Thread: Land Rover 6 cyl engine?

IMHO the landy 6 is the boat anchor of the landrover engines.

looked after they do alright but the little bit of extra power/torque they put out over the 4 pot petrol isnt worth the extra fuel it burns up.

It'll eat valves on a regular basis if the mix is just a little out.

I'm certain that they have their place, All I know is that its not in the engine bay of any of my rovers.

Hello Gunsports, I've had both engines over the years, but unfortunately in two different vehicles.
I had the 6 in a LWB Dormobile camper, and the 2.25 Diesel in a SWB ragtop.
The 6 used TONS of fuel, and the timing was always needing tweaking, but it crused along okay.
The 2.25 diesel used bugger all fuel and with the fairey overdrive could sit on 100kph all day no problems.
It was a little down on power, and abit smokey so I rebuilt it with new (standard) rings and bearings, and lapped the valves all myself, and it was still smokey, so one day I went to a very old diesel mechanic in the countryside near Ballarat to ask his advice, he walked out to greet me as I drove into his yard and before I'd even got out of the car he said" "The timing's too far retarded, grab a spanner and give the pump a bit of a turn to advance it, you won't know yourself"
so I did, it was a new car!!
I drove out of the drive (admittedly it was gravel)and floored it and it spun the wheels and fishtailed up the road!!
No more smoke either.
I'd go the diesel, maybe not quite as quick as the petrol but I never touched it again in the following 5 years (except for oil/filters)
Once you've got rid of plugs/points/leads/carbies etc, you'll never go back!!
I loved that little engine.
(bracing myself for all the V8 guys' attack!)

Fraser