Range Rover p38 2.5dse

wammers · Mar 17, 2018

gold rover said:
Dearest Wammers, as usual you are waaaay above my pay grade, BUT I will read it several times in an attempt to understand Didn't mean to take you away from the guru's Saturday liquid lunch

Do you mean soup and a cup of tea?

gold rover · Mar 17, 2018

wammers said:
Do you mean soup and a cup of tea?

Not quite what I was thinking of

N2O · Mar 23, 2018

wammers said:
It's the engine that sucks, the turbo blows. Turbo can't suck on intercooler to manifold hose.

When turbo inlet sucks pipe there is no airflow, that's why intercooler to manifold hose is sucked by engine.
I've had this problem on at least 3 pre lift P38's, replacing turbo inlet elbow pipe cured the problem completly.
I'ts strange that Land Rover didn't recall vehicles with this issue(but they knew about the problem, hence why it got upgrade to plastic elbow with facelift), it's very dangerous in for eg overtake situation, engine suddenly looses all power forcing you to stop the engine. In very hot conditions this rubber elbow closes turbo inlet completly.

wammers · Mar 24, 2018

N2O said:
When turbo inlet sucks pipe there is no airflow, that's why intercooler to manifold hose is sucked by engine.
I've had this problem on at least 3 pre lift P38's, replacing turbo inlet elbow pipe cured the problem completly.
I'ts strange that Land Rover didn't recall vehicles with this issue(but they knew about the problem, hence why it got upgrade to plastic elbow with facelift), it's very dangerous in for eg overtake situation, engine suddenly looses all power forcing you to stop the engine. In very hot conditions this rubber elbow closes turbo inlet completly.

New pipe was fitted for MY 1998 and EGR introduction. Not for 1999. I have no doubt what you say is possible with a badly maintained car and degraded pipe with inlet filter restricted.

Mark Piercy · Mar 24, 2018

Reading this tells me that the pipe onto my own manifold is looking a bit flat as well!!! I did remove it last weekend to see if it had collapsed inside, it hasn't but doesn't look so good regarding its flattened profile...

Range Rover p38 2.5dse

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