Need help with an old defender

discomania said:

Yeah I didn't think any of the 2.5TD's had the air intake there, I think its a modification on yours.

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yes they do - side is for engine air intake wing top is for heater

if both sides of the engine, in fact if most of the engine bay is covered in oil, then this is certainly caused by (as per reds post) crankcase pressurisation - i've had this where on a longish high speed trip you'll notice a smell of oil, opening the bonnet will reveal that the oil filler cap has been blown off and oil has been blown ALL over the bay

sometimes the oil warning light will come on before you notice the smell as oil will be being lost very quickly

Has it got a new wing? I thought the td air intake always took from the passenger side???

it is on the passenger side on mine, but i've noticed some TDs don't have an air intake on either side. any ideas why?

razorheadtom said:

it is on the passenger side on mine, but i've noticed some TDs don't have an air intake on either side. any ideas why?

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does it really matter ? - seeing as you'll probably need to have the engine out of it anyways

Maybe they've got isuzu or something else engines in - i'm pretty sure standard td's all have the intake there, right from 1983?

naa its definatly a 2.5TD

The air intake should be passenger side . I was once told that the TD engine always had oil problems and the best answer would be a 200Tdi lump.

ThurlowDisco said:

The air intake should be passenger side . I was once told that the TD engine always had oil problems and the best answer would be a 200Tdi lump.

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the TD didnt have problems if it was looked after - the biggest problem with them is that people expect to be able to drive them like it's a flipping sports car and with no mechanical sympathy it's just not going to last

Was it the earlier ones then that had no side vent then in the advent of the 200tdi was it put on the side?

A lot of older TD's I know have no side intake.

discomania said:

A lot of older TD's I know have no side intake.

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where is the engine air intake then on the "older" TDs mr stato ?

Even on this old series it's on the side, this seems to be pretty much the last one before they became 90's

ere Mr OP post some pictures then we can tell you whats orginal and whats not

I got it - i think the non turbo diesel (n/a) doesn't have the breather on the side, the td does - or the older ones which have had engine upgrades obviously.

lets not get carries away here, the wing stands a chance of being off something else. i doubt very much there are many older landrovers with all the proper parts for that model. i mean, ive got a series11 with a defender front grill and bonnet. one wing is off a series 3, the other is off a defender. what im saying is, you cant say "ooh are you sure its a td, they didnt have the air intake there

Yarbutnobutyarbutnobutyarbut havin had a look at sevral it seems mostly that the NA's don't have the side vent and the TD's do. I agree, most also have plenty of non original parts, but if it's safe to say if the vent's on the right it's a 300 or a td5, so why not if there isn't one its a na? Does anyone know this not to be the case as of course it's only speculation form me!!! (my speciality)

dene, you are like that prick that asked me if mine had a private reg cos the headlights were in the grille on one that old

Eh? random selection of words alert!! Got the prick bit, sorry missed the rest, will try and retune for the rest after i've downed this bottle...

ok dene, ive put the spellling mistake right and moved the words about fer ya simple heid

chill out dene un stop speculating

piccies is the best evidence

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