from you guys who really know there stuff. All the very best D.

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Injun injesting its own oil.
Suggest yu post in the Gaylander section and search. Been asked many times before.

Sounds like a blocked crankcase breather might possibly have killed off your turbo. What happens is when this clogs up, then the crankcase pressurises forcing the engine oil out through every seal it can, especially the turbo. First thing is to change the breather pronto.
Next, check/change the intercooler hoses as they can split causing weird whistling sounds & lots of smoke though this won't cause the excessive oil consumption though. That'll be down to either the duff turbo or oil being forced out various points which you should see or possibly a fault with the oil cooler which can force the oil to mix with the coolant.

One small word of warning. As the turbo is the most expensive it makes sense to rule out everything else before changing it but if it's seriously damaged then you can end up with a situation where even though you turn off the ignition, the engine can continue to rev up using its own oil as a source of fuel coming through from the damaged seals. With a manual car the quickest way to stop it is to stall the car in gear with the brakes hard on but if it's automatic then your only option is to have someone ready to block the air inlet pipe to the engine otherwise the engine will continue to run at full revs till it either blows or uses up all its own oil & stops by which time it will be seriously damaged.