Its not plastic! Its metal, with a pretty thick wall. I believe turbo wouldn’t bend it like that, but reaching a certain temperature, it could get easier to be bended actually..

Having a look at the diagrams, I can relate it to part 37D2260L but I can't figure out how it got there. Plus, no other consequences or symptoms can be seen or noticed at the moment..

Hello guys Unexpected developments from this! So, I've disconected the hoses, got to the front part of the core with fingers and realised that it was indeed stuck, so the Tim's suspicion was correct. But not completely stucked (like a 1/5 of a turn or so). I'm not comfortable with turbos (or...

Just a quick update: Yes, turbo is stuck.. That sound was actually bearings seizing.

Hmmm.. recorded this one. Must investigate this too. This sensor is not expensive anyway, so it wouldn’t be a big loss to fit a new one.

No, not for now. If needed, I’ll must take the car to a Land Rover shop. But firstly I’ll try to solve this with the tools/ means I have. This makes sense. I did turn the ignition with the instruments out. Yes, but that reading may not be necessarily a MAF sensor problem, I would say. Maybe a...

Yes, of course! Very good suggestion, actually. Thank you again, Tim

Yes, it’s true, and I’d kind of prefer it would be something from there, but, even though, I believe I’d get some moving from the turbo actuator at high revs or feeling some inconsistency when driving. The engine remains behaving the same way with no variations, just in a flat line. Despite the...

Hello Tim Your suspicion about the turbo bearings now makes sense to me, as being the engine completely inactive for more than 2 years, the bearings seizing can be explained after being pushed in such context, even without any previous symptoms, like the absense of play or any noise coming from...

Hey Tim, that seems pretty plausible to me now!

It was spinning by hand, with no play, some days ago, before running the engine for the first time after the rebuild. I didn't check it yet after this, but it's on the list for friday. But I confess I don't think it's that.. I believe it would manifest other symptoms.. But its true that's a...

All new, tight and rechecked. Can't spot any leak.

Hello everyone In order to trying to keep the thread short and the most accurate as possible, I'll invest in a longer and detailed discription. Sorry in advance if it gets to long :) Following the short story I shared with you on the Introductions section (which I invite you to see), here's my...

Thank you. Well, I almost forgot it already :) Time to restart

I’ll surely need as I don’t have high hopes on this series door tops in the winter ;)

Thank you, Kevstar Actually I have both types, as I also have the soft top set (this “new” body came from a soft top model). I’ll just finish the original ones and keep them well packed for now.

Thanks a lot, Knappster

Fortunately :) Thank you!

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