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Tm17 Member Since: 08 Jan 2018 Location: Birmingham Posts: 16 |
Did the engine runaway? Sounds like (as said above) the seals have failed and sucked the oil out of the engine and through the inter cooler. There’s probably oil in the exhaust too.
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Tue Sep 18 2018 7:13pm |
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Disco_Mikey Member Since: 08 Apr 2012 Location: Dundee, Scotland Posts: 4395 |
Between min/max is only 1 litre of oil. You need to establish how much oil is left in the sump
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Tue Sep 18 2018 7:15pm |
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Tm17 Member Since: 08 Jan 2018 Location: Birmingham Posts: 16 |
Thanks disco there is hope yet then.
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Tue Sep 18 2018 7:19pm |
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RRSTDV8 Member Since: 12 Aug 2011 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 8974 |
My old TDV8 blew its turbos at about 70k. It's still running, I see, and I sold it last year with 174k on the clock... 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
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Tue Sep 18 2018 7:46pm |
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Tm17 Member Since: 08 Jan 2018 Location: Birmingham Posts: 16 |
What happened when your turbos went. Does it sound similar things to what’s happened to mine?
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Tue Sep 18 2018 8:00pm |
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Father Jack Member Since: 16 Oct 2016 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 480 |
I was fortunate. No smoke, no runaway engine. It simply switched itself off. No engine damage or intercooler damage. "Just" the turbos. Mind you it was no fun with the engine just shutting down at 40mph and trying to coast to somewhere safe with no power stering etc...
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Wed Sep 19 2018 7:23am |
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RRSTDV8 Member Since: 12 Aug 2011 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 8974 |
When mine blew, I got a loss of performance (no dashboard lights, however) and a good deal of white smoke with a rather unpleasant smell to it. No oil leak that I remember. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
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Wed Sep 19 2018 5:00pm |
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RRSTDV8 Member Since: 12 Aug 2011 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 8974 |
The TDV8 is a pretty robust bit of kit. Provided you didn't dump in enough oil to hydro-lock it (would have been a bang if it had) and provided no bits of turbo have found their way in to the engine, new turbos and a good clean out of the pipework / intercooler etc, should see you right. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders 2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed |
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Wed Sep 19 2018 5:02pm |
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Brit Plumber Member Since: 05 Jan 2018 Location: Sleaford, Lincolnshire Posts: 1849 |
It doesn’t sound catastrophic, a mate VW Passat ran away and it only stopped when it ate all the oil. He fitted an Audi Turbo, cleaned out as much oil as possible from the pipes and then ran it for an hour at 2am on the far side of the runway at work and it ran fine for years after that. It did smoke and ran crap for about 15 mins before smoothing out and the oil burnt off.
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Wed Sep 19 2018 5:47pm |
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Tm17 Member Since: 08 Jan 2018 Location: Birmingham Posts: 16 |
So I had a phone call from the garage. Engine seems to be fine from all their checks. 2 new turbos needed and we should be back up and running. |
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Thu Sep 20 2018 7:10am |
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