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Nickthedefender

Member Since: 15 Oct 2023
Location: Market Harborough
Posts: 12

TD5 HELP!!!

Evening all,

So….5 months back into Defender TD5 ownership and things have took a very serious turn for the worse.

Bought my 2003 TD5 Xs back in October 23, since my ownership, I have spent a LOT of money and time on making it my own alongside preventative maintenance and serving to keep at it best (127k on clock).

Anyhow, long story short, something very very bad has happened! After a dirty weekend at a pay and play in my very shiny defender (yes, bad idea), a sequence of catastrophic failures happened on the way home as follows

1, Felt sluggish.

2, Flicking oil light on idling speed while driving (went away with throttle applied).

3, Very sluggish.

4, Turbo failure.

5, Checked by local garage, oil pressure at cold 2.6 bar, warm 0.5 bar.

6, Metal filings in the oil too.

7, Diagnosis “engine very bad!”

Question is what’s happened??? Has anybody experienced similar?

So it looks like a new engine is a must given the above, unless anyone has anything worth trying before I commit? (Apart from setting fire to it!).

Can anyone recommend someone in Leicestershire/Northamptonshire who can help or go to?

Thanks

28th Feb 2024 10:05pm

Dinnu

Member Since: 24 Dec 2019
Location: Lija
Posts: 3410

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Santorini Black

The achilles heel of the Td5 is the oil pump bolt. If that undo itself, you will be left with no oil pressure and catastrophic failure of the engine.
If that is the case, it is more being unlucky rather than something you have done. 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black

29th Feb 2024 4:33am

34064

Member Since: 12 Dec 2023
Location: South Central
Posts: 168

Take the sump off and check the oil pump bolt as mentioned above 110 Td5 Ex Utilities slowly converting into a pop top camper one day

Build thread:https://www.defender2.net/forum/post1024784.html#1024784

29th Feb 2024 7:26am

kenzle8a

Member Since: 12 Feb 2020
Location: None
Posts: 1074

As the others have said 1st order of business would be to drop the sump and check the oil pump bolt.

Second would be to remove the intake hose and check the turbo impeller to see if its intact and if the engine has ingested it.

Not totally local but my father in law uses these chaps and they always have a fair few Defenders in.

https://venture4x4.co.uk/

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29th Feb 2024 7:59am

TexasRover

Member Since: 24 Nov 2022
Location: Paris
Posts: 1034

2002 Defender 110 Td5 DCPU Chawton White

Or maybe the engine was old and tired from poor maintenance before you, maybe someone ran it low on oil or maybe it is not the original engine.

Was your oil level correct, did you maybe starve the engine from oil when you were at your pay and play site?

Regardless if you rely on others to keep your Defender in tip-top shape it will be an expensive experience. Not saying you should swap your own engine out, but for sure going to a garage for everything quickly doubles the money you spend on the car.

29th Feb 2024 8:00am

barbel jim

Member Since: 12 Dec 2012
Location: Northants
Posts: 1419

You have pm

29th Feb 2024 8:19am

Nickthedefender

Member Since: 15 Oct 2023
Location: Market Harborough
Posts: 12

Thanks Jim.

29th Feb 2024 9:33am

Nickthedefender

Member Since: 15 Oct 2023
Location: Market Harborough
Posts: 12

lord-haggis wrote:
As the others have said 1st order of business would be to drop the sump and check the oil pump bolt.

Second would be to remove the intake hose and check the turbo impeller to see if its intact and if the engine has ingested it.

Not totally local but my father in law uses these chaps and they always have a fair few Defenders in.

https://venture4x4.co.uk/

Thanks.

I have checked the turbo and it is missing some sizeable chunks of the fins.

As for the dreaded bolt, that hasn’t been checked as the garage said it’s very likely the engine has suffered heavy wear and damage.

Don’t really know the best way forward at this stage. Tempted to buy a secondhand turbo and to remove sump and check/replace the bolt and see what happens, just don’t want to waste my time and money if it’s shot.

29th Feb 2024 10:09am

barbel jim

Member Since: 12 Dec 2012
Location: Northants
Posts: 1419

If your missing vanes from turbo, and metal in oil it certainly sounds engine side’ and passed through the turbo with exhaust gasses. Realistically as I guess it’s a keeper, only one solution….

Engine swap inc turbo. Budget option would be for a known good used swap. Me I’d strip it fix the bits needed, upgrade stuff and happy days

A td5 is usually pretty bullet proof… just regular oil changes and filters.

29th Feb 2024 10:21am

Nickthedefender

Member Since: 15 Oct 2023
Location: Market Harborough
Posts: 12

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29th Feb 2024 10:31am

barbel jim

Member Since: 12 Dec 2012
Location: Northants
Posts: 1419

Well a new turbos on the list

I’d be going variable vane for the replacement.

29th Feb 2024 12:43pm

Dinnu

Member Since: 24 Dec 2019
Location: Lija
Posts: 3410

Nickthedefender wrote:

Don’t really know the best way forward at this stage. Tempted to buy a secondhand turbo and to remove sump and check/replace the bolt and see what happens, just don’t want to waste my time and money if it’s shot.

I would have the same temptation, although I would not get a replacement turbo before taking off the sump and check the oil pump bolt. Depending on the extent of the damage, but you could possibly get away with just a bottom end rebuild. 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black

29th Feb 2024 1:10pm

htb2

Member Since: 02 Nov 2018
Location: Carmarthenshire
Posts: 529

barbel jim wrote:
Well a new turbos on the list I’d be going variable vane for the replacement.

If you are after a standard turbo, I have a pair of secondhand ones I am willing to sell. £50 each plus postage.

29th Feb 2024 1:41pm

Tank

Member Since: 25 Jul 2014
Location: Fife
Posts: 431

Hi

So, the same thing happened to me.

My oil filter housing cracked and I lost all the oil. It was supposed to have been checked by the garage when it was in for a service and checked for oil leaks. Turned out to be a crack in the oil filter housing which they didn't see!

Anyway, turbo did the same thing but none of the bits got in the engine. Cleaned all the bits out and fitted a new turbo and the Tank has run fine ever since, that was about 9,000 miles ago.

225,000 and still going strong. So far !

Tank

29th Feb 2024 4:42pm

Nickthedefender

Member Since: 15 Oct 2023
Location: Market Harborough
Posts: 12

So that’s the worrying thing, I didn’t lose any oil, it’s still at the full mark with very fine metal fillings in!

29th Feb 2024 7:36pm

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