What have you broken now?

[treequip]

Todays “what have you broken” is from Ed the armchair, he broke his land rover by stripping the spline in the output flange and taking the (already worn) drive shaft with it.

 

 

So ………………….“what have you broken now”

[geoff]

These do go,pack the new one with grease,they get no lube from the axle,rust & let go,well lubed up they last longer.

[Graham]

Today my L200 deposited the complete contents of its sump up the road. Seven litres of oil and no warning lights at all. I replaced a broken pipe to the oil cooler and refilled with oil. Now I think the turbo's blown up. Does a screeching/whirring noise and a vast cloud of smoke point to this?

[mattpete]

your turbo has been damaged , did mine 3 weeks ago £650 down the drain ....

[tommer9]

YEah sounds like turbo.

Thes jap things aint half pricey arent they?!?!

[Graham]

Anyone know the best place to get a turbo from? Can you check secondhand ones before you fit them and is it a straighforward job to fit one?

[garth mc garth]

Anyone know the best place to get a turbo from? Can you check secondhand ones before you fit them and is it a straighforward job to fit one?

 

expect rusted studs on the manifold!! might be worth checking why your old turbo went bang ie look to see if the oil feed pipe hasnt been damaged and starved it with oil.

 

you can buy rebuild kits for the turbo if you got the tools otherwise try milners, agrimec engineering or fleabay

[treequip]

If it’s off the car you can give it a visual inspection. Spin it and listen for noise, inspect the veins for damage, personally, unless you saw it running on a motor I would be wary.

 

Fitting is simple enough, turbo’s just bolt on to the manifold, there will be oil feed and return pipes, wastegate linkages, vac piples etc. You will need gaskets and some assembly paste and let’s hope the old unit comes off OK

[Graham]

Thanks for replies. Not looking forward to this:confused1:

[armchairarborist]

broke a tyre yesterday, and the fuel cap for the 200t.. they don't make stuff how they used to:001_rolleyes: