Dont want to buy a new engine if i dont have to!

[thediscodude]

Hi to all, its been a month or 2 since i took my disco off the road, been looking for an engine just to replace currunt one, but having not found the 'right' one for sale yet, i thought id just see what advice i could get on the current engine. i took it off the road due to it going through about 5 - 6 litres of oil every 1 - 2 weeks with no leaks underneath, now there is some play in the propeller thing on the rear of turbo, i didnt know if turbo oil seal had gone wether that could cause it to lose that much oil? any help is very muchly appreciated, thanks ollie

[lurch_917]

thats not a lot of oil if your turbos compleatly gone when i blew my turbo up i could go through 1 gallon of oil in 5 miles , but as you say if youve got play in the inpeler then i would look at changing it as its a signe its on its way out

[thediscodude]

ive onlyjust bloomin replaced the turbo lol wat a bummer, worth a ty before we try something deeper i suppose, thanks mate

[extreme90]

if it was the turbo the air pipes will be full of oil and the exhaust will also be oily

[Lumbering Jack]

plus, if you leave it sat ticking over for a few minutes it will more than likely start to rev up on its own, smoke a bit and then the revs drop back down again - that's what my old hilux did when the turbo started drawign oil.