The v6 fills the engine bay more in the FL1 than the 1.8 etc do.
I have to admit I like the look of the FL2 engine bay. It's neat and looks like easy access to stuff when the big pipe at the top and the engine cover are removed. Thanks fer the pic's. What's the mpg like on the SD4? I assume the gearbox is on the side of the engine and not at the rear of the engine?
As Freelance said, the gearbox is end on.
Fuel consumption is a little higher for me than many, as the nearest motorway is around 70 miles away and there are a lot of hills here. But, doing around 30,000 miles a year AND paying for my own fuel, it's a major consideration.
On a long (mostly dual carriageway) journey, keeping to the legal limit and taking it very easy with a constantly warm engine, I might get 36mpg.
A typical return journey, of around 58 miles, to my office in Plymouth which is 10% lanes, 40% A roads and 50% dual carriageway will (if I stick to the speed limits) return around 31 mpg.
If I drive around the lanes and through the villages, avoiding short journeys and driving sensibly, it's around 27-28mpg.
Getting in stop start traffic, or doing short journeys of around 5-10 miles, will see consumption dip to around 22-25mpg
Fortunately, those sorts of journeys make up very little of my mileage
Overall, these are the sorts of figures I would have expected if I'd gone for a Disco 4 instead.
The figures are around 4-5mpg less than I have got from either of my previous TD4 manuals over the last 110,000 miles.
