V registration diesel Freelander

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fenland rover

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Hi all, my wife managed to blow the engine in her Freelander, it's too good to be scrapped and I was looking to replace the engine, unfortunately she has one of those very early ones with a 4 speed manual box and no hill descent control. I have been told that the 2.0 litre Rover unit with engine prefix 20T2N is a straight forward replacement without having to modify engine mounts and no coupling plate needed, is this the case?
Your input will be appreciated.
 
The L Series diesel was used in various Rover cars.

The main engine will be interchangeable, however the ancillaries will be different - including injection pump, turbo, injectors etc.

She did well to kill an L Series, how did she manage it? Its usually the 'fan' belt tensioner seizing which throws the fan belt that then gets wrapped around the main pulley and throws the cam belt.

Which brings up the issue of swapping the injection pump over because you have to insert locating pins with the engine in a known position - if the cam belt's gone, that might be difficult. There must be ways round this though because I'm sure people have done it.
 
fenland rover said:
with a 4 speed manual box
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It's got a 5 speed PG1 box. If it's diesel, then the engine is a Rover L series. If it's petrol, then it's a Rover K series engine. Both engines were used in many Rover cars over many years, so you should find a good second hand replacement easy enough.
 
As above its a 5 speed not a 4, V reg isnt even an early one they came out in 97 or 98. You'd probably be better off looking for an engine from a FL as I don't reckon there's too many rover cars left about with the L series in. Brilliant engines but the cars went through a phase of being worth next too nothing
 
GrumpyGel said:
The L Series diesel was used in various Rover cars.

The main engine will be interchangeable, however the ancillaries will be different - including injection pump, turbo, injectors etc.

She did well to kill an L Series, how did she manage it? Its usually the 'fan' belt tensioner seizing which throws the fan belt that then gets wrapped around the main pulley and throws the cam belt.

Which brings up the issue of swapping the injection pump over because you have to insert locating pins with the engine in a known position - if the cam belt's gone, that might be difficult. There must be ways round this though because I'm sure people have done it.
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The way it happened, as she told me, sounded like the turbo went and it self-fed by revving out of control then a big bang, self-distruction in the most awful way.

Also thank you Kev12 and Nodge68
 
Okay so the turbo will be fubar’d but you can probably swap the ancillaries onto a short block engine and get it running again.

Might be cheapest to but a mot fail car/freelander with the same engine and swap it over then scrap the donor. That way you get everything you might need to swap the engine
 
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