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markjgray94 · Jan 2, 2015

My 2.5 na is breathing pretty heavy out the breather pipe is this normal for these engine and is it anything to worry about I have seen people re root the pipe onto the chaise or do I just go for the 200tdi? Also it does not like 5th gear seems happy just to sit in 4th doing 55-60.

parts wanted · Jan 22, 2015

could be a whole load of trouble, long time since you posted and no replies. for me this meant worn rings when I had these symptoms but it was able to soldier on for a long time before I repalced the engine. Coke bottle oil catcher helped for a bit, got terminal when it was breathing out the dip stick.Do a search a lot of info on here and people helped me loads.

FlyingPete · Jan 24, 2015

Sounds like the engine's just getting worn- a lot of 12J and 19J engines seem to do it. As long as the pressure isn't excessive the breather system will take care of it and a worn engine will generally keep going regardless. A NA landy is never going to be a speed demon

Bear in mind that 200tdis are also all getting on a bit now, and donor discoveries aren't as plentiful or cheap as they used to be. Doing the swap isn't the no-brainer it used to be IMO. A 300tdi can be fitted but is a little more work.

Huddy84 · Jan 25, 2015

Worn rings... just rebuilt mine as it was bleeding oil vapour out everywhere. If yours is ex-mil and had a new bulkhead in service it'll probably have had a 300 tdi bulkhead fitted like mine. Also many more 300tdi's out there I believe, not sure which is easier to fit.
I'm keeping the na, cost me about £900 to have my engine rebored and assembled as a short engine, I stripped it prior and built it back up.

jamesmartin · Jan 25, 2015

FlyingPete said:
Sounds like the engine's just getting worn- a lot of 12J and 19J engines seem to do it. As long as the pressure isn't excessive the breather system will take care of it and a worn engine will generally keep going regardless. A NA landy is never going to be a speed demon

Bear in mind that 200tdis are also all getting on a bit now, and donor discoveries aren't as plentiful or cheap as they used to be. Doing the swap isn't the no-brainer it used to be IMO. A 300tdi can be fitted but is a little more work.

2.5 na and tds were prone for ring and bore wear , when we used to recondition lots of those you rarely found any without considerable bore wear, tdis on the other hand rarely had unless completely ragged

markjgray94 · Jan 31, 2015

Just seen these posts thanks for the advice since posting I have bought a 200tdi with 140k on the clock bought new clutch new crankshaft oil seals ect so hopefully should be good in the end

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