Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Originally Posted by discorevy

Yes, I checked all around the turbine housing, no leaks.

MBC's on both, only set at 24-25, noticeable on power and egt's , suits the tunes . Both have full size UK manual spec upgraded intercoolers though

I found a bit of soot on the OEM heat shield. I managed to do the bolts up on the exhaust housing half a turn, see if that works. The exhaust system was dry no oil, so that's a good thing.


It looks like it was leaking from the drain and getting onto the rear housing. When I installed the turbo, I had a spare OEM drain gasket and used that over the supplied one. It turns out the OEM one is too wide and binds up against the rear housing and as your doing it up, it never leaked after the first few runs but must seep out slowly. I have reinstalled it now with the one that came with the TT. See how that goes.

Hopefully thats the end of it, I was wondering why I got a oily burning smell at traffic lights, just comes in via the cab intake just behind no doubt.

Got the remote oil filter mount installed today - the Z89A is just for ‘fit’ and when in service I will run with a RYCO Z89ST.

Originally Posted by onebob

Got the remote oil filter mount installed today - the Z89A is just for ‘fit’ and when in service I will run with a RYCO Z89ST.

Shiny turbo goodness

Originally Posted by onebob

Got the remote oil filter mount installed today - the Z89A is just for ‘fit’ and when in service I will run with a RYCO Z89ST.

Good to see it set up to pour everywhere

Not much you can do about that, however my money is on it being a messy affair

Originally Posted by Four Loko

I found a bit of soot on the OEM heat shield. I managed to do the bolts up on the exhaust housing half a turn, see if that works. The exhaust system was dry no oil, so that's a good thing.


It looks like it was leaking from the drain and getting onto the rear housing. When I installed the turbo, I had a spare OEM drain gasket and used that over the supplied one. It turns out the OEM one is too wide and binds up against the rear housing and as your doing it up, it never leaked after the first few runs but must seep out slowly. I have reinstalled it now with the one that came with the TT. See how that goes.

Hopefully thats the end of it, I was wondering why I got a oily burning smell at traffic lights, just comes in via the cab intake just behind no doubt.

If it still leaks you might find the oil drain flange is warped ( common ) if it is, you can remove it using a 24mm at the other end and file it flat.

Originally Posted by onebob

Got the remote oil filter mount installed today - the Z89A is just for ‘fit’ and when in service I will run with a RYCO Z89ST.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Not much you can do about that, however my money is on it being a messy affair

Couple of ways to make it a clean affair would be to either
1: spin the housing 180 degrees
2: fit a filter with an anti siphon valve as well as anti drain back valve.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Good to see it set up to pour everywhere

Not much you can do about that, however my money is on it being a messy affair

Haha - Yes I’m sure there will be spills because oil filter changes are inherently messy affairs on most vehicles anyway. I’m hoping that the superior access now afforded compared to the standard filter location will make for a quicker and cleaner job - we’ll soon see I guess . Also I am using Dash 8 AN flare fittings and not hose barbs on the filter mount so if I could be bothered there is an option to drain the filter into a container by disconnecting the return hose. As for spills it is a “straight shot” down to the chassis rail which is an ideal place for an absorbent pad or rags to catch drips.

Originally Posted by discorevy

Couple of ways to make it a clean affair would be to either
1: spin the housing 180 degrees
2: fit a filter with an anti siphon valve as well as anti drain back valve.

Re 2: that would be a RYCO 614.