Thread: The Interesting things you find

I bet you will have a ****load more power now that modification is removed.Flannelieclone??????
Andrew

Oh my god!
That's unbelievable.
It's a wonder it stayed more or less without getting ingested into the turbo.

I know of a certain 3L D4 that currently has its throttle manifold stuffed with a rag so a timely reminder to remove it at the appropriate time.

Originally Posted by Graeme

I know of a certain 3L D4 that currently has its throttle manifold stuffed with a rag so a timely reminder to remove it at the appropriate time.

This is partly the reason I use brand new bright blue rag on intake pipes rather than some other colour/dirty rag that might be more easily missed.
I would hate to forget something like that!

Sounds like me. I decided I needed to change the water pump as I had a small leak. So radiator and such out, bright orange rag put over the turbo inlet. All buttoned up, started and ran for about 30 seconds. Then the upper inlet pipe just collapsed. After much anguish she was trucked over to Roverworks who were very good and found my orange rag for me, just short of the turbo itself. But, the best bit? It wasn't the water pump that was leaking, it was a small hose nearby. Naturally the wife was/is very supportive.

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Yep, happened to me as well. There is a grid just short of the turbo which catches/traps anything of size. Using a piece of rag/towel to stop anything inadvertantly dropping into the intake pipe, is dangerous. I recommend the use of a pressure can cap or somesuch to cover the pipe opening. More obvious and difficult to forget about.

In discussions with a tech at the LR agent, this particular incident occurs quite often. It seems it is almost ' rite of passage for the newbies.

I am surprised your vehicle was even running. Mine ran for about a second then refused to start. The unfortunate penny dropped at that point.

Reminds me of when we had one of the Caterpillar V16 gen-sets at Yandi overhauled by the local service agent a few years back. Shortly after bringing it back on line, it went "bang" in a big way.

On investigation it was found that a rag had been left in the sump, and was sucked up into the oil pick-up.

And now we understand why they have a nurse in the operating theatre who marks on a board everything that goes in and everything that comes out.
Patient doesn't get closed up until the tally is correct.
Mostly.