Td5 Cooling

what was the problem at the end or more importent how did you fix it?

Hi Whisky,

The water pump is broken. I took it out yesterday afternoon and the drive lugs have disappeared. I took a photo (as attached). I have not put it back together yet but I think that will solve my problem. Hopefully I havn't done the head gasket as a result of the water pump failing. In the photo the new one with the lugs protruding upwards and the old one with no lugs.

While I was taking the turbo charger off the seemed to be a reasonable amount of oil in the rubber pipe connecting the turbo to the intercooler. There is a bit of play in the impeller shaft. My Defender has done about 205,000km. Has anybody got any ideas how long the turbo should last before they need new seals etc. I'd have to do a bit of research what needs to be overhauled, kits available etc. before I pull it apart.

Regards Cameron McLay Attachment 20531

Hi,
Apparently the turbo has a little endfloat as normal.
Though I cant tell you how much! All Td5s and any Turbo diesel with those sort of ks will have a little oil in the pipes and intercooler, so nothing to worry about. Consider a flush for the intercooler at some stage if you are concerned.

looking at your photo it would appear you may have had a very week coolant mix and possibly a leaking seal for some time. Is the bearing seized?
Hope you havent got any further issues with overheating.


Cheers

Well,

I'm happy to say I was wrong (hopefuly). I also hope that will be it.

I'd run the test just to be on the safe side (you'd never know what demage is done from the hitting). I don't know about ausralia but over here it's a small test so thay dont charge for it.

Whisky
(my real name is Yariv Shimron)

If I was in your situation I would be pulling the cylinder head ASAP, Check the hardness, confirm it hasn't got out of shape and correct if required and reinstall with new head bolts and gasket.
An excellent post on this site on how to. Do a search.
A known problem with TD5's
Don't leave until too late like I did, I'm not overly confident in mine now due to seriously over cooking it.
Good luck