Thread: MY D4 Is Bleeding

Right, confused now.....

As reported, quite a few very obvious drops of oil on the floor a short while after it was supposed to be fixed.

Next day a bit less and what looked like a spatter of oil.

The car is booked in on the 11th (only time they could arrange a replacement car), with a caveat of it coming straight in if the leak gets worse.

Since then....not a single drop....and yes there is still oil in the engine...

I'm now wondering if it was oil from the original leak pooled somewhere underneath.

I don't work in the city anymore so taking the car in is a pain in the arse...

I'm tempted to leave it until it's next service.....of course, it'll start leaking the second I cancel....LOL!!!

As in, I have another dud turbo.....

Fortunately they have the bits.

Apparently they have to modify the oil feeder line for the new one....What is that all about? LRTech23, Stigg?

Got a 300klms old Red Freelander to test drive until it's fixed. It's a petrol SE, very well appointed. Drives really well too.

Originally Posted by LRTech23

I'd say they will be remodelling the turbo for new cars. As for current turbo faults, Land Rover have said they are releasing a fix for the fault without replacing the turbo....

I don't really get how that can work, as the turbos basically grind themselves to death. Probably has something to do with an oil feed pipe.

They released that message last week, so hopefully in the coming weeks we will see what they have decided to do .

Will let you know as soon as we hear anything from LR.

-Tech23

Any news Tech23? Would the MY13 models arriving soon have the same turbos?

Originally Posted by Malcolm

Any news Tech23? Would the MY13 models arriving soon have the same turbos?

Nothing "official" at the moment.

Word going around and as I suspected is that there will be an updated oil feeder pipe for the 4.4. They've put a one way valve in the pipe, but they're only trialing it at the moment.

There's nothing for the 3.0L yet.

As soon as Land Rover release the information on it I will start a new thread with the information, so people can take their cars to dealers, as there seem to be a lot of people on this forum with the issue.

As for the new cars, I wouldn't be able to comment on that.

Originally Posted by LRTech23

Nothing "official" at the moment.

Word going around and as I suspected is that there will be an updated oil feeder pipe for the 4.4. They've put a one way valve in the pipe, but they're only trialing it at the moment.

There's nothing for the 3.0L yet.

As soon as Land Rover release the information on it I will start a new thread with the information, so people can take their cars to dealers, as there seem to be a lot of people on this forum with the issue.

Thanks for your input mate.

So LR are replacing the same turbo...as in the secondary, as this is the one that's failed again.

They specifically mentioned having to modify the oil feeder to control flow, I think they even said reduce flow. Any ideas?

Cheers,

Kev.

Don't know how they are going to replace the turbo when they don't have any. Unless they have the old turbos in stock.

Originally Posted by LRTech23

Don't know how they are going to replace the turbo when they don't have any. Unless they have the old turbos in stock.

I brought that up....the said they had the parts.

Hope they are right.