BennehBoy's D2 adventure

Excellent thread

Timing pins arrived....

Camshaft locked:


Flywheel locked:


Cam sprocket zip tied up:


Vac pump oil feed removed:


Chain tensioner removed:


Chain guide pin removed:



Nut and stud removed:



3 sprocket bolts removed:


Gearbox propped up so the back head bolts wont hit the bulkhead:


Head bolts out:




Now need a buddy to come help lift the head off.

Head's off:


Cylinder's 2, 1 (1 on right), a fair bit of sooting on the piston head:


Cylinder's 4, 3, 2 (4 on left), some oil leaked out the head as we lifted it off, so has been wiped out of pot 4.


Cylinder's 5, 4 - the bits in 5 are some soot from the gasket.


Underside of the head:


Underside of the head, cylinder 1, 2 (glowplug on 1 is caked in white, so knackered I think), also looks to be some brown scorching next to one of the coolant channels on pot 1, dunno if that's burnt coolant?


Underside of the head pots 4, 3, 2:


Underside pots 5,4


Completely delaminated HG:


Pot 1 close up of the sooting:


Pot 1 after attacking the sooting a bit with scotchbrite and WD, coming up a treat:


The plastic dowels that were in, left is the back one:


And the next job to fix, broken chain tensioner guide:


Next job is to strip down the head.

gasket was leaking on no5 at least, was it pressurising coolant system, a clean piston compared to rest can be sign of coolant entering cylinder

Bloody hell, How did that brake

Probably got one of them as well if you want it


(the chain guide that is)

jamesmartin said:

gasket was leaking on no5 at least, was it pressurising coolant system, a clean piston compared to rest can be sign of coolant entering cylinder

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That's the wierd thing James, the top hose wasn't rock hard, so I'm a bit stumped.

aaronmorris said:

Bloody hell, How did that brake

Probably got one of them as well if you want it


(the chain guide that is)

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Ha, if you have one I'll take it, needs to be for 10P engine though

Let me know what you drink/what you want for them in PM...

Bennehboy said:

Ha, if you have one I'll take it, needs to be for 10P engine though

Let me know what you drink/what you want for them in PM...

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Ah, Not sure if it was a 10p or 15p to be honest.
Don't want anything for it, So you can just take it and see.

Do you know the difference? I'll go find it and take a pic in a mo.

Good grief, you have been a Busy Bennehboy!

Please correct me if I am wrong on this, but weren't all the revised parts on the 15P "backwards compatible" with the 10P?

Here's hoping that head is nice and flat.

This look the same?
As I say, Take it anyway and if it's right it's a bonus.

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Yeah that's 10p. Nice one.

15p parts are backward compat but you have to swap out the entire assembly, chain, sprockets, guides...

Bennehboy said:

Yeah that's 10p. Nice one.

15p parts are backward compat but you have to swap out the entire assembly, chain, sprockets, guides...

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Sorted then

Oh btw for anyone interested the o-ring on the vac pump oil feed can't be bought as a seperate part from LR, they try sell the entire feed line. Good news is the FPR pipe o-rings are exactly the same:

O RING X5 STC4509 Island 4x4 - Specialists in Land Rover and Range Rover Parts and accessories for all models. UK and worldwide mail order.

Never expected LR to use a roller rocker set up.......at least they didn't skimp on one of the engines cam design!

Would have been nice if the V8 was a roller rocker

What a brilliant. Thread. Makes nice reading. And love the pictures

Dr_evil said:

Never expected LR to use a roller rocker set up.......at least they didn't skimp on one of the engines cam design!

Would have been nice if the V8 was a roller rocker

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Can't believe how nadgered they got from some coolant, but then I don't know much about how coolant can retard lube.

Was nicely surprised to get a used matching set for 50 notes, was almost £700 for new.

defender11069 said:

What a brilliant. Thread. Makes nice reading. And love the pictures

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Cheers, I'll keep the photos coming.

Have a look through my LT230 & R380 rebuild thread too, lot's of pics in there too.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/lt230-rebuild-247618.html

Dr_evil said:

Never expected LR to use a roller rocker set up.......at least they didn't skimp on one of the engines cam design!

Would have been nice if the V8 was a roller rocker

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? have you never noticed what followers 2.25 petrol an diesel use ,plus your 2.5s and tdis

I've never taken any 2.25's apart nor have I had the inclination to dismantle my 300 while it still runs nicely

Assumed 2.25's were standard steel rockers like the RV8 with non roller tips

Dr_evil said:

I've never taken any 2.25's apart nor have I had the inclination to dismantle my 300 while it still runs nicely

Assumed 2.25's were standard steel rockers like the RV8 with non roller tips

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only the v8 and its not lr or rover design