Looks like I'm out for a while :(

After the annual meet drowning my 2.8 took, it seems my joy at bringing her back to health may have been a bit premature.

She has started smoking again and the turbo seems to spin on after engine shut off for an age. I checked the oil yesterday
and it seems 3 litres of it has been burnt off :shock:

. I pulled off the turbo intake pipe off to check the turbo itself and
discovered some new play in the turbine. So all in all, to my mind its cream crackered. Unfortunately for me funds are just
not available at present so its going to get parked and left. For how long I dont know...Gutted :cry:

Robbie just sent me a PM with a link to a company that sell turbo refurb kits, but I was under the impression that the 2.8
turbo was non serviceable......

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Turbo-Repair-Rebu ... 7165wt_906

Buy a 2ltr to play in Kel!!!!! You know it makes sence!!!!!! :mrgreen:

Get a second hand one from a 1992-1994 Trooper

Then a new exhaust manifold gasket from anywhere.

Should cost less than £100 in all.

Will keep my eyes skinned for a turbo Kel...It wasnt smoking that bad to do that amount of oil coming back from Avalanche

when did you last check the oil mate?

by the way both mine and Petes turbos take a while to spin down on shutdown, Petes has done it since the first laning day we did, when we all first met!

Is it belching smoke out now...???

Chin up mate, we'll get it sorted somehow... :wink:

I changed the oil at avalanche Greg, so 5 litres went in. Checked it yesterday and the oil never even reached the dipstick, so got some more
oil put that in and it took 3ltrs to reach the top mark..... Will do a quick vid so you can hear what the turbo sounds like coz it doesnt
sound like the normal 2.8 turbo wind down and it seems to go on for ages......

No leaks anywhere Kel??? In amoungst the mud...

Thats not good mate. As greg has said chin up.
Look like another redneck party.

Check this out then chaps, apologies for the poor quality but its the sound thats more important....

Sounds like oil is getting past the turbo seals and being burnt in the chambers, be careful as you could end up sucking in oil and running on the oil+ a big bang.

That sounds rough :shock:

Greg Phone me

speak to drift he might have one to sell

doh, he posted just before me

Thats what I thought Ste, fubar'd. Will have to wait then, no cash at the mo.....

Glad I still got my van :wink:

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Strange because it smokes intermittently, but when it starts smoking if I give it some big throttle it will clear it. Seems worse while town
driving because of the stop/starting....

Kel - I've just bought a spare turbo that alledgedly as only done 600 miles. I over sniped it and ended up paying £150 for it :oh yer:

It's my intention to swap it over with the existing one and keep the original as a spare. Now if we can sort out what gasket's we need and sort a date out perhaps we could put my newer one on and you could borrow my original one short term until you can get some cash together for a permanent replacement.

Pete that is incredibly generous of you mate, and i appreciate it. Thanks Pete...

I will just wait for your shout then when your ready... :wink:

well done Pete

Just P.M.d you Kel.
Now we need some helpful pointers from peeps that have done turbo swaps. Reckon we need to start by sourcing replacement gaskets, so does anybody know a supplier (either Vauxhall or Isuzu parts) thats a good bet.
Not sure if heat and rust normally results in any of the bolts/nuts being right barstewards to remove so would we be thinking from the sharp end if we had replacement bolts etc to hand?

Here's the thread for when I replaced mine:

http://fronteraowners.co.uk/forums/view ... 21&t=10940

Hopes it's found to be of use.

Lawrence

This is what I love about fog how we just help each other out.
Nice one Pete and sorry to here about that Kel.