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    Series 3 Engine decode, help!

    Glad to inform that today got good news: injectors and distributor pump need no service, had been serviced and pump exchanged months ago. Also, stop by a shop which resulted be the one who performed some repairs a couple years ago and got the confirmation that the engine its a Santana, they...
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    Series 3 Engine decode, help!

    I think you are right regarding CKD kits, since in the rear, just below LR Solihull plate, is a riveted plate from ENSAMBLADORA AUTOMOTRIZ S.A., a local assembling facility. However I don't think engines were built here, but being part of the kit or supplied from another LR partner (Metalurgica...
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    Series 3 Engine decode, help!

    Well, yes, there is a chance engine to be 2.25L instead of 2.5L, since information in the title it can just be wrong. However, engine number doesn't match LR engine series numbers (taken from Gleycone Engineering and other sources). Any clue? Is there any (practical) way to physically determine...
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    Series 3 Engine decode, help!

    Here you can find below a set of 3 not so nice pictures: Pic 1: Engine grille and open bonnet (blue thing at rear left engine bay its an empty oil bucket ;) ) Pic 2: Engine's left side with distributor/injection pump. Sorry about poor lightning Pic 3: Engine's number I hope this helps...
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    Hello from Costa Rica

    Thanks Gazbo. I didnt but already did! Cheers
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    Series 3 Engine decode, help!

    Hello everybody. I am considering in start a restoration project to keep me busy in my idle times in Costa Rica (Honduras ex-pat living here for the last 20+ years now). It happens that I am dealing to buy a 1978 series III, SWB hard top, 2.5L, l4 diesel engine which engine number I cant find as...
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    Hello from Costa Rica

    Hello, I am a Honduras ex-pat living in Costa Rica for the last 20+ years now. I have lately considering starting a restoration project since have plenty spare time, and being Land Rover an iconic car in this tropical country (as it is aroung the world), where a lot LR still over the road and...
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