CRACKED HEAD or BAD INJECTOR?!?! - Td5 - How to diagnose! 

Your Land Rover repair videos are a lifesaver! I've been grappling with a persistent issue on my TD5 involving excessive black smoke and noticeable power loss. Your expertise in troubleshooting and fixing Land Rovers has been evident in your content, so I was wondering if you could shed some light on this particular issue. Your insights could not only help me but also countless others facing similar challenges. Looking forward to your thoughts on this!

Thanks mate. Appreciate your endeavours.

I feel your pain! You are really great at explaining things in your videos and very thorough, thank you. I'm new to Land Rovers having bought a Wolf last year, lots to learn. And being a girl, sadly some people don't take me seriously. Can't wait to paint my cross member using your tutorial. I hope you get a solution for the cracked head 🤞

Oh dear, and very sorry to see this happen to you. As others have said your tutorial videos are very good. Fingers crossed for you and hope you keep going. Cheers

Informative series of videos, thank you 👍🏻 Unfortunately I'm following your path to a new cylinder head 😢

If your machine shop cannot repair your head, you can get a AMC cylinder head from Turner Engineering, they are meant to be a much better head than the origional. File this under "the joys of motoring" and keep up the good work.

I know the feeling (valuable personal experience). My advice is - get the head pressure tested. My td5 10P head was cracked in one of the valve ports and failed the pressure test + exhaust manifold was also warped.. All the typical td5 issues unfortunately.

hi sorry to hear about cracked head might be able to tig weld it repair also i know this is discovery td5 forum D2BC if you go into trader's section look at discovery 2 parts ( heathy ) might be able to help is the 10p/15p head's both the same on either defender/discovery

Bit late but Turner Engineering in the UK supply all TD5 parts, brand new heads etc. 👍

Can you see if theres diesel in the oil when you change the oil? Great video

njce vid pal this might help me my td5 wont even start with the oil level too high

Hi, can you please share some of yur experience with me? How do you first noticed de problem, was the oil level rised or only the smell on the dipstick was present? From what I've noticed from other posts on forumus and videos the cracked head lets good amounts of diesel get into oil. How did the oil smell compared to the other discos (known good I supose) I've seen in your videos? I'm really interested in this cause mine smells a little diesely but the level is steady, but only when the oil is warm and only the first time I'm reading the dipstick, what I mean by that is if I put the dipstick back and pull it out for a second sniff the smell is somewhat gone (maybe cause my nose is getting used to the smell, I'm getting paranoid about this), also when it's cold I can't smell it at all. I even added some diesel into the oil from last change and tried to compare the smells, but I can't definetly conclude something. I know that the only way is a test lab, but we don't have that in our country as a service for individuals..maybe some workshop do it but I'm not aware . So basically what I'm asking: when you first discovered the problem was your oil only smelling like diesel or also the level was rised, and how it compared with the smell of the other td5, I know it's been some time since you faced this land rover dilemma but any shared experience would be greatly apreciated. Thank you for you time and keep up the good work ;)

Was you oil level rising. I changed over my injector seals a while ago as the oil level was really high. Oil doesn’t seem to be increasing however the oil still seems very thin

i have discovery2 TD5(2004). You need to change the head. Oh, my God. I can't see the video of a person who recently replaced the head gasket of td5. So please show it. good luck to you.

That is so sad 😬 i have a td5 too

Oh no worst case happend :-( I feel with you.

Too bad see crack there. I just had to replace the head with used one. Got crack in it and blown head gasket. I think this crack is repairable. In special shop good experienced welder can do the job done. It's the easyest way.

Sorry to see that you have this issue. There may be further issues with the engine even if you replace the head. It may be worth considering a replacement rebuild engine from a reputable company. I know this is expensive but you get what you pay for. Worth it if the Defender is a keeper. Buying a used head or engine is a high risk IMO unless you know its history.

I felt gutted for you at the end of the video. Stick in there you'll get it sorted in the end...

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