Well I've increased the boost via 2 full terns of the wastage adjustment rod. The sucking noise has gone and the little pig is so much more drivable, nice smooth gear changes and accelerating up to motorway speeds with little fuss from the engine and above all zero smoke. :p Yippee these TD4s...

Turbo fitted today. Not sure if i need to increase boost slightly. the car runs great with no more smoke after the initial puff on start up clearing the system. took it for an Italian tune and floored it down the duel carriageway. The Landy pulls well in all gears and Hits 70 in good time with...

My turbo is shot at 163k Lots of oil in the intercooler pipework o_O I've removed it today and will be fitting a new one tomorrow :)

Well a bit of an update.... Injectors 1 and 3 removed cleaned and resealed with new washers as they were leaking and had a build up of black carbon around them. Then I tackled the turbo issue today. failed seals in the turbo meaning was pumping out oil into the intercooler. I have now removed...

Thanks fot that... will do.

I have removed the carpet and the seal sits in the groove correctly. The pump sits in flush with the seal seated correctly yet I still get fuel seeping out. its bloody infuriating. I'm considering using some Hylomar Universal Blue to seal the thing up once and for all... o_O

Pleased to hear you got it sorted... So which way did you have your seal fitted... bevel side up U or flat side up __?

It would seem that the seal naturally fits in one way.. flat part to the top... I'm wondering if it should go the other way..

Anything with this. Mine is leaking in the same way, from the white tabs .. Ho joy ..... New pump, new seal but still leaking. Especially on a fuller tank going around corners. You can see the fuel flow out from the tabs !!! I might just gasket them up. I'm not sure if these are part of the...

Well I've had a look under the car and there is oil around the pipes where the turbo is... ill git it up on ramps tomorrow and have a hood look for splits, make sure everything is tight and clean the area around the turbo up. I'll try to pinpoint the source of the oil.

Thanks for the replies. Plenty to look at this weekend.... I drove it to work this morning . A puff of dark grey/blue smoke and off she went. Not much more smoke from the exhaust it looked pretty clear behind me all the way to work It was going through the gears ok. Auto box. But felt pretty...

I have new intercooler pipes coming so I will check out how clean it is the EGR vacuum pipe has been removed so it looks pretty clean but with some oil in the pipework.

No I haven't got around to that part of the land rover yet. I will do now you have mentioned it. Thanks.

Evening all, I've bough myself a 52 plate Land Rover Freelander TD4 ES auto with 163 k miles on the clock. I got it real cheap as a bit of a project to bring back up to spec. When I bought it it was a s flat as a fart with no oomph whatsoever. Ok soooo I've done the following to the the...

thanks for the reply's Its a 2000 with only 68k on the clock its got the leather interior its the 4 door. I normally go for V6 Cars so I'm no stranger to the performance which is down on what I'm used to. I know the timing belt will probably need changing and maybe change the auto box fluid...

Ive got the chance of a V6. Whats your thought on this engines pros and cons All advice welcome Thanks. PS. Its LPG converted too

well Ive gave this one a miss.. I'm looking for something a little better lol

door closes properly, the roof is straight.

Yeah you could be right.... I'm starting to think the clutch slave/master may also need replacing. The bill is mounting up.....!

Thanks for the input gents. I would really prefer the diesel engine to the petrol, for obvious reasons. This would be a gamble, once I start to throw money at it It will need to be a keeper. I feel I could be on borrowed time with the head gasket too. These are all things I need to weigh up...