New member needing help

Hi everyone hope you're all having a great Christmas. I was just wondering if anyone had ever retrofitted a 200/300 tdi engine or any other to a discovery 3 and what the cost would be? I'd be grateful for any thoughts/ advice.

Crankshaft broken?

Never heard of it being done, a 300tdi in a 2.7ton car..?

However, 3.6 tdv8 transplant has been done

Welcome

But no dont bother would be my advice.


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Anaconda said:

Crankshaft broken?

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Hi Anaconda, yes pretty certain its broken. Had a bar in and tried to turn it over. But no joy. Solid. Shame as body in good condition for its age.

Cheers1988smithy for the info. Do you have an idea what the cost of a transplant would likely be?

marjon said:

Welcome

But no dont bother would be my advice.


J

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Thanks for the welcome marjon and the advice.

Farmer Bill2 said:

Hi everyone hope you're all having a great Christmas. I was just wondering if anyone had ever retrofitted a 200/300 tdi engine or any other to a discovery 3 and what the cost would be? I'd be grateful for any thoughts/ advice.

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Engine from s type Jag is cheapest option whole car can be got for 1 to 2k but still have a engine that could break the same some time down the road

Ian M in France said:

Engine from s type Jag is cheapest option whole car can be got for 1 to 2k but still have a engine that could break the same some time down the road

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Thanks Ian. That's interesting. Just out of curiosity, would it need much adapting to fit one?

Farmer Bill2 said:

Thanks Ian. That's interesting. Just out of curiosity, would it need much adapting to fit one?

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Not a expert, but there are many on here who are, but think engine is same and all the bits need to be changed over but someone else will know a lot more, I am sure

Cranks are common issue for them. Spoils the Disco experience for lot of people. 300tdi swap does sound mad even by my standards, but there should be room for whole host of options.

Welcome to LandyZone

Hello and welcome

i would think a 200/300 tdi would be vastly under powered for a d3

Hi and welcome!

How about a Cummins 6BT instead of a Tdi???

Out if interest the emissions test at MOT is based on what, the vehicle's original stated emissions?

Farmer Bill2 said:

Cheers1988smithy for the info. Do you have an idea what the cost of a transplant would likely be?

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Doing it yourself it'd cost about 1500 for the 3.6, you might want to renew head gaskets and turbos before fitting so thats another 1500-3000 depending what quality you want parts wise. Then its just time and sorting electrical stuff

Paying someone to do it all? A vast sum of money. You'd have to really love it. Easily over 10 grand

Body would come off so might as well refurb chassis and suspension while you're in there.

While you're in there
While you're in there
While you're in there....

Thats what would scupper me

You're prob financially better off scrapping it and just buy another if you still want/need one

Hi and welcome
Diesel emissions seem to be based on a sticker under the bonnet, defaulting to a generic number based on year if the sticker is unreadable
Not sure how a d3 would cope without all the sensors giving data from the engine