Sticky: 2.0 MPi

Can we get a sticky for the 2.0 MPi Engine? I did not see one and this is a quasi-standard engine for the Defender. It has a VIN identifier in the 8th position.

MPi going into the machine shop for inspection and overhaul. Preliminary inspections look great.

If anyone has MPi questions, feel free to ask.

If possible, can one of the Mods add a 2.0 MPi sub forum be added to Engines?

Has that been run without anti freeze in?

No it has not been run without antifreeze. It does look really nasty. I'll post more pictures once the machine shop has gone through it.

If this engine is unsalvageable, this does not seem likely at this point, then I'll be off to get a 300TDI. I really don't want to do this but I am prepared.

Sourcing the MPi overhaul parts and spares has been challenging but I believe I've got nearly everything to include most of the specialty tools. Believe it or not, I drove this Defender across the USA with this engine and it made it all the way without any issues. I did have the slave cylinder go out on the east coast but Rovers North was close so this only resulted in a 24 hour delay.

More to follow.

Anyone else out there have this rare Defender Configuration? Or does anyone have MPi parts laying around?

I think the block is the same as a few Rovers.

SpagettiDefender said:

Anyone else out there have this rare Defender Configuration?

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We are as you know, but I have only seen a few others and a couple of Discos.

Spares, Its been fitted in many Rover series cars mostly they go X20 but be carful the MPI system as many had distributor.
But I would imagine most basic parts are the same.

J

The Rover T16 was used in various Rover Models and it had a turbo variant as well though the turbo version never found its way in to Defenders or Discoveries the best I can tell.

SpagettiDefender said:

The Rover T16 was used in various Rover Models and it had a turbo variant as well though the turbo version never found its way in to Defenders or Discoveries the best I can tell.

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Nope because some say it would of outperformed the V8 so it didnt happen.

J

SpagettiDefender said:

The Rover T16 was used in various Rover Models and it had a turbo variant as well though the turbo version never found its way in to Defenders or Discoveries the best I can tell.

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The T-Series is a very good engine. Sadly a rare find these days, even in the UK. It was used in the Rover 800 mostly with a few examples being in the 600 and 400 cars (the 400 becoming the rover 45 in later life) and the Rover 200 Tomcat coupe.

The Discovery was sold with the T-Series in called the MPi as it got tax benefits in the UK and I believe certain parts of the EU. For the Defender I understand around 200 were built for the Italian army or police. But wasn't a mainstream production model. Although I daresay there may have been a way to special order and a few protoypes.

As for the turbo yes, I have heard stories they tried it and it went too well. The Turbo engine made 197bhp vs 182bhp for the 3.9 Rover V8, the Turbo also had a very flat torque curve making peak torque somewhere around 1500-1800rpm.

300bhp/ton said:

The T-Series is a very good engine. Sadly a rare find these days, even in the UK. It was used in the Rover 800 mostly with a few examples being in the 600 and 400 cars (the 400 becoming the rover 45 in later life).

The Discovery was sold with the T-Series in called the MPi as it got ax benefits in the UK and I believe certain parts of the EU. For the Defender I understand around 200 were built for the Italian army or police. But wasn't a mainstream production model. Although I daresay there may have been a way to special order and a few protoypes.

As for the turbo yes, I have heard stories they tried it and it went too well. The Turbo engine made 197bhp vs 182bhp for the 3.9 Rover V8, the Turbo also had a very flat torque curve making peak torque somewhere around 1500-1800rpm.

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It didn't realize there were so few MPi Defenders. Many second hand T16s are finding their way into Morgans. I'll keep this forum updated on the process and once complete I'll post some videos on youtube. I am 99.9% sure I have an Italian police Defender.

Drove a few Rover 800 turbos and turbo tomcats back in the day when I worked in a Rover garage. They would have made a fool of a v8.

SpagettiDefender said:

It didn't realize there were so few MPi Defenders. Many second hand T16s are finding their way into Morgans. I'll keep this forum updated on the process and once complete I'll post some videos on youtube. I am 99.9% sure I have an Italian police Defender.

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Can you see any blue paint?

Ours is blue .

J

marjon said:

Can you see any blue paint?

Ours is blue .

J

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Guilty as charged and I've go some blue under the front carpets. I'm going to keep the new paint job mostly because I couldn't convince the Mrs. to go back to the blue.