Bent is bent, think the cams bearings are line bored with the cam caps fitted, so once head bent they are scrap. Be interesting to know what caused them to warp in the first place?

Grease any bolts you fit, new or old, you will thank yourself in years to come.

300tdi auto N reg onwards were edc engines, pre N reg they had normal throttle cables/injection pumps, EDC autos are slow beyond belief, though when chipped they will beat a std manual td5 hands down. Rover V8s are just crap, and if they are not when you buy it they soon will be.

Lets just say rhymes with mikey!

Do as suggested and remove and cut open the oil filter, if it has bits in then there is no need to go any further.

If you watch a few of chrisallens youtube videos and see his family, then you will get an idea!

Copaslip wont last, but anti squeal self adhesive shims off ebay/amazon will do the job and last.

Do not drive it, get someone to come and check it out, I would suggest suspect crank failure.

Stick a battery charger on the old girl.

The capilliary type gauges are pretty decent. Have had one on my 200tdi for years, very accurate and requires no power. Tim is the make I have fitted.

I have only ever seen my 200 get got twice, once off roading it in the winter for hours and the thing nearly heat seized! and two when the new stat failed to open, but car still got me the 10 miles home driven gingerly. No viscous on mine, leccy fitted but very rarely switched on. Maybe get...

Viscous fan still fitted?

Always worth checking any potential purchase previous mot history, tells you all sorts and depending on how long they have owned the car what they were like at repairs and generally spending money on it. https://www.carcheck.co.uk/

The problem is the front seal can be a right tawt as you can replace it and it can leak again and again and again, but you have to start somewhere! Not a massive job, your biggest issue will be finding any garage that is prepared to work on an old land rover, as the land rovers can be trouble...

What code reader are they using?

Does it have a sunroof?

Spend 1/2 an hour on ebay and check what the parts alone are worth. S2 wiper motors good money 200 tdi decent money Galv chassis good money Then think of a number and see what they have to say, remember you can always go up.

As said rear x member looks to be on its last legs.

What happens is the oiltite bearings run dry and seizes ono the motor shaft, then the bush starts to spin in the motor housing dry and basically shags the whole thing. I tried to strip mine, gave up and bought a new one.

Handy tip for all you greasers, if you get a tapered grease gun end you can use it to grease normal nipples by simply poking it into the spring loaded ball bearing on the grease nipple, and as the pointy bit is super slim you dont waste ages turning the prop trying to get enough room to get the...