Thread: Wastegate stuck open 300tdi?

I think you would have a split under the turbo outlet lose, hard to see without taking it off.

Originally Posted by bee utey

I think you would have a split under the turbo outlet lose, hard to see without taking it off.

yeah maybe..it did not look split from trying to view it from any angle I could see it from. I had toyed with that idea too but i still with to find out where the wastegate should be sitting just in case. Will remove/ replace that hose tomorrow whilst attempting not to lose too much skin....

Originally Posted by bambusa

yeah maybe..it did not look split from trying to view it from any angle I could see it from. I had toyed with that idea too but i still with to find out where the wastegate should be sitting just in case. Will remove/ replace that hose tomorrow whilst attempting not to lose too much skin....

Wack a pair of vice grips on the rod and give it a pull away from the wastegate it self.

Also put a boost gauge on that will tell you what is happening.

Turbo hose is easy to get at, no skin loss required. I changed mine at work in the carpark after it split, ordered a replacement from a turbo specialist got it for a fraction of the price that LR wanted. The bloke couriered a silicon spherical wrap one to me at work. Less than 15 min to do the job, just had to trim the elbow arm lenght with a stanley knife.

I blew the small hose from the tee to the actuator last week, did you check that? None of this explains the high EGT though?

Better than it sticking closed. Might have been a leg out of bed if that was the case.

The waste gate on one of Dan Gurney's turbo Offys jammed shut whilst on the engine development dyno at Champion Spark Plug, Long Beach. Showed 1400 hp from 160 cubic inches. They let it run for 10 minutes then shut down before it hand grenaded. I am told by Stewart van Dyne that the sound had to be heard to be believed. Stew reckons you could feel and taste the noise through the double filled block walls of the dyno room.

Problem solved. A quick visit to PCB Landrover this morning had me a look at where the wastegate sits shut - same as mine was.
So I replaced the little hose (which was close to giving way anyway) and re did my boost t piece hoses.
Still had the same problem so I checked the hoses and low and behold I had thrown the bottom one on the intercooler.
It is back on tight and she is back to her old self