200tdi sump vs propshaft

when I installed my 200tdi I noticed how close the breather pipe on the engine sump was to my front propshaft..any suggestions or similar probs?

and what about the huge crankshaft pulley and the front axle? looks like it will be a tight fit too (checking that tomorrow)

hello world ?

if its only a breather - then it can be moved.

The Mad Hat Man said:

if its only a breather - then it can be moved.

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Just re-route it.

i cut some out the bracket welded to the solid bit of pipe and sump out and gave it a tweek with me hammer.

and for the crank pully i welded some 10mm steel bar to the tops of my axels as it was easyer than taking the bump stops off and making them longer.

I'd be interested to see some photos showing this crankshaft pulley/front axle problem that some people are talking about when fitting a 200tdi into a series LR, as I'm planning to do this conversion. As I understand it there are three belt grooves on the pulley - the outer one for the PAS pump, the middle one for the alternator and an inner one for something else. Have I got that right? Where is the front axle fouling the pulley. If it's only on the front end, then could the problem be solved by removing the crankshaft and having the PAS pulley groove machined off on a lathe. Could the bracket for the alternator be altered so that the alternator runs on the inner groove, so that even more of the front pulley could be machined away? I don't want to drop the bump stops on mine because it will limit suspension travel, which is bad enough as standard.

the bottom pully just sits lower more forward, i to had doubts about doin as i now only have some thing like 3 or 4 cm travel, the other thing i was goin to do but couldnt be arsed was space the engine mounts of from the chassis to lift the engine up but it was far easyer just to tack sum plate onto the axel.

fenby1976 said:

As I understand it there are three belt grooves on the pulley - the outer one for the PAS pump, the middle one for the alternator and an inner one for something else. Have I got that right?

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Just checked on a 200Tdi to refresh my memory.

Bottom pulley has two grooves. Outer one drives water pump and PAS pump off crank. The PAS pump has a double grooved pulley. There is a short belt to run the alternator off the PAS pump.

The inner groove of the bottom pulley runs the optional A/C.

If you are fitting a 200Tdi to a Series, you don't need the PAS pump and so you can resite the alternator into the PAS pump position. There is some fiddling but fairly easy.

O I do need that PAS pump the turbo and a RHD steering box don't work together !