Disco1 engine.

Hi All,

It's been a while since I posted to this list and sadly it's desperation that brings me back!

I've just returned from a restfull weeks holiday only for my Disco to break down on me, fortunately, not to far from home. And in true style it's serious (I alway's do a good job of these things). The car-doctor say's it needs a transplant! Apparently my crank is broken and one of my pistons maybe hitting the cylinder head!

Anyway, the long and the short of this tale is that I need another power unit (engine).

So does anyone know where I can get a decent second hand or reconditioned engine for a Discovery 1 2.5TDi ?

Thanks

Gail

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Gail
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What year? If it's pre-94 and has the old-style headlights, you're looking for a 200Tdi. If post-94 and newer-style, larger headlights, it's a 300Tdi. The 200Tdi had blue or beige, fairly basic interior. The 300Tdi is a bit more modern.

Although, in fact, the engines are moderately interchangeable.

Also, if you're looking for a good LR garage, there's a good specialist in Standlake near Oxford, called James French Land Rover.

David

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David French

This is an international newsgroup, and many of us may not know you from before. It could help if you'd let us know which country you're in.

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Graeme Willox

reconditioned

Gail posted through the ox.ac.uk (Oxford University) news server so I assumed she was in UK. Hence my Oxford comment. But I may be wrong. The Internet's a big place.

D
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David French

I'm in the UK, Oxfordshire as David correctly determined.

The Engine I'm looking for is a for a 93 Discovery1 2.5 TDi-S

Hope that's helpfull.

Thanks Gail

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Gail

That'll be a 200Tdi. Good engine. How did you manage to break one?

I've just had a quick ring-around some numbers from LRW.

H Beaumont in Halifax can rebuild your existing engine, or replace it with a recon, on 01422 244823.

Turner Engineering near Gatwick can sell you a replacement and advise you on somebody local who can fit it, on 01342 834713.

HTH David.

Reply to
David French

Thanks everyone,

Panic over

I've found one.

G
Reply to
Gail

Be aware that a bust crank may not mean a new engine - it may be repairable, which could be a lot cheaper. Give the chap at Turners a call and he'll explain.

David

Reply to
David French

That sounds like a reasonable assumption. My newgroup reader doesn't quote the same way yours does, and I wasn't aware that's where Gail was from.

Reply to
Graeme Willox

No worries - I usually post through a German news server, but I'm not in Germany, so it doesn't work all the time anyway.

D
Reply to
David French

Thanks for this David,

My concern is more one of over-all cost. Whilst I agree with you that my current faulty engine can be repaired the question is....would it be more cost effective just to put another engine in it and exchange the faulty one for a decent one? Sadly this isn't something I'm capable of doing myself, so I also have to build a mechanics time into the costs.

Out of curiosity, how do you tell the version II engine from the version 1 ? It's just that, the mechanic said that the replacement engine is a seriesII type12L. When I queried this with him he said that that's what I already have in my car. ....maybe it's be changed before!?......... It does have over 200,000 on the clock!

Anyway, I'll find out next week.

Thanks G

Reply to
Gail

Erm...

Replace it in a cost effective way with what? Another old engine?

Or, replace it with a recon engine or new one?

I'd have said you'd save at least a Grand by having the existing engine rebuilt.

Odd for an engine to go wrong so early in its life - hardly run-in.

My Disco has that and some on it (250,000 I think, at the last count).

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Mother

Um - the 12L isn't a Series II engine - that would have 5 cylinders.

The 12L is a good old 200TDi block, just like I have on mine.

Basically, take a look at the engine. Looking from the front of the car the number should be stamped on a flat on the left hand side of the engine towards the front of the block. If it says 12L then it's a 200. If it is covered under large amounts of black plastic that looks like a vinyl sofa's been dumped under the bonnet then it's a TD5.

P.

Reply to
Paul S. Brown

I think she'd have noticed a TD5 engine in a 1993 Disco :)

What would a 300Tdi have stamped on it?

Reply to
David French

18L I think

P.

Reply to
Paul S. Brown

On or around Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:45:18 +0100, "David French" enlightened us thusly:

though AFAIK it's no big deal to swap it for a 300 TDi if one turns up cheap

- you need the ancillaries such as alternator and PAS pump etc., as they have different drive belt - apart from that, it should be near enough a straight swap.

so if a good 300 TDi (about 1995-1998) turns up at a good price (say in a crashed motor) it'd be worth going for.

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Austin Shackles

On or around Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:55:37 +0100, "Paul S. Brown" enlightened us thusly:

the most obvious difference though is the drive belts for alternator, PAS, water pump etc.. The 200 TDi has a forest of V belts, the 300 has a single serpentine belt.

The 300 TDi also has a compeltely different vacuum pump, but it's not so obvious to the uninitiated.

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Austin Shackles
16 L up to 22L depending on the version of the engine, namely whether it was or was not fitted with EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) or with a mechanical or electronicaly controlled diesel fuel pump and finally on whether the engine was mated with a manual or automatic gearbox. 300Tdi engines mated to an automatic gearbox produced around 123 bhp (or 126?) instead of the standard 111 bhp. 200 Tdi engines on Discos were producing 111 bhp and on Defenders 107 (or 108?)

Take care Pantelis

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Pantelis Giamarellos

A 300Tdi may also have a second belt if fitted with A/C. Another easily noticeable difference of the 300Tdi is that it usually comes with the elastic cover on the top of the engine while the 200Tdi was never fitted with it from the factory but this cover can be retrofitted to it (and it does make a small difference in reducing the clattering noise when idling.

Take care Pantelis

Reply to
Pantelis Giamarellos

Have they lifted the head?

Depending on the actual damage a rebuild may be cheaper.

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Niamh Holding

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