Engines engines engines

Been thinking... When my k series finally decides to let go, do I replace the engine with a rebuilt 1 or get another freelander, diesel tho and use mine for parts or is it possible and worth it to convert mine to a L series diesel or a td4

Any positive opinions would be great... And no I'm not buying a rot box disco or defender lol

It'll be easier to sell it and buy a diesel although technically it's possible

What's better though l series or td4

Every td4 I find seems to be expensive and every l series I find is a wreck lol

Power TD4

Reliability L-Series

I'm going to look into converting it 1st, got to find out how much I will need to change

Iirc just about everything

It's possible to get power and reliability from an L series
The MG boys are getting a reliable 150+ Bhp with 200+ Ftlb of Torque!!

Mmmm

There would be so much to change it would be more cost effective to do the mods to the K series that make it stop blowing the h/gasket JMHO

that's what i think too, but they keep trying new stuff

AFAIK the L series uses the Getrag gearbox (coroboration someone?) Much better than PG1 for torque handling .

sounds about right to me

What other mods could I do to the k series it had a mls gasket strengthened head bolts new water pump new thermostat new back box although it needs a new center section and down pipe so might aswel price a manifold and cat aswel while I'm there lol I found a 4 branch with a decaf on it are they any good or will it cause problems?

Decat lol

Garboy88 said:

What other mods could I do to the k series it had a mls gasket strengthened head bolts new water pump new thermostat new back box although it needs a new center section and down pipe so might aswel price a manifold and cat aswel while I'm there lol I found a 4 branch with a decaf on it are they any good or will it cause problems?

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did yer knock the ball bearing out of the jiggle valve?

WLJayne said:

AFAIK the L series uses the Getrag gearbox (coroboration someone?) Much better than PG1 for torque handling .

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The L series uses the PG1 "High Torque" box they will handle well over 200 Ftlb with the steel caged bearings
I'm more than happy to put the 200bhp my ZS180 makes trough one and have had no problems in 25K miles
Although it's better to buy a L series powered Hippo rather than try an engine swap!!

Freelaner said:

did yer knock the ball bearing out of the jiggle valve?

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Yarp that's y it was over heating be4 lol darn thing!

Freelaner said:

did yer knock the ball bearing out of the jiggle valve?

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I'm going to disagree with Freelaner here, not sure if that's happened before. All that's behind the valve is air, and as long as you make sure it's not jammed you should be fine. The water pump pressurises it shut so that no water goes up the bleed whe the injun is running, but when the coolant is drained it falls into the open position so that air can travel freely out of the head while you are filling it.

I don't see how removing it can be of benefit with my own observations . Besides picking up my EWP baton there's not much else you can do apart from fitting a low coolant level mod to the tank (seach lots of results.)

Will.

WLJayne said:

I'm going to disagree with Freelaner here, not sure if that's happened before. All that's behind the valve is air, and as long as you make sure it's not jammed you should be fine. The water pump pressurises it shut so that no water goes up the bleed, but when the coolant is drained it falls into the open position so that air can travel freely out of the head while you are filling it.

I don't see how removing it can be of benefit with my own observations . Besides picking up my EWP baton there's not much else you can do apart from fitting a low coolant level mod to the tank (seach lots of results.)

Will.

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Every time I checked it which was daily when the bugger was overheating it was stuck and every time I freeeeeeeed it lol once it was removed all was well for now.........

it's ok to disagree


imho and through experience with mine the JV is now continually flowing with coolant, whereas afore it did jam and cause problems.

to summarise it causes less problems without it