Turbocharger replacement question

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Hi lads,
Having a disasterous time with a ranger rover 03 hse 2.9D which I've bought about 5 months ago. Already cost me 2300 and having got it back 2 weeks ago i've had 2 good weeks driving before its after stopping again with loads of smoke out the exhaust.
Seems the turbocharger is gone now and I've got a quote for 2100 for that. I can get a second hand one but I'm hoping my brother in law can fix it but hes not familiar with range rovers and I need to know how big a job it is to replace. Would he need access to a pit? Does the engine have to come out or anything as radical as that? Could you do a job like this at home if ya had the right tools?

Thanks
 
As I recall the turbo is mounted low in the engine bay so is easier to get to from the bottom.

No real special tools involved, just undo a few hoses, remove a few bolts. Replace gaskets (a lot of the time a small tab of clean oil or liquid gasket can hold them in place to make fitment easier) and refitting is the reverse of removal.

[edit: Just had a gander, appears to be at the top of the engine. Was thinking of my P38. Sillah me.]
 
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No need for taking out engines or anything as complicated as that so? Hes a truck mechanic and would have most tools at home but obviously no pit or anything that big.
 
Make sure its the turbo and not a split hose , if it is the turbo check oil feed pipe to it isn't leaking :) and caused the Failure.
 
Also be worth checking the zorts. A chap here had his turbo fail because the zorts failed which dumped all sorts of crud into the turbo.
 
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