2.25cc Dead Diesel !

Just bought a shed of a 2 1/4 1978 109SW, cheap

Ex owner's had it for 20 years, reckons after an engine rebuild (dropped a injector round chamber thingy, and was then treated to new rings & bores honed,new 2.5 cylinder head) he got within a mile of his house on initial test drive and it conked out took the sump off and there was a coolant leak from a hole/crack in one of the bores

Any thoughts, in my experience this lump is fairly solid and can't see a bore leaking like that!!

Cheers

Thanx for all your replys

Filled her up with coolant just to have a look, dripping like mad from rear cylinder bore, was hoping it was going to be a wrong gasket problem so I whipped the head off, not good half the bolts down the right hand side of the head were'nt tight!! Head looks good though.Further investigation releaves that water is leaking from at least 2 spots about 2 cm up from the bottom of the bore!!

Worth bothering with???, how easy to get a liner and more to the point how easy to change??????????

Cheers Jason

If the bores are shot then I really wouldn't bother fitting that engine. You might be better off sourcing a 2.5 N/A (for a bit more oomph), they go for about £70 on ebay. I'd then spend any free time you have repairing the old engine and you could essentially sell it as a re-built engine.

-Pos

Only just seen this thread.

I have a good block and crank from a 2.5 TD sat here. 2 out of 4 pistons are cracked but it might may a good basis for a rebuild.

I know I am a little out of your way, but it is something to think about

andyb66 said:

Only just seen this thread.

I have a good block and crank from a 2.5 TD sat here. 2 out of 4 pistons are cracked but it might may a good basis for a rebuild.

I know I am a little out of your way, but it is something to think about

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Cheers Andy

Merde! I have some neighbours that were back in Bournmouth a few weeks ago!!

Yip! Engines still in the vehicle and it looks like it's well goosed, very hard to get an engine here in France. I don't know whether it's worth a do but I have offered a weeks Holiday (low season) in our watermill self catering accommodation to anybody that can bring me a decent engine out here.