V8 replacement

in my experience the old rover is nice and simple and cheap

it makes your land rover move forwards and makes v8 noise

it is catastrophic on fuel but so also will be a more efficient engine that makes more horsepower and that will also be catastrophically good at breaking everything in between it and the tyres

the rover is good for poor men that want v8 action

oh and i dont see how you need to spend over 1k on a stock motor, 3.5 is admirable too, i bought mine with a new crank&cam as an unstarted project for 400

Mr Noisy said:

in my experience the old rover is nice and simple and cheap

it makes your land rover move forwards and makes v8 noise

it is catastrophic on fuel but so also will be a more efficient engine that makes more horsepower and that will also be catastrophically good at breaking everything in between it and the tyres

the rover is good for poor men that want v8 action

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bit of a contradition there....poor men wont be able to drive it more than 5 miles without running out fuel!

now what about the audi v6 diesel?..ecu may be a problemm,but then again..
150 hp..v engine noise..plus economy..and they dirt cheap..ie £200

zen said:

bit of a contradition there....poor men wont be able to drive it more than 5 miles without running out fuel!

now what about the audi v6 diesel?..ecu may be a problem,but then again..
150 hp..v engine noise..plus economy..and they dirt cheap..ie £200

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good engine?

no idea...audi though..dont tend to make pooh..i magine chipped,bigger intercooler will be good for 200hp and **** loads of torque....

small and compact too.....possible ideal series conversion???..just ecu to worry about..but megasquirt looks like it works on oil burners too...

Cam wear an issue on audi 2.5

3.5 l Rover V8 Engine + Engine stand, SD1, Kit Car. | eBay

its probably not perfect but its painted and only £165

its not mine btw

I was watching that but went for 350£.

I'm wondering if my lump is worth investigating before I write it off. I was talking to my dad about the top end being totally dry but he said the oil won't get up to rocker cover until the engine is running. Which I can't achieve for more than 5 seconds.

Prob best starting another thread about the current block.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f42/cant-get-running-whats-best-thing-do-242338.html#post2833569

how black sludgy is it in there? thats normally a good indicator of wear, particuarly int he top end as it means the oild has not been kept up to scratch and they dont like that!

It's dusty lol. I'll try get some pictures

Get a length of M10 steel threaded bar (sometimes called engineers studding), cut a slot on one end to engage oil pump drive. Mark then remove the distributor - get some help if you aren't confident about doing that.

Stick threaded bar in to a cordless drill, engage oil pump and then spin it up, you'll know when it is primed.

Failing that then I'm afraid you'll have to do it the old fashioned way, remove the pump, pack with vaseline, re-assemble then crank it over.

The oil light should go out on the starter motor alone - disconnect the coil and crank 'till you get oil pressure then re-connect and see if it fires.

From what you say, it starts then dies after 5 seconds or so could suggest an air leak, certainly that symptom is how an air leak can present on an EFI motor.

From what other have said on your other thread a compression check would be a good idea but if you haven't got oil pressure the valves won't be opening properly so not sure what results you might get.

HTH

That's a brilliant idea. Will try that at the weekend. I did read about rebuilding the pump and packing with vas but was last resort.

I don't want to be continually cranking to get it to start if I have an oil issue.

In terms of running. If I give it choke and lots of throttle I can keep it going but it sounds fecked

do you have choke on an efi motor?

fett said:

do you have choke on an efi motor?

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Wouldn't have thought so. Mines carb not efi

ahh, its just kev said efi i thought I had missed summit

why not repair the one in there, or atleast look into whats worn

hats what I said, if you have pulled it out anyway, may as well look at whats fecked inside!