Replacing Piston Rings

Hello,

How easy a job is it to replace the piston rings on my 2.5 N/A? My local garage told me that it's not really all that hard a job to do (just time consuming), and he's said that I'd save myself a lot of money and it'd be quite an enjoyable job for me to have a go at through the Summer.

If I decide to go ahead, is there anything that I should be aware of and could a new set of rings potentially cause any engine problems? If my cylinders are knackered I'll leave them be but I'd still like to have a stab at it.

Is there a guide or a sequence of pictures for the job anywhere?

Thanks in advance for any advice!
-Pos

if yer gonna go down that road and do it properly , you'll most likely find other internal parts that need doing. if your bores are worn you'll need to have the block rebored. main bearings could well need doing arnorl.the list is as long as a part list fer the engine.
you could be lucky and only need rings and then you would still need to hone the bores . problem is that if you strip it down that far you'd be a fool not to check other bits andf thats when the list starts to grow

well I'd only want to go as far as doing the piston rings. Don't see the point in doing anything else if piston rings only seem to be the problem. Does Re-honing the cylinders just involve running a honing pebble around them? I don't understand how that is done...

if you do that yer asking fer trouble... when you take it apart yer unsettling everything and you'll find yer shell bearing (at least) will most probably be worn. you're not gonna tell us you intend pitting the old worn ones back in?
as for honing the bores yer can buy the tool for it fairly cheaply from most online tool places.

heres one

cool thanks! I'll see how bored I get through Summer. The only problem is that if I start having a go at everything else I'm very likely to run into something that I can't do. Bearings and shafts don't sound very easy to be honest. I'm guessing that I'd have to take off my timing belt to start with so that'd be a couple of new bits and pieces that I'd need.

Have ya got Haynes, this and other issues you're likely to come across when doing it are quite weell covered there??? (as well as engine rebuild pointers)

its a defender injun!! it has problems not issues

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its a defender injun!! it has problems not issues

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My defender's problems have issues. Am thinking of landytherapy for it. Either that or a big hammer

Yes I have a Haynes, but to be perfectly honest, I don't really think that it is all that good. Sure enough it covers the basics but it doesn't go into enough details with certain things or provide you pointers with potential problems or when a bit of brute force is going to be required etc.

the haynes book will tell/show you just enough to get yerself into trouble, and it's never worth just doing the rings, for the effort involed you'd be better off planning for either a complete overhaul - or look for a decent replacement engine that you could just drop in as a replacement - you could then rebuild the orginal as and when you have time rather than wanting to do it all in a rush in order to get you back on the road quickly

If I were to buy something like a 200tdi, would that significantly alter my insurance premium? I'm only 18 and currently have a 2.5 N/A. I'm pretty sure that the word turbo will bring it sky high!

pos said:

If I were to buy something like a 200tdi, would that significantly alter my insurance premium? I'm only 18 and currently have a 2.5 N/A. I'm pretty sure that the word turbo will bring it sky high!

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it would certainly increase it seeing as it's both a modification and a more powerfull engine but if you talk to a company who is LR aware such as Lancaster you might find the increase isnt as much as you might have expected

A while ago I did a quote for a 2.5TD and a 200TDI 90. The Tdi came up about £10 CHEAPER than the TD! Cant remember what insurance company was though. Im only 19 myself.

A while ago I did a quote for a 2.5TD and a 200TDI 90. The Tdi came up about £10 CHEAPER than the TD! Cant remember what insurance company was though. Im only 19 myself.

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I have just got a quote for both motors on autotraders website and both have come up with the same amount. How much did your insurance cost if you don't mind me asking?

First year is £1450 or so. Thats TPFT in my name, was 18 at the time with no NCB. Its through Admiral, who to be fair to them dont seem to be a bad company. I found that through confused.com.

Im 19 now, and my insurance is due for renewal in mid Feb. I just went on confused.com and searched again, and the cheapest I can get TPFT is £674.82, and that is with 1 years NCB. Funny thing is, the company that came up as the cheapest with that price is a company called ibuyeco who supposedly offset all your carbon emissions. Seemed quite ironic to me considering I drive a dirty, smokey old land rover!

How much do you pay POS, and who do you use?

cost just under £1450 with Endlsleigh. Should be able to get that down a little bit

Hey guys try NFU mutual, the farmers insurers, got mine through them last year TPFT for £146.40 tho at 36 im a tad older than you two haha

i'm soooo glad i'm not 19. jesus!!! £1400 etc???? jesus!!!!

33 ful compo, ncbonus - £240 something or other