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Hi i will try and post some pics tomorrow, i have been out this afternoon and opened it up and i think that condensation is a big problem and it is clogging the filter up! the outlet port is open but only a bit, i felt inside and it only felt like 4-5mm, in the instructions it says it can be adjusted, do you know how? maybe it wants opening a bit more.
p.s. it is installed in the same position as the one on here, apart from the pipes are the way they were before the man changed them (going over the top of the turbo).
Could it maybe that the feed pipe to it is sitting on the heat shield of the turbo? as there is loads of condensation!
had to take the turbo to get re conned today its totally shot, oil in the inlet and the outlet side, blue smokin like a good un'!! Do you think this might have anything to do with the condensation in the provent, going to take it off when i put the new turbo back in anyway and do an oil change and see what happens.
What do you mean "condensation" - Oil or water???
If oil, sounds like your engine is breathing (too) heavily, which may be why your turbo has died.
Hi,
Thanks for getting back to me, there was condensation, water, in the provent, i think this is because the temp here. it is mostly cold all of the time. when im driving i can only assume that the provent was keeping a cold temp when the the warm oil is going through it, and causing condensation maybe. There wasn't loads of it, but over a period, it was building up and blocking the filter element. maybe if i was to keep the provent at a temp similar to the oil it would have been ok?
i think the turbo has been on its way for a while. the vehicle has done 95000 miles now. it had a cracked housing on the exhaust side, for a long time until i managed to source a 2nd hand exhaust housing and i think this affected the turbo.
Condensation/water in the filter will increase pressure drop. It should only be able to get in there if you are running an open system (or only doing very short trips?).
Up ! Interesting post :)
I thought I would share my installation of a Provent into a TD5 Discovery 2, here: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members-ri...verhaul-3.html
Great guide and post. Thanks
Just wondering if there is an issue with blocking off the pipe that feeds back into the valve before the turbo?