Member Since: 16 Jan 2012
Location: South Yorkshire
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Which garage - the dealer in Halifax?
On the recommendation of others I took mine to GS at Wakefield and they sorted it for me
26th Sep 2013 8:19 pm
marksimonpowell
Member Since: 20 Aug 2011
Location: Halifax
Posts: 120
yes copley.......
not impressed
27th Sep 2013 11:30 am
marksimonpowell
Member Since: 20 Aug 2011
Location: Halifax
Posts: 120
apparently its ready!
ive been told they have fitted [in their words] "some valves" one from the top and one from the bottom - can anyone whos a bit more technically minded advise what the valves may be? will they work? can valves fix an oil leak?
27th Sep 2013 2:47 pm
nighthawk
Member Since: 24 Jul 2010
Location: Malta
Posts: 1163
I'm not an expert but how are you sure it is an oil leak? White smoke never signalled an oil leak to me. I'd expect blue smoke for that.
Going by that info (and some similar info easily found by my best friend google) I would get the injectors and compression checked.Dennis
2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 Commercial Manual Buckingham Blue
27th Sep 2013 3:06 pm
marksimonpowell
Member Since: 20 Aug 2011
Location: Halifax
Posts: 120
the stealer has always illuded to it being an oil issue?
27th Sep 2013 3:10 pm
nighthawk
Member Since: 24 Jul 2010
Location: Malta
Posts: 1163
Well, get it back. If it's not fixed I think you really should get a second opinion.
As I said I'm no expert. Just going by common causes of white smoke under acceleration.
I believe EGR valves can also cause white smoke when they go bad. Maybe that's the valves they talked about?Dennis
2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 Commercial Manual Buckingham Blue
27th Sep 2013 3:19 pm
marksimonpowell
Member Since: 20 Aug 2011
Location: Halifax
Posts: 120
im noe expert either dennis - far from it!
if it re-occurs i'll take it elsewhere.
I dont think the D4 has EGR valves.
the smoke is all turbo related apparently
27th Sep 2013 3:25 pm
nighthawk
Member Since: 24 Jul 2010
Location: Malta
Posts: 1163
Well if it's bluish smoke then yes it could be turbo related. Sometimes it can be hard to distinguish between white and blue.
I did find a thread and noticed in that thread the original poster reported similar symptoms
"I was reporting a problem with my new D4 HSE smoking excessively when pulling away from a standstill (and now, at kick-down on the motorway too)."
Yesterday while overtaking a slow truck on an uphill, doing 80kmh in 4th, I put foot and saw a big cloud of white smoke behind me.
On the rest of the drive home, I tried to replicate this, but couldn't
This is the first time this has happened, should I be worried?--
2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear
2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged
Member Since: 11 Aug 2008
Location: Teesside
Posts: 372
I had something similar a few years ago. A replaced turbo oil drain pipe resolved the issue but only after I pointed the dealer at a TSB code that I found on here.
Search for my posts and "smoke" and you should find the thread. (I'm on the mobile at the mo so a little difficult to find it)Bri
is this urgent or can it wait for a service in August?
I've tried to replicate, but no luck...--
2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear
2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged
Don't use the second turbo (stay under 2500rpm) for a day or 2 and then give it the beans and it will probably replicate. You need to give enough time for the oil to build up again to create the smoke. To avoid inflicting others with smoke, I would say get it done sooner rather than later. Mine wasn't covered by LR as I was out of warranty but WD covered it. I had to argue and they claimed it was a hose, I pointed out there turbo section stated "all turbo parts". I see they have now changed their wording in the turbo section to exclude hoses!
convenient as I've taken the Puma out of the garage to drive around before its annual service. man, there's just something special about driving a Defender 8)--
2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear
2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged
took the D4 out of the garage after 2 weeks and once it was warmed up on the highway, I slowed down and then gave it horns.
on cue, big puff of white smoke, will book it in for the oil drain pipe recall + oil change.--
2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear
2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged
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