mickyd4 wrote:

I have heard the blanking fix does work, someone on here has done over 500 miles and no issue since!

The dealer can clean all the associated pipes for the turbo out and make the problem go away for about 2000 miles, had that happen a couple of time.
The blancking kit that was fitted to mine was about 16 months ago and it initailly cured the problem. I could no longer see clouds of smoke when accelerating. However after about 1000 miles I could see smoke via the rear camera, just a small puff every now and again. This got gradually worse until I could see it via the mirrors. It however did not get as bad as before the blank was fitted.
Having said all of that, the car still made me every time I drove it as long as I did not look in the mirrors. The dealership was brilliant throughout, LR customer services were very very supportive, LR technical were supportive but a little slow to respond to the dealers.
Would I buy another, yes I have and would/will look to buy another one in the future, would it put me off buying one, definatley not.
If I had brought a car that was a few years old and done a lot of miles, i would not have pushed so hard to get it fixed, however I was fortunate enough to buy new with full warranty and as a result I wanted a car that was perfect.
At the end of the day it is a fantastic car that does exactly what it claims to do with or without the smoke