It was at uni, then at a garage, then back at uni, now its at another garage and soon it will be back home

Engine Ive found is from an auto. Are all the bits the same? Is it just a case of changing the torque converter and putting the clutch there instead? Thanks

I can only assume that this guy knows what hes doing. Washed bores seem reasonable to me because it had fuel going into it with no spark when it first broke, then it had loads of EZ start, so its believable. Firing order is correct, ignition timing is close enough. Mechanic did suggest the...

Updeate. Bad news Im affraid. Expert says its not got compression. Likely cylinder bores washed from all the EZ start. What are my options from here? I see 3 options really. I can break/sell for scrap, I can take a gamble on a 2nd hand engine, or I can rebuild mine (If thats something a DIY...

Ive said before, it turns over but doesnt fire, not getting 12v to the injectors. Dont know why. Yeah I do use it offroad, strata florida, bastard lane etc. Caught the towbar plenty, needed the locking diff plenty, got stuck a few times before I bought the BFGs. RRCs had no diesels at launch...

Yep, my parents had a Jeep XJ with the 2.5 VM, headgaskets went on that too. Luckily it has individual heads so its a nice cheap job for a mechanic (sarcasm, the repair cost more than the Jeep, iirc). In theory, the larger lump wont be worked as hard, so should be under less stress. Obviously...

Yes, just a 2.4 with an extra 50% and presumably a different turbo etc etc. Relativelty popular with the marine applications. 3.6 TDV8 would be a superb engine if it werent so unreliable and available with a manual...

Thanks. Main reasons for not buying a D2 imo are the additional electronics (made even more offputting by the fact that a warning light is now an MoT fail). Also worse departure angle and lack of CDL on many examples. Plus, once the ACE fails it doesnt handle any better, and Ive never had an...

Sorry for my absence, lets answer some questions. Issues Ive had with the V8? Only one. No idea what it is, hopefully will find out soon as a "specialist" will be having a look. Made me very angry because it broke only a few hundered miles after I bought a set of BFGoodrich KO2 ATs for it (which...

Okay thanks all, so basically theyre all just vectors of bankrupcy and are best avoided. Stick to 200/300tdi D1s (I presume that extends to the 200tdi RRC?) The electronics on the P38, how many of them can be thrown away? Ive heard about mechanical pump conversions using E34 525tds bits? Or am I...

So, after owning a 3.9 V8 manual D1, and loosing quite a substantial chunk of change on it, I've decided I'm going to sell it and get something else. The TDI land rovers are just too slow and agricultural, and they handle rather poorly on the road, so I've decided to look at something a tad...

Uni in Aberystwyth, home further north, not far from Bangor. Disco at uni because I cant drive it home

No My neck in uni work. Ive had enough. I cant fix it, I dont have a compression tester and Im not buying one either. I cant justify spending hundereds for soneone else to look at it with the possibility of fixing it or not fixing it, then having to pay hundereds more getting it back to break...

All the plugs are brand new. I sprayed into the throttke body whilst the engine was cranking continuously for 10+ seconds and nothing happened

Yes, exactly, it should run. The only other thing that could be happening is that the bores of the cylinders have been washed so badly that it no longer has compression. I tested the easystart and the plugs by spraying the plugs whilst cranking the engine. The result is exactly as you would...

Its got voltage across the coil. Its got spark. Ive put it up on facebook marketplace, will break if theres enough interest (mainly the engine)

Would that stop it running?

No, Ive come home for easter. Will give it a crack. The garage who had it took the coil out and put it in upside down. When I flipped it I noticed it was only connected to 4 wires, and Im certain there were 5 before. Ive looked at the wiring diagram and I cant work out which wires they are...

No. A couple of mates and I have bought a tiny Daihatsu Cuore to do the mongol rally in, so that will be the steed of choice. I just want the disco fixed so I can sell it.

The ECU is working, at least to some degree, because theres power to the idle control valve. Ive noticed that the garage have put the coil in upside down. Theres spark, so its working somewhat. Other than making the spark, does the coil serve any other function?