1st Landie

Hi all finally bought my first land rover. It's a land rover 90 on a D reg plate. It's got a 2.5 turbo 19j engine in it, unfortunately due to a badly fitted head gasket the landie died after driving it 35 ish miles. Not the greatest of starts really. But all the more reason for me to slap in a new engine! But i'll post me questions about that in the appropriate section. So any help will be greatly apprieciated.

Aussie243

Aussie243 said:

Hi all finally bought my first land rover. It's a land rover 90 on a D reg plate. It's got a 2.5 turbo 19j engine in it, unfortunately due to a badly fitted head gasket the landie died after driving it 35 ish miles. Not the greatest of starts really. But all the more reason for me to slap in a new engine! But i'll post me questions about that in the appropriate section. So any help will be greatly apprieciated.

Aussie243

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i would have took it straight back to where i bought it from,and got them to fix it or get my money back

yep... what he said! plus that 19j is notoriously temperamental... whatever happens good luck and welcome.

Well i bought it from a farmer who we have had alot of dealling with before and he is normally very reliable. Truthfully i think he let one of his sons change it and didnt check if they had done it right. I got back onto him about it and he was going to give me a full refund but in my opinion and the guys who helped me buy it, the landie was in too good of a condition concerning everything else to let slip away for the price we paid. So i managed to get a few hundred quid back off the farmer for replacing the engine. Ive been told the 19j was a notorious engine but i was planning on a conversion anyway so its only brought my timetable for that forward by about 6 months is all.