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Vehicle & Technical => Freelander => Topic started by: mud knight on March 02, 2008, 22:13:39

Title: smoking
Post by: mud knight on March 02, 2008, 22:13:39: has anyone got advise on smoking engine :roll: blue smoke and oil going down rapidly. things people have guessed at; head gasket, turbo, crank case compression, rings, its down on power but then it will pick up again for a bit :roll: i have cleaned the air intake around the intercooler pipes etc which was gunged up about 1/4" thick. cleaned the valve thingy where the exhaust gases come back into air intake.....oh sorry forgot to say its a 2002 td4 73,000 miles 8-[
Title: Re: smoking
Post by: chris9119 on March 03, 2008, 17:13:28: ain't got a clue, but sounds iffy to me....
Title: Re: smoking
Post by: mud knight on March 03, 2008, 21:38:02: i knew i could rely on you Chris :clap: just been to see brumlee but not in so left a note for him to phone so fingers crossed [-o< oh yea i phoned dealer they want Â£87.50 plus vat for diagnosis :doh:
Title: Re: smoking
Post by: reriessandlover on March 09, 2008, 22:56:00: have you checked your intercooler pipe work for splits my brother in laws wwas down on power and chucking out smoke turned out to be the shortest pipe split open

just a thought
Title: Re: smoking
Post by: mud knight on March 13, 2008, 20:27:09: many thanks but found the breather on top of the rocker box to be faulty so replaced it and took intercooler out to flush out and all pipe work inlet manifolled ect. all ok know. :dance:
Title: Re: smoking
Post by: jimthelandyman on March 14, 2008, 19:58:12: Yep usually crank breather, we replace them on every service now also done on the td6 rangey engine as they are the same but 2 extra pistons.
Title: Re: smoking
Post by: maddogz on June 05, 2008, 18:54:55: Is the crankcase breather an easy job to do as i think mine is fubared.
I called Craddocks in Cannock to order 1 and they said there isn`t 1 on the TD4 :-k :-k
cheers
Andy
Title: Re: smoking
Post by: Rockin Robin on June 13, 2008, 10:48:05: Try eBay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-in-box-freelander-crank-case-breather-td4_W0QQitemZ180252510696QQihZ008QQcategoryZ31348QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

There's also someone selling them on there for about Â£25 (buy it now), although I got one for about Â£15 a couple of months ago.

Easy to fit, other than the usual nightmare of re-fitting the air filter housing :shock:
Title: Re: smoking
Post by: maddogz on June 13, 2008, 19:38:54: Cheers for that. :cool:
I managed to get the part number off EBay and took it back with me. Â£30 it cost :doh:
Managed to fit it by kneeling on top of the engine with my rear in the air. :-$ =;
Just need to cure the brown smoke blowin out under load now :rolleyes:
122k miles any ideas?

Andy
Title: Re: smoking
Post by: Range Rover Blues on August 21, 2008, 17:41:43: For Â£25 each service I'd be fitting a catch tank instead.