Need recovery from Brampton :( Banshee's Turbo gone BANG

[Banshee]

I need to get home and been trying since 6pm, long story short for now, my engine overrun earlier in traffic and I had to scream at my girlfriend to get out the truck in live traffic.

I know Its a long shot but could anyone here get me and the girlfriend home?

We are having right fun and games with my AA cover.

 

[Banshee]

Panic over, someone will be here in 45 mins, what a day.

And now have a very very poorly truck, engine oil spitting out the exhaust flexi is a new one on me.

Everyone has been suggesting oil getting past the turbo?

I hope nobody has to ever experience that, it was awful, people were running away!!!!

 

[Mr K]

Sh!t dude. Just jumped on and seen this.

Hope you and the girlfriend got home safe as breakdowns can be a scary thing.

When you get a chance, what happened?

 

[jims-terrano]

On no Banshee, hope you are both OK this morning mate. Fingers crossed your truck is not badly damaged mate.

 

[elty001]

Hope you are home and safe now mate:thumb2
I was speaking with Zac yesterday when it happened and the symptoms are white/grey smoke, excessive oil consumption,oil in the exhaust and the engine running on.
I'm no expert but it sounds like the oil seals on the turbo have failed.
Luckily he has got a good clutch and was able to stall the engine.

 

[Davey Boy]

Bloody hellfire!
That has got to be the worst thing, and in traffic to!
Hope you're both ok?

 

[jims-terrano]

Have had it happen to a friend with a Reno and seen it on YouTube but this is a first on a terrano that I’ve heard of.
Was it his van or grandad banshees 3litre?

 

[makeitfit]

Just a heads up on breakdown cover. I didn't realise till a couple of weeks ago that my recovery didn't allow for vehicles over 16 years old :nenau
I had a personal recovery plan with Swinton and had never had an issue till the other week my 20 year old Merc had a senior moment.
Anyway since then I've changed to ETA Recovery who seem to cover all bases.

 

[Blocky10]

As above Zac, hope you are both ok.
That's some scary stuff to happen, even worse at that time of night.
At least you managed to stall it, hopefully before serious damage occurred.
If you need the use of a workshop and ramp, let me know. We've a huge trailer too, so no problem picking you up.

 

[panelbeater]

hope you both well.i was driving in london and a white van crossed in front of me doing the same he got it to stop in a car park and jumped out still max reveing,what i did notice was the noise and smoke as it crossed in front.its cought on my dash cam someware.

 

[don simon]

Bloody hell! Sounds awful, but good to hear that everyone is OK.

 

[RJL Services]

i had the same issue on a 57 plate berlingo it was just constantly racing and would not stop running until it siezed up a mile from my home it turned out turbo had gone and even switching the off the car it would still keep running on the engine oil it was getting even melted the plastic dip stick engine was scrap never liked the later citroen hdi engines old school none turbo ones bullet proof
sound like you may be okay as you were able to stall it plus they are a stong built engine but all the same very scary when it happens glad you are both ok

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Good job you have a manual box mate, I've seen it happen to an auto once, not good!

 

[elty001]

Good job you have a manual box mate, I've seen it happen to an auto once, not good!

I carry a c02 extinguiser and a flat bit of board so if ever my auto did run away I've got some means to try and stop it.

 

[macabethiel]

Breakdown recovery on older vehicles - check small print

Just a heads up on breakdown cover. I didn't realise till a couple of weeks ago that my recovery didn't allow for vehicles over 16 years old :nenau
I had a personal recovery plan with Swinton and had never had an issue till the other week my 20 year old Merc had a senior moment.
Anyway since then I've changed to ETA Recovery who seem to cover all bases.

That's a good point they know the age of a vehicle when you put your registration number details in for an insurance quote. it's not until you read the small print that you can find out you have no cover.

 

[johnb5177]

Just read this Zac, hope you get this sorted without major hassle......glad to hear though that no one was hurt....you can fix machines, you can't replace folks.....good luck......

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

When mine did it, it was 3 things, so took me a while to work out.

In my case, not only was the turbo leaking oil, but because of some scoring in the centre two piston walls, I have quite high chankcase pressure, and to make this worse, the blowby control valve had failed allowing the turbo to suck the oil vapour from the rocker cover at higher revs, where it would then re-condense in the rubber air tube that runs from the filter to the turbo. This tube has lots of little dimples inside, so it builds up a fair amount of oil over time, where it would then trickle to the bottom of the tube, especially when everything was up to temp, and oil was nice and runny, build up into a deep puddle where the tube joins the turbo, and then the trigger was normally braking as I was facing up hill, where the oil would pour into the turbo, and therefore be fed into the engine.

It did it a couple of times at junctions, but the worst was going up Riegate hill on the M25, where I was already going at just under 70, as everything in front of me started slowing down, my car suddenly started to accelerate hard and all the vehicles behind me disappeared in a huge cloud of smoke. Weird feeling when you car decides to drive it's self!

A new turbo, part fixed it, but then I discovered the issue with the blowby control valve, and put an oil catch can in, which drains back into the sump, and that stopped it completely.

Luckily my engine survived it.

Good luck mate, it's a scary feeling.

 

[Mr K]

When mine did it, it was 3 things, so took me a while to work out.

In my case, not only was the turbo leaking oil, but because of some scoring in the centre two piston walls, I have quite high chankcase pressure, and to make this worse, the blowby control valve had failed allowing the turbo to suck the oil vapour from the rocker cover at higher revs, where it would then re-condense in the rubber air tube that runs from the filter to the turbo. This tube has lots of little dimples inside, so it builds up a fair amount of oil over time, where it would then trickle to the bottom of the tube, especially when everything was up to temp, and oil was nice and runny, build up into a deep puddle where the tube joins the turbo, and then the trigger was normally braking as I was facing up hill, where the oil would pour into the turbo, and therefore be fed into the engine.

It did it a couple of times at junctions, but the worst was going up Riegate hill on the M25, where I was already going at just under 70, as everything in front of me started slowing down, my car suddenly started to accelerate hard and all the vehicles behind me disappeared in a huge cloud of smoke. Weird feeling when you car decides to drive it's self!

A new turbo, part fixed it, but then I discovered the issue with the blowby control valve, and put an oil catch can in, which drains back into the sump, and that stopped it completely.

Luckily my engine survived it.

Good luck mate, it's a scary feeling.

Nice write up and a good advert for an oil catch can :thumb2

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

I carry a c02 extinguiser and a flat bit of board so if ever my auto did run away I've got some means to try and stop it.

Whats the board for?

 

[Thomas61]

Hi Banshee,

All sounds rather Stressful, hope you and the girlfriend are okay.

If you were talking Brampton Cumbria i could of given you my parents No they are very very close and would of been good for a hot drink a warm welcome and a friendly face.
Did you get the truck recovered? If it is still up there and you want somewhere safe and free to park it let me know. My parents have loads of space.