ccurtis
Member Since: 13 May 2010
Location: Australia
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| Blue smoke under acceleration - turbos to be replaced |
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I purchased the new D4 V6 3.0 Turbo Diesel top of the range. Shortly after purchase noticed that it was blowing a cloud of blue smoke under acceleration - i.e when accelerating to join a motorway, when accelerating to overtake. At all other times there is no visible smoke.
Been back at the dealer 4 times without any success - now told that a decision has been made to replace 2 turbo's as a 'preventative' measure.
Is this a known issue ?
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 13th May 2010 5:02 am |
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Neil Pettersen
Member Since: 23 Nov 2007
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Both turbos replaced ? What about an oil-ring failure . It's a new engine
and this is usually how & when it shows . Engine oil is blue , unburnt fuel
is black/grey ....... 
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| 13th Jun 2010 9:29 am |
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Russell
Member Since: 23 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
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ccurtis
I have the same issue, it has been back to the dealers several times and already had a EGR valve replaced which has improved the fuel economey. I spoke to them on Friday and they confirmed that LR UK are looking at the issue and that I may well end up having both turbos replaced under warranty, justv waiting for the final decission/investigation to take place. Please keep me informed. MY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
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| 13th Jun 2010 11:14 am |
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ccurtis
Member Since: 13 May 2010
Location: Australia
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Hi, both turbos have now been replaced. The smoke has gone so it looks that this problem is now solved. Apparently there was visible traces of oil in one of the turbos.
All happy until last night when I received 'gearbox fault' and all of the associated errors. Turn the car off and the messages disappear - presumably this is only a computer issue.
Off to the dealer again I suppose!
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| 13th Jun 2010 11:00 pm |
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Russell
Member Since: 23 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
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ccurtis thanks for the info, I have acouple of questions. How long did it take to do and is there any other changes, improvment in performance since it was done, is there any change to fuel economey etc
Russell MY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
MY15 D4 HSE Kaikoura Stone
MY12 D4 HSE Nara Bronze Sold and gone
MY11 D4 HSE Stornaway Grey Sold and gone
D3 S spec Silver Sold and gone
Tow bar, full length roof bars, side steps, tow bar storage unit, surround camers.
D4 camera club
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| 14th Jun 2010 8:37 am |
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mwestcrew
Member Since: 24 May 2005
Location: Warwickshire
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The gearbox fault indication is almost certainly due to low battery voltage.........they probably had it in the workshop powered up without the engine running for too long. Mine did this only this morning, quick restart and it went away......just one of those LR niggles that keeps us buying them  2011 D4 Landmark, Mini Cooper SD Clubman, Range Rover Vogue SE
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| 14th Jun 2010 7:39 pm |
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ccurtis
Member Since: 13 May 2010
Location: Australia
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Hi, the turbo replacement took about a week once the parts arrived which was less than 2 weeks once the decision was made to replace the turbos.
I was also intrigued by what would happen with fuel economy - happily I can say that around town I am getting just over 10 liters per 100klms - on the highway 9 or under.
Thanks for the advice about the gearbox fault error.
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| 14th Jun 2010 11:15 pm |
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mowog
Member Since: 12 Jan 2010
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I reported blue smoke under acceleration on my D4. They claim no fault found. I might have to follow this up. Discovery 4 SE Long range fuel tank Kaymar Rear Bar.
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| 28th Jun 2010 3:30 am |
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Peter22
Member Since: 28 Feb 2011
Location: Australia
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| Re: Blue smoke under acceleration - turbos to be replaced |
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ccurtis wrote:I purchased the new D4 V6 3.0 Turbo Diesel top of the range. Shortly after purchase noticed that it was blowing a cloud of blue smoke under acceleration - i.e when accelerating to join a motorway, when accelerating to overtake. At all other times there is no visible smoke.
Been back at the dealer 4 times without any success - now told that a decision has been made to replace 2 turbo's as a 'preventative' measure.
Is this a known issue ?
Hi ,
I had both e turbos replaced BEFORE I took delivery of the car. They were very waffly about e reason they replaced them?
Cheers,
Peter
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| 28th Feb 2011 11:47 pm |
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GraemeS
Member Since: 17 Mar 2008
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ccurtis wrote:Hi, the turbI was also intrigued by what would happen with fuel economy - happily I can say that around town I am getting just over 10 liters per 100klms - on the highway 9 or under.
Can mine have new turbos too? I'd like that fuel consumption! Home of LLAMS, for LRs and Jeep GCs
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| 1st Mar 2011 1:36 am |
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raadar
Member Since: 14 Dec 2010
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is that measured consumption or just what the computor reads out.
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| 1st Mar 2011 11:02 pm |
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LouLou
Member Since: 24 Mar 2011
Location: Redhill
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My 18 month old disco 4 is awaiting parts so that the turbo's can be replaced.....lots of smoke on acceleration. Hopefully won't be too long until its fixed, maybe next week  Absolutely love this car though.
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| 24th Mar 2011 10:07 pm |
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LouLou
Member Since: 24 Mar 2011
Location: Redhill
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Hmmm have had the turbo replaced finally and well... Still have a lot of blue smoke on first hard acceleration of each trip... Am waiting for dealer to get back to me. BTW how many turbos does a 3lt diesel disco 4 have?
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| 28th Apr 2011 10:22 am |
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chm
Member Since: 30 May 2010
Location: Rivonia
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Just told by my dealer that there is now a tech bulletin out which calls for turbo replacement.
Anyone confirm this? regards, Carl-Hein
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| 4th May 2011 11:29 am |
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