Defender TD5 turbo oil leak

[Ttuck3r]

Hi, I'm requiring some assistance, last week I noticed a very small patch of oil under the Landy, and after investigation did I find the U shaped hose that comes off the turbo and joins the steel pipe that goes to the intercooler is saturated, I have no idea how as everything else is dry, so I'm thinking it's coming through the hose, but from where? I've also noticed residue from under the hose on the rocker cover.

Thanks in advance.

[Tanuki]

I had a similar issue on mine: the hose that ran from under the noise-hood on the top of the engine to the PCV valve on the pipe between the turbo and the MAF had gone porous and oil was seeping out then travelling along the outside of the pipe to the PCV and creeping down... in my case most of it ended up on the outside of the oil-filter canister and the metal turbo-to-sump oil-return pipe.

The original hose had a sort-of woven braided protective sleeve slipped over it; the new replacement LR part has a concertina-style bright aluminium sheath - I'm suspecting they found the heat from the turbo was causing the pipe to suffer accelerated degradation and redesigned the part with the heat-reflective protector.

New hose - about £35 - fixed the problem.

[jabber]

Make sure all the hose clips are tight. I found the stock clips to be garbage so replaced almost all of them.

[Ttuck3r]

Thanks for the replies I'm going to get new jubilee clips ordered up and go from there. This evening I pulled all the hoses off and everything looks ok but might have leaks / cracks I can't see.