Had my D300 110 Defender for 20 months from new and no issues regarding reliability and it’s a great vehicle on and off road, However off road you soon realise what big cars they are, for example, Stile end in the Lake District, getting through the gate is mighty tight and the tight turn towards...

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Yeah it was a genuine one but no where near that price. When compared to the new pattern part, it has a lot less play in the bearing.

I’ve had this, swapped tensioner pulley for a genuine item instead of the one in the belt kit, seems to of done the job.

I press lock button on remote once to lock and twice to deadlock, get a single beep when deadlocked and mirrors fold in.

What size tyres are you going to use that you need such a wide offset. I used 37x 12.5x 16 trepadors on a-35 offset 10” rim. It needed wide arches to be road legal.

I’d query why they used 5w30 oil when 15w40 is recommended for 200tdi.

I’d always start by locking the crank.

Did you set the engine to tdc before removing/pinning it?

I’ve 2 019, 110 CA, batteries linked together in my battery box. Does the job nicely

I’ve had issues like this using the cheap Chinese pumps. I had 3 over a 2 month period before ditching them an buying a genuine pump.

Had a similar issue when I had a D3, but on the front passenger window, I had to remove the CJB from behind the glovebox, nightmare to get at. Once off the car I cleaned the terminals, reassembled and all worked as it should.

With bubbling in the expansion tank it sounds like a head gasket.

If it’s one of the companies who collect your car and supposedly deliver it back fixed, be very careful as a lot don’t get there cars back or get them back not fixed but thousands out of pocket. There’s a thread on LZ somewhere highlighting the company

I’ve just had a 200 tdi rebuilt by Bambers Automotive Machine Specialists LTD in Preston. Whilst I was there he was showing me round the workshop and he was in the process of rebuilding his sisters 2.0l ingenium engine which had also had timing chain issues.

Once off, have the head pressure tested

Cracked head around the exhaust ports, allows exhaust gases into water jacket , pressuring the coolant and forcing it out the expansion tank over flow

Early td5 heads were known for cracking around the exhaust ports, leading to pressuring the coolant and blowing water out the overflow on the expansion tank when pushed Once head is off, have it checked for cracks before re fitting

Defender is inline 6

2.0 has been dropped from the defenders