Thread: 01 TD4 noisy and dark smoke

Originally Posted by PaulP38a

Just got a call from my wife (she is driving back to Canberra from Sydney/Douglas Park) saying that she is worried about the car. She has already driven 300Km today and is about 200Km from home near Picton Rd on the Hume Highway.

The car has a whistling noise, is blowing dark smoke and lacks power. It is a 2001 Freelander TD4 with approx 75,000Km. She says it ran perfectly on the trip up to Rylstone a couple of days ago, and was fine this morning.

She has called the NRMA but they won't be there for a while. If it is not drivable, I'm not sure whether to tow it back to Canberra or send it somewhere in South West Sydney.

I realise the problem description is a bit vague, but any suggestions on what this is likely to be would be appreciated.

Thanks, Paul.

Paul, almost 100% certain it has blown the top intercooler to inlet manifold hose, have seen 2 do this, both well under 100K. The oil circulating through the intake system and the high boost pressures these run makes them last no time at all.

It can be driven if that is the fault, but very underpowered and dangerous on a freeway

JC

Thanks JC. looking it up on Rave now.
Is that an internal or external pipe? Difficult to fix?
cheers, Paul.

Originally Posted by PaulP38a

Thanks JC. looking it up on Rave now.
Is that an internal or external pipe? Difficult to fix?
cheers, Paul.

Easy replacement, passenger side of the engine, from the intercooler to the inlet. Top engine cover off and there it is

JC

Originally Posted by justinc

Easy replacement, passenger side of the engine, from the intercooler to the inlet. Top engine cover off and there it is

JC

Cool, thanks again. I'll text this to my wife so the NRMA guy knows where to check first.
cheers, Paul.

The easy way to test is get her to sit in the vehicle, put it in drive and foot on the brake and park brake on, and load it up a little. Should see/ hear it immediately Last one I saw had a very small split which was under the hose and quite difficult to see/ feel.
JC

Not happy with NRMA Road Service. They just called her to say they would be another 1-1.5 hours since they assigned the job to the wrong area and the guy from Mittagong is busy on other jobs. If it was just me waiting, it would be inconvenient... but as it is my wife (and her Boxer dog) waiting, I am quite concerned as it is now dark out and she is still 2hrs from home if it gets fixed on the spot.

NRMA, and all the others are
The fellow is going to arrive when is dark and then call a towing truck
I hope that I am 100% wrong

Originally Posted by Chucaro

The fellow is going to arrive when is dark and then call a towing truck

I suspect you are right. I called NRMA and passed on JC's excellent advice. I also told them if they can't fix it on the spot I want it towed home, not to a service depot. I'd rather pay the extra towing fee...