i went out last night in my trusty freelander
driving along i lost all boost from the turbo its done it before so i carried on.
stopped a bit later restarted it and all was fine until i was on the a14 when it juddered and made a popping sound and i lost all boost big time. managed to get it home and had a look this morning.
i took off the intercooler pipes and they where full of metal chips both sides of the intercooler.i think that the turbo has gone and took most of the bits though the engine.
i think im looking for a new engine!!!which i cant by bothered to do.
any idea how much it would be worth as spares or repair its a 2000 on a x plate 5 door.it did have 94.000 mile on it but i dont think that matters now!! also its got a private plate on it so if your names mat your laughing
unlike me!!!

had a go at removing the turbo this afternoon not doing to bad but a have a couple of questions
1, do i really need to remove the ird to remove the turbo
2, what size are the 3 bolts that hold the turbo on they look like torx bolts.
i took the inlet manifold off and i could not see any bit of metal in any part of it so i hoping to just change the turbo fingers crossed.
cheeers
matt and his poorly TD4

had a go at removing the turbo this afternoon not doing to bad but a have a couple of questions
1, do i really need to remove the ird to remove the turbo
2, what size are the 3 bolts that hold the turbo on they look like torx bolts.
i took the inlet manifold off and i could not see any bit of metal in any part of it so i hoping to just change the turbo fingers crossed.
cheeers
matt and his poorly TD4
PS
has anyone removed the turbo with out 1st removing the ird can it be done ????
cheers


matt

One of the problems with "blown turbos" arises when the impeller (the air end blades) hits the casing and starts shaving off aluminium alloy splinters which will be blown towards the engine with the rush of air.

If these enter a cylinder they can get down past the top of a piston and get into the ring groove. There is a high risk that the aluminium (being soft and squishy) will be "wiped" onto the cylinder bore, and cause a great streak of aluminium on the bore, and then the ring comes back up over that time after time and scrapes the aluminium in among the ring and groove, causing the ring to stick down in the piston groove with a disastrous effect on compression.

I recommend you take the trouble to wash out the whole inlet air tract, intercooler and all, to make sure this doesn't happen to you.

There is no air filter AFTER the torbo to catch the bits when it blows up.

CharlesY

cheers for the reply but im going to put the old girl on ebay and try and sell it as spares or repairs.
save up and buy another soon.
matt

THATS IT ITS NOW ON EBAY
eBay.co.uk: 2000 LAND ROVER FREELANDER TD4 S GOLD 5 DOOR SPARES OR (item 300111159365 end time 20-May-07 19:26:45 BST)

mattdonut said:

cheers for the reply but im going to put the old girl on ebay and try and sell it as spares or repairs.
save up and buy another soon.
matt

THATS IT ITS NOW ON EBAY
eBay.co.uk: 2000 LAND ROVER FREELANDER TD4 S GOLD 5 DOOR SPARES OR (item 300111159365 end time 20-May-07 19:26:45 BST)

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WOuldn't it have been cheaper to fit a recon turbo from somone like

http://midlandturbo.couk

Ron