Urban Traveller · Jun 24, 2019

Hi there , because I am going the 11th of august 2019 on a long adventure trip to Southern Morocco and the Western Sahara and my 2003 Discovery 2 td5 didn't pass the MOT due to a medium oil leak (they are very strict in Belgium) I decided to throw some TLC and lots of money at it , Fitted a new AMC head , Turbo Cartridge , waterpump , Steering pump , A/C condenser , piping , new oil cooler seals , oil filter seals , FPR kit , flushed and cleaned al the parts and did everything by the original workshop manual . But no cigar !! It started immediately but emitted an enormous amount of white smoke and the oil just disappeared instantly ,and there was some liquid (?? oil/water/diesel I don't know what mix) coming out of between the exhaust/turbo manifold. I stopped the car instantly so it didn't overheat . What did I do wrong ?

jamesmartin · Jun 24, 2019

did you leave a plastic bung in turbo drain in your new cartridge

Urban Traveller · Jun 24, 2019

jamesmartin said:
did you didnt leave a plastic bung in turbo drain in your new cartridge

Not that I know off, both sides are connected , could it be that the oil drain gasket is crooked ?

Urban Traveller · Jun 24, 2019

OMG you are absolutely right !! I can't thank you enough !!!!!!! Just one question did I destroy the new cartridge by doing that or am I okay restarting ?

Flossie · Jun 24, 2019

At a guess...if you left the return blocked the turbo would be filled with oil and possibly ok. If the flow was blocked it wouldn't of faired so well?
I would give it a good run and check for oil bypassing the seals and turbo noise.

jamesmartin · Jun 24, 2019

Urban Traveller said:
OMG you are absolutely right !! I can't thank you enough !!!!!!! Just one question did I destroy the new cartridge by doing that or am I okay restarting ?

likely spoilt the cartridge oil seals

Urban Traveller · Jun 24, 2019

jamesmartin said:
likely spoilt the cartridge oil seals

Thanks james , your help is much appreciated , I'll put the old turbo back on and send the new cartridge for an overhaul ;-)

Urban Traveller · Jun 24, 2019

Flossie said:
At a guess...if you left the return blocked the turbo would be filled with oil and possibly ok. If the flow was blocked it wouldn't of faired so well?
I would give it a good run and check for oil bypassing the seals and turbo noise.

Thanks Flossie , but like james said I ruined the seals , send it back for overhaul ;-)

Interceptorxj · Jun 24, 2019

On a scale of 1 - 10 how stupid do you feel whilst being deeply relieved that that was all it was!!!!!!!

Urban Traveller · Jun 24, 2019

Interceptorxj said:
On a scale of 1 - 10 how stupid do you feel whilst being deeply relieved that that was all it was!!!!!!!

11 ;-)

Discodevon · Jun 24, 2019

Thanks for letting us all know what happened

ifloochies · Jun 24, 2019

@jamesmartin if only you received a pound for every time you were right .....you're an absolute legend mate.
Hats off to ya.

Urban Traveller, wishing you safe travels

Landshandy · Jun 25, 2019

Ha ha what luck first reply is the winner! Enjoy your trip (I did the same one in my Disco 2 TD5 back in 2016) and don't forget to post some photos

Urban Traveller · Jul 10, 2019

ifloochies said:
@jamesmartin if only you received a pound for every time you were right .....you're an absolute legend mate.
Hats off to ya.

Urban Traveller, wishing you safe travels

Thanks my friend

Urban Traveller · Jul 10, 2019

Landshandy said:
Ha ha what luck first reply is the winner! Enjoy your trip (I did the same one in my Disco 2 TD5 back in 2016) and don't forget to post some photos

Will do , everything should be fixed now , going for a MOT today ;-)

Urban Traveller · Jul 10, 2019

Just back from the MOT and she passed without any issues !!! Yihaaaaa Thanks peeps

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