HELP! Noisy TDi 300

**lardy** · 18th September 2009, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by Cliffy

Well, the verdicts in.............colapsed 3 & 4 piston due to overheating!

Pistons are slapping arround in the bores.

LUCKILY, the bores aren't too badly scorred and a hone should fix em up. New pistons are in and head going back on now. Should know by Monday if noise is gone. Hopefully it is leaving resealing the front block to timing case (low oil pressure at idle) and all foeward of that will get replaced. Rad sevice (to remove ann the spinefex) and a disc skim and I should have a driveable 130. New shocks also coming Monday (Fronts are non-existant).

There is NO SUCH THING AS A CHEAP CAR!!!!

Hopefully all good to go for the long weekend!!!!!

cliffy what you doing for shocks ?

**Cliffy** · 19th September 2009, 02:49 AM

Going for after market standard types at the moment as the aim is to get it all running reliably before worrying too much about mods.
Got all 4 shocks plus steering damp. for $400.00 incl freight.
The brand is one of the big 3 UK aftermarket Landy parts distributors.
While not tough dogs, they are 100% better than the totally failed ones on it now.

**lardy** · 22nd September 2009, 07:41 PM

i bought a tough dog rtc steering damper what a pile of ****.
it's coming off as soon as i get bilsteins sent over.
Am thinking standard height and air bags to the rear in place of the helper coil

**Jock The Rock** · 22nd September 2009, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by lardy

i bought a tough dog rtc steering damper what a pile of ****.
it's coming off as soon as i get bilsteins sent over.
Am thinking standard height and air bags to the rear in place of the helper coil

Hey mate don't fit a Bilstein steering damper they are rubbish

Made my Landy pull hard to the right

If you do a search I'm not the only one with this problem

**lardy** · 22nd September 2009, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by Jock The Rock

Hey mate don't fit a Bilstein steering damper they are rubbish

Made my Landy pull hard to the right

If you do a search I'm not the only one with this problem

go figure mine pulls left with the tough dog rtc with any amount of adjustment kinda kicking myself for binning the old one now sods law .....i know it's a stupid question did you get your tracking reassessed after fitting?

**dullbird** · 23rd September 2009, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by lardy

go figure mine pulls left with the tough dog rtc with any amount of adjustment kinda kicking myself for binning the old one now sods law

.....i know it's a stupid question did you get your tracking reassessed after fitting?

My tough dog RTC was brilliant...sorry it really sounds like you haven't set it up right

**one_iota** · 23rd September 2009, 12:49 PM

My Tough Dog RTC worked well on the Disco but I have heard that they don't work very well on the Defender.

**Jock The Rock** · 23rd September 2009, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by dullbird

My tough dog RTC was brilliant...sorry it really sounds like you haven't set it up right

DB the Defenders have a different steering setup to a Disco or Rangie. A Bilstein damper will work well in a Disco or Rangie but not in a Defender

I think this has something to do with the fact a standard damper doesn't auto extend, wheras a Bilstein does. Therefore it pushs the wheel to the right

I posted a thread up on it a while ago.

lardy, when you put the Tough Dog in; did it extend or retract by itself at all?

**lardy** · 23rd September 2009, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by Jock The Rock

DB the Defenders have a different steering setup to a Disco or Rangie. A Bilstein damper will work well in a Disco or Rangie but not in a Defender

I think this has something to do with the fact a standard damper doesn't auto extend, wheras a Bilstein does. Therefore it pushs the wheel to the right

I posted a thread up on it a while ago.

lardy, when you put the Tough Dog in; did it extend or retract by itself at all?

can't be sure i just followed the instructions on the wrapper .....under how to make your vehicle a pig to drive .....and it came out just like it said it would maybe go back to ya man in balcatta and pay him to do it i might have ****ed it up

**Cliffy** · 23rd September 2009, 11:16 PM

Getting away from the damper saga......IT"S ALIVE!!

The heads back on and the noise is GONE!!!!!!

Now just gotta get all the seals on the front replaced, inc new timing belt and skim the discs and she'll be ready to play for the long w/e!!

Lardy, you can have my old damper if it's not stuffed.

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