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    Turbo breakdown

    Have recently had to replace left hand turbo on my 2015 D4. 90000km on the clock. Told by mechanic that the turbo was manufactured by ford. Have 2 friends with a Ford ranger and a Mazda BT that have also had turbo fail at under 100000km. My new turbo replacement is made by land rover. Has anyone else had problems? Cheers Bill

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    Mileage seems low for a failure, most likely made by one of the many turbo manufacturers with an LR label thrown on to up the price.
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    Primary turbo on the D4 is a FoMoCo unit as standard. Mine "failed"at about 120,000km, the issue appears to be the variable vane actuator gets jammed up, then strips out the servo motor gear as it tries to open. Replaced with genuine LR (read Garrett) under warranty and all good so far....

    Ive kept the "failed" unit and stripped it down. Nothing wrong with it as far as i can determine, even opened the vane controller module and all ok.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric SDV6SE View Post
    Primary turbo on the D4 is a FoMoCo unit as standard. Mine "failed"at about 120,000km, the issue appears to be the variable vane actuator gets jammed up, then strips out the servo motor gear as it tries to open. Replaced with genuine LR (read Garrett) under warranty and all good so far....

    Ive kept the "failed" unit and stripped it down. Nothing wrong with it as far as i can determine, even opened the vane controller module and all ok.
    So presumably that is a "body off" job. You didn't consider doing both turbos whilst the body was off?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Discodicky View Post
    So presumably that is a "body off" job. You didn't consider doing both turbos whilst the body was off?
    At the cost of them why would you? Where do you stop with that mentality really? I admit there are some maintenance items one might do while the body is off but a turbo, no. That’s not far off saying swap the engine as it’s a 3L so it’s bound to die lol. Gearbox? Transfer case? Diffs? $30k later you depart the premises
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    Quote Originally Posted by Discodicky View Post
    So presumably that is a "body off" job. You didn't consider doing both turbos whilst the body was off?
    If it aint broke.....

    Yes its body off for a turbo replacement.

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    As Lonerangie has said, its a garret / Honeywell, with a FoMoCo label and part number on it. Nothing is "Land Rover" on the V6.

    While I do body off when doing turbo replacement, another Land Rover mech I know does it with the body on. I find it easier to body off but thats just a personal thing.
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    Which method is quicker? I'm guessing that body off is less frustrating.
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    My understanding is that with body on, the upper and lower control arms have to come off to get access through the wheel arches, requiring a wheel alignment afterwards. Body off leaves all the running gear in place. LRA does them body off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster View Post
    At the cost of them why would you? Where do you stop with that mentality really? I admit there are some maintenance items one might do while the body is off but a turbo, no. That’s not far off saying swap the engine as it’s a 3L so it’s bound to die lol. Gearbox? Transfer case? Diffs? $30k later you depart the premises
    Well, for a start (as you'd know) the g/box Ttr/cse and diffs can be done without taking off the body. Ha.
    However I see your point (to some extent anyway).
    My point being that to save extra labour by doing it twice (when the 2nd turbo 'goes') is it false economy so to speak by not doing them at same time.
    What cost is the labour to R&R body?
    Guessing 16 hrs at $180 per hour???
    How much is each turbo?

    See my point?

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