Engine swap in 2 days

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Well seems like your no stranger to inlines then, and my first car was a dolly, or should I say toledo, you didnt see many's 1500's, they called it the 'ts'.
Did you make sure the return fuel line to the tank goes to the bottom below the level of the fuel, what your getting sounds like just what I had before I made the pipe longer, air gets back up the pipe.
And yep diesels dont give the same wap petrols do, that said I just sold a xantia td engine and box, the geyser is converting his from non turbo to turbo, and he'll notice the diffo, the turbo is much much quicker to the point where its fun, if you can find a 2.3 td for the landy fit it.
 
Took it off roading today for the first time with its new engine :)

Even though its not getting full throttle it seems to be able to haul me up hills the petrol engine would bog out on. Also took it though a 'puddle', comes up to the head lights when you first drop in to it and it had previously caused me to cut out when the dizzy got wet with the petrol engine. No such problems with the diesel :)

But the main reason I put this engine in was fuel consumption. With my 2.25 petrol the gauge would drop rapidly as the day went on. It didn't budge today!


Diesel engine in a Landy... Well worth the effort :p



And I think you mean 1500TC :p The Sprint was the one to have, 2 litre 16 valve engine, one of, if not the first saloon to come with a 16 valve head. 127hp as standard. My red one was a 1500 but ended up as a Sprint, had a timed 0-60 of 7.8 seconds... Rapid for a 30 year old saloon car with a wooden dash and thick fur carpets :p
 
Excellent.
And nope I dont mean the TC, it wasnt a dolly it was a toledo (just diffo back lights) which normally only came in 1300 flavour, but there was a special edition 1500 Ts, it wasnt a twin carb, and it was only 8v, but it did have a twin choke weber, still totally gutless and wouldnt pull the skin off a rice pudding.
 
A small problem I have is when the tank is about 1/4 low its putting air in the fuel lines when I either drive up a steep incline or accelerate sharply.

Whats the solution?
 
A clunk!
Bit of silicone rubber with a brass weight on the end with a hole through it and a hose tail on th'end, connected to the outlet, so it allways goes to the bottom of the tank.
They used them is ww2 to keep petty going to spitfire merlin engines when they were doing double immelman's.
 
StuntmanAd said:
A small problem I have is when the tank is about 1/4 low its putting air in the fuel lines when I either drive up a steep incline or accelerate sharply.

Whats the solution?
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Your fuel guage is probably over-reading. Take one of the covers off the tank and use a dipstick to measure the actual quantity of diesel in the tank and compare this to what the fuel guage says.
 
I'd thought about that but with the petrol I could run it down to off the gauge before it ran out of petrol, which it would :p


I've got a leak somewhere now so I shall be under it this weekend with the spanners again :)
 
Well that lasted well didn't it... DIY plastic water pipe split, leaked all its coolant out, me being a total idiot tryed to limp home, cooked the head... Its cracked so good for the bin :mad: What a tit



2.3 engines just don't excist! 2.5 turbo diesels aren't too hard to find and being I've already got the modified engine mounts and bell housing spacer ring I may aswell go for one of them. 115hp over the 2.3NA's 67hp so would be a hell of an increase in power which would be nice.

So will probably end up going for a 2.5 turbo Pug engine. Anybody know of one for sale? :)
 
I tried to get another 2.3 for mi jago jeep, and yep rocking horse poo.
Does the pug 2.5 fit in place of the 2.3 then?
Isnt the pug 2.5 in vauxhall vans and pickups.
As for cooking the head, re-arrange this common phrase or saying - end bell, I've done it though, I think we all have.
 
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I'm not sure on what models of the LDV and other vans had the XD2 pug engine fitted. As soon as I find that out it'll make finding one so much easier.

Doubt there in any Vauxhalls to be honest. This engine is proper old hat!
 
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You need to stop wasting your time with obsolete Peugeot engines and fit a 200Tdi! - I think it's the only conversion that makes sense on a series Land-Rover at the moment because of the numbers of Discos being scrapped prices are low, and the fact that no gearbox or engine mounting adaptors are required. Other major reasons for going for this engine are that spares availability is likely to remain good for some time to come, and the engine is designed for a 4x4, so you get a sealed timing cover and sealed flywheel housing. Plus of course it is an excellent engine (It won a design award), with more than enough power for a series Land-Rover.
 
at last fenby, some one with a bit of sense, im not against different engines in series at all, its just the availability of parts and a 200 has everything, ther ten a penny and reliable , every scrappy yer go in has ten or twenty of them
 
A few years ago there were all sorts of engines being fitted to Land-Rovers by people who wanted a decent diesel engine. It made sense back then, before tdis were available for reasonable money, but at this moment in time I really can't see any sense in fitting anything but a 200Tdi. I'm not knocking keeping standard engines though. I like original Land-Rovers too.
 
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mine are still original petrol , but like yer say , they wer doin transit engine transplants the lot , but the ideal is to go with whats most avalable now !

thers a 200 tdi near me fer sale, depends where he is tho
 
I did a Transit engine conversion a few years ago when the price of 200Tdis were still very high. It came complete with all the conversion parts for £150 and I was very skint back then so it made fairly good sense. I ran it until June last year and it was an OK conversion as the fuel consumption was good, but the noise those engines make is ear splitting. I fitted some carpets for some sound insulation, but the noise was worse than the 200Tdi with no sound insulation. The Transit engine does not have a sealed timing case nor a sealed flywheel housing. I always worried that the cam belt would snap when I was wading through some river in the middle of nowhere, but it to be fair it never happened. The open flywheel housing caused problems though with mud getting flung off the flywheel and into the starter motor which was a real nuisance. The 200Tdi I've got in has really transformed the vehicle into something which is much easier to live with. I find it's much more relaxing to drive because there is no need to thrash the engine to within an inch of it's life and be constantly changing gear just to make reasonable progress up a hill.
 
Of course fenners your right, 'cept one thing 200tdi's one a penny, everywhere I went I was being conned, telephone numbers, but I spose it'd be the same for any engine.
 
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Of course fenners your right, 'cept one thing 200tdi's one a penny, everywhere I went I was being conned, telephone numbers, but I spose it'd be the same for any engine.
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Mind, for your extra effort I bet that 300Tdi conversion is going to run sweeter than a 200Tdi, given that you're using the proper 300Tdi engine mounts. My 200Tdi is quite harsh on idle with it's series engine mounts.
 
I'm in Port Talbot in South Wales.

The only reason I went for the pug engine in the first place was it came ready to bolt in for £155 and was fairly local. I'll be honest I didn't know the 200tdi engine bolted up to the standard series box. There is a C plater 110 Defender in a scrappy near me. Has a turbo diesel in it, I assume this is what I'm after?

It will fit straight in my series?




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