Hi All, From the Forest of Dean and new to the site and have a question about my engine.

I have uploaded a few images of my engine. The V5 has it down as 12J but having had a look around various sites it seems like a 200tdi conversion. Can someone confirm this please and also the black pipe with silver lattice had quite a bit of steam coming out of it this morning. I have pulled it up for the purpose of taking a picture. Is this normal ?

That is a 200tdi engine.

Discoslow said:

That is a 200tdi engine.

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Ta. Any info on the black hose on the left that was blowing steam like Ivor the Engine.

Steam? That's connected to the vortex (crank) breather innit?

Turktowner said:

Steam? That's connected to the vortex (crank) breather innit?

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Yes it is connected to the crank breather. It was blowing a thin white vapour after a 10 min drive. I didn't put my hand there to see if it was water vapour but it was coming out at a fair lick.I have the feeling that who ever put the engine in didn't do a very good job or I have a major issue with the engine. The fan runs just by turning the ignition on and runs constantly and water is always blowing out the filler drain pipe. I have changed the water pump and thermostat.

That is a 200Tdi Discovery engine, most likely a 12L, look at the block on the right hand side of the engine behind the fuel pump and it will be stamped there.

The crank breather is supposed to be plumbed into the intake post filter so crankcase fumes can be burnt off during combustion, you need to get the vortex cleaned out with petrol and plumbed in to the air intake, if there is still too much for your liking what you can do is to fit an oil catch can that you can measure the volume of oil collected in it week by week to see if it gets worse over time.

Many thanks for your reply. Will look to do that.

dieseldog69 said:

The crank breather is supposed to be plumbed into the intake post filter so crankcase fumes can be burnt off during combustion

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It's a dirty bodge but you can get HDPE hose fittings (impervious to oil) from your local garden center or hardware shop, some come with backing plates which are ideal - they're for water butts really but you can use a bit of epoxy with one to plumb into the air intake. Plumb it after the air filter, but before the turbo, oil catch can really is the cleanest method though as dieseldog suggests

Bythor said:

The fan runs just by turning the ignition on and runs constantly

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Just means the relay for the fan has been lazily wired to the ignition without a thermostatic controller, in an ordinary situation this can also be a bodgy way of trying to hide a bad head gasket when trying to flog a car (as you also mention it's passing water?), how long have you had the landy?

Nice work @dieseldog69 and @Goc3k

All the best @Bythor

Turktowner said:

Nice work @dieseldog69 and @Goc3k

All the best @Bythor

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I have had it a year now. Water comes out the overflow on the filler tank. Seems to build pressure then blows then is fine. Thought sticking thermostat but that was replaced, no temp goes up and stays up edge of white. Doesn't seem effected by constant fan. When fan disconnected temp goes up the steam then temp goes down and stays down.

Thanks for all the input. Water problem found. Leaking bottom nut on water pump housing. Before I plumb in the crank breather, can the more knowledgeable of you comment on the amount of smoke coming out of the pipe.https://www.dropbox.com/s/krnh5n9vl3a1rg5/Smoke & Water.mp4?dl=0 Is this normal or does it indicate a problem inside the engine. Ta.

Glad you found the leak!

It does look like quite a bit of oil vapour on camera in both videos, but I'm comparing it to what the crankcase venting looks like with that hose correctly connected and the oil filler cap off - if your engine has 180-200+ thousand miles on it and has never seen a rebuild then it's probably reasonable to expect that amount.

Plumb the pipe in correctly with a cheap fleabay oil catch can and see how much it collects is the safe bet. You can even make a catch can out of some old pipes and a decent size plastic bottle, if you're a tight arse like I am, you can look up the premise on google.

147,000 indicated on the clock, no rebuild as far as I am aware. But judging by the quality of work the work anything is possible.

Aye I suppose if there is no documentation or evidence it could have any amount of miles on it, wouldn't worry about it as long as it drives and behaves well without drinking the worlds oil supply, unless you have lots of free time you fancy sinking into pulling the engine out for a stripdown!

Goc3k said:

It's a dirty bodge but you can get HDPE hose fittings (impervious to oil) from your local garden center or hardware shop, some come with backing plates which are ideal - they're for water butts really but you can use a bit of epoxy with one to plumb into the air intake. Plumb it after the air filter, but before the turbo, oil catch can really is the cleanest method though as dieseldog suggests

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Bit like this.



You can see the breather pipe going into the silicone elbow via a fitting that I actually found in a chandlery whilst looking for something completely unrelated.