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cheet22

Member

• Mar 4, 2024

• #1

Hi

Sorry if this is obvious, but Im tearing down my first engine, a Discovery 200TDI

What are these 3 holes filled with sealant, one either side of fuel lifter, then one on side of vacuum pump housing?

Cheers

 

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cheet22

Member

• Mar 4, 2024

• #2

cheet22 said:

Hi

Sorry if this is obvious, but Im tearing down my first engine, a Discovery 200TDI

What are these 3 holes filled with sealant, one either side of fuel lifter, then one on side of vacuum pump housing?

Cheers

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Flossie

Well-Known Member

• Mar 4, 2024

• #3

Normal.

 

D1Nut

Well-Known Member

• Mar 5, 2024

• #4

from the factory they would have had nice neat little rubber bungs in them

 

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cheet22

Member

• Mar 5, 2024

• #5

D1Nut said:

from the factory they would have had nice neat little rubber bungs in them

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D1Nut said:

from the factory they would have had nice neat little rubber bungs in them

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Cheers. Are they just casting holes? I plan to remove and reseal i guess.

 

steve2286w

Well-Known Member

• Mar 5, 2024

• #6

Don’t know but in mine too, if you clean them out would you inspect and report back the curiosity is killing me

 

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cheet22

Member

• Mar 5, 2024

• #7

steve2286w said:

Don’t know but in mine too, if you clean them out would you inspect and report back the curiosity is killing me

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Will do!

 

Flossie

Well-Known Member

• Mar 5, 2024

• #8

Think they go straight through to the cam bearings from memory so I'm guessing they are there to machine oil galleries.

 

steve2286w

Well-Known Member

• Mar 5, 2024

• #9

You wins

 

v8250

Well-Known Member

• Mar 5, 2024

• #10

Thought I'd share the photo of my 200Tdi engine c/o Turner Engineering and prior to me building up pre-install. I remember these 3x holes filled with some sort of industrial mastik and thought at the time, that's odd. Didn't question it as it's a TE rebuilt engine.

 

miktdish

Guns n Chainsaws

Full Member

• Mar 5, 2024

• #11

Ooooh ... engine porn

 

v8250

Well-Known Member

• Mar 5, 2024

• #12

miktdish said:

Ooooh ... engine porn

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Wait til next year as am planning on fitting an 3.0ltr M57 engine plus all the bells & whistles to the Ninety. I'm planning this as a forever keeper spec' Ninety for me and my darling gal to enjoy on long distance adventure/touring trips.

I'll be keeping all the existing Gwyn Lewis HD components + upgrading diffs, driveshafts, props, txfr box, a freshly rebuilt HD gearbox. I'll remove all the silly BMW diesel engine clogging silliness, strip and rebuild the M57 this coming winter keeping it to relatively std power at ~220-230bhp with lots of low end grunty torque. The project will give me a mountain climbing Ninety Soft Top that will sit at 80mph for hours on end.

The 200Tdi and all the new ancillaries will be up for sale as a complete package early 2025. Someone will get a very good deal and skip a huge amount of hard work.

 

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cheet22

Member

• Mar 18, 2024

• #13

Took out the gunk, had the metal plugs installed behind. Think i will leave the metal plugs as they are, add a blob new sealant then paint over