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Good evening all. Yes as my name sugests I did have a p38 but i saw the light and it has now gone !! Have just bought a 110 off ebay landrover 110 on eBay (end time 23-Mar-10 15:15:43 GMT)
and what a bargain. According to the seller it had a 2.5 td engine in it (and that is what I thought I had bought) but going down the road after doing the deal I thought it went well,stopped to put some fuel in and thought had better check the oil and water, opened the bonnet and guess what. It has a 200 tdi in there !( a proper defender one not a lashed up disco one) Bonus. Get it home and look at it in the daylight and its a peach. The bulkhead is excellent. The galvanised chassis is as good as new. Door bottoms very little rust. Nearly new bf goodrich mud terrains and black modulars. There is a bit of slack in the transfer box but the spare 110 that came with it has a recon one in it. The spare 110 is also in excellent order. The chassis is excellent and there is hardly a spot of rust in the bulkhead. Sorry if it sounds like im going on but have never bought anything good off ebay before, bought a discovery that was more rust body, Bought a merc vito van with a f**cked engine that cost me more to fix than its worth, Bought another p38 with a small electrical fault that turned out to be another f**cked engine. The list goes on. On the plus side the engine from the disco will now probably go in the other 110. Cheers for now and no doubt I will be here again soon (might have to change my screen name tho) Luke:)
 
I know its a 2.5 td but in the questions on the listing two people asked if it was a tdi or the older 2.5 and the seller said it was just a 2.5 td. Didnt realise that the disco engine was more powerfull. How much more hp does it have ? And how is achieved ? Just a matter of winding the pump in ?
 
I know its a 2.5 td but in the questions on the listing two people asked if it was a tdi or the older 2.5 and the seller said it was just a 2.5 td. Didnt realise that the disco engine was more powerfull. How much more hp does it have ? And how is achieved ? Just a matter of winding the pump in ?

no idea how they achieve it i heard it runs more boost etc standard,:confused: as for power i think its around 3-4 horses more so not alot :p
 
I know its a 2.5 td but in the questions on the listing two people asked if it was a tdi or the older 2.5 and the seller said it was just a 2.5 td. Didnt realise that the disco engine was more powerful. How much more hp does it have ? And how is achieved ? Just a matter of winding the pump in ?

The turbo and pump are both setup slightly differently - if you just wind the pump up you will probably just get black smoke and poor consumption.

Do a search for Bosch VE pump tweaks on google (it is not a LR site but same pump) and they guy explains how the LOW BOOST, FULL LOAD and FULL POWER should be adjusted.

In order to get it right you must set it up carefully and each one much be set in relation to the other, or else you will get 12mpg, smoke screen worthy of a Bond film and a shot turbo (through very high EGT).
 
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