newbie with black smoky td4

hi all,
been lurking in the background for a while, now taken the time to register. first question,
wife came home yesterday from 150 mile round trip now her 02 td4 freelander is chucking out blake smoke under hard acceleration, any ideas where to start

I know the answer to this one. Buy a V6 Freelander
How many miles has the said TD4 covered?

thanks for that marksurry, enough trouble with four cylinders at the moment.
mileage has just turned 34000

Mileage isn't that high then. I know diesels will smoke when under hard acceleration if they've been driven gently for a while; build up of sh!t in the exhaust being pushed out.
I wouldn't imagnie the piston rings have failed yet. Does the turbo sound ok still? Is there a noticable reduction in performance?

no this is real black smoke plumes of the stuff but only under hard acceleration. no other noises or lack of power!!!

Well to be honest I'm at a loss. Lets hope some one on Landy Zone has an idea.
Welcome to Landy Zone by the way

try lookin for a split intake hose to start with normally the one from intercooler to intake or egr 90 degree elbow pipe split, good luck.
that would be a start as a few things could cause ya smokin

carlycolour said:

hi all,
been lurking in the background for a while, now taken the time to register. first question,
wife came home yesterday from 150 mile round trip now her 02 td4 freelander is chucking out blake smoke under hard acceleration, any ideas where to start

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Ha Ha hahaha ha ha ha
What do yer mean THE WIFE'S Come on be brave, We all own one in this section
As for the smoking bit, like LRGUY says,Tell HER to check all the hoses for splits, I noticed on mine that the LH side one rubs on the underside
Listen out for a hiss aswell
Mine chuck out black smoke aswell but i car'nt afford to be without it at the mo Work van yer see

PS Welcome

mine also went on the 90degree part from airbox to egr valve also been told a faulty boost pressure sensor can cause same problem only £14 from landrover so maybe worth a try hope this helps

kenners said:

also been told a faulty boost pressure sensor can cause same problem only £14 from landrover so maybe worth a try hope this helps

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Who by Kenners! If yer dont mind me askin?

mondo said:

Who by Kenners! If yer dont mind me askin?

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Hi mondo a mate who works for the stealers why do you ask?

Cos mine dose the same only under heavy excelleration, no hose leaks etc and i aint got time to book it in for em to play wi there testbook magic box bits, so just intrested in other peoples fixes
Cheers mate

To be honest mine went on test book as a freebie to me and it came up with fault on boost pressure sensor changed it runs perfect now no smoke turbo kicks in as should perfect just thinking about getting one of them magic boxes off of roverron what do you think about them are they as good as he makes them out to be cherrs

kenners said:

just thinking about getting one of them magic boxes off of roverron what do you think about them are they as good as he makes them out to be cherrs

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Well in my opinion Yes! made a lot of difference to mine, much smoother and a lot more poke (and Smoke, till i get it sorted) the auto box feels a lot smoother aswell.
He's a decent bloke aswell, I'm sure he dose a 30day return thingy if yer not happy with it, So nowt to loose really

thanks for all your replies, turned out to be 40mm split in the 90 degree hose to the egr, would you believe could not see or feel it until i took it off.

I have just had the same problem. Turbo hose split. It was spitting oil out of the split. Patched it tempereraly with duck tape...and the other side split. Cost £30 for both. The longer pipe on the offside is a real pig to change due to the jubilee clip being hard to get at. Also was advised to change the engine breather which sits behind the injectors (£35) which I did. No smoke now but the car is still running very sluggish. A bit pricey for these little parts but wait for it, just had a clutch a dual mass fly wheel at £855. Thinking of getting a push bike next.