Engine out - what to refresh?

zeaphod · Aug 20, 2015

mrchurchill109 said:
The "new" 2.5D is in the engine compartment and propelled me to work this morning at a steady 60-65 MPH with no strain.

I ended up replacing a piston (cracked..found that out on startup...lying sack of clods seller...) and the head/sump gaskets, rear and front mains, and the timing belt. Injectors got swapped as the originals would not come apart to be serviced - will deal with them later.

Runs like a charm, does everything I want it to do, and is a net win any way you look at it.

Happy days - it's a good engine.

Unionjak · Sep 9, 2015

300bhp/ton said:
Well that's bollox in itself as the LT-77 was standard equipment with the 200Tdi. The LT-77 has also been used in many applications behind the Rover V8.

All the driveline components of any Ninety/One Ten are fully capable of being used with a 200Tdi.

As i said...if your a bit of a bodger. You have to take out the driveline, bearings etc and start again if, like me you want an overland vehicle that wont break down at the slightest bit of offroad action.
Landrover updated gearboxes and everything else for a reason.

Huddy84 · Sep 9, 2015

Congrats on getting it back together. Once I did mine I even had the neighbours commenting it idled quieter.

flat · Sep 10, 2015

I like the 2.5D and it has suited what I use the car for for 3 years. A recent camping trip to Wales fully laden that left me less than 20mph and in 2nd gear up some of the hills on a dual carriageway felt to me quite dangerous, I had more than one car come up behind me and not realise I was going so slow.

Local driving, on the flat or empty it's fine for pootling about but beyond that and it's not so great, and I have an excellent engine that runs well. So I am going to yank it out and tdi it.

discomania · Sep 22, 2015

mrchurchill109 said:
So, in my ongoing quest to deal with the 2.5D lump under the bonnet of my 110, I've been offered (and promptly bought!) a 2.5D with a whole 45,000 miles on it.

I am pleased - thought I'd end up having to buy some shagged-out lump and rebuild. This suits me...

However, as the engine is out of the truck and going to be installed, it occurs to me that a refresh of certain components is likely in order. First item that occurred to me was valve seals - from previous history I'm aware that these don;t hold up well and you get blue smoke on overrun and other issues. The injectors are going to come out and get cleaned/reset (I have the equipment to do this).

Valve adjustment, obviously, if I'm replacing the seals.

Likely do the timing belt as well if the bugger's on the shop floor anyway.

So, what else should I do?

Alan

I'd fit it, do the clearances and give it fresh oil and a filter.

If it ends up smoking and you think the valve seals are the culprit change them. Easy task to do in situ.

But more likely I would, like I did, fit a 300tdi - more difficult to retrofit but a better engine in my book.

mrchurchill109 · Sep 24, 2015

Long done - and 300 TDis are not exactly thick on the ground in the Northeast US. I like the 2.5D, actually, even though the one I fitted end up having a bad pistonb and turned into a goat rodeo to fit. Lovely engine in good nick - which it is now.

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