Thread: TD5 not starting after head fix

this is some info about uk spec heads don't know if it applies in Australia?

AFFECTED RANGE:
All Td5 derivatives within VIN ranges:
Discovery Series II
(02 Model Year)
2A 736340 to 3A 793895
Defender
(02 Model Year)
2A 622424 to 3A 647705
SUBJECT:
CYLINDER HEAD LOCATING DOWELS
DETAIL:
Td5 engines fitted to vehicles in the above VIN range are fitted with plastic dowels
to locate the cylinder head onto the cylinder block.
Land Rover Engineering has introduced steel locating dowels from the following
VIN numbers:
Discovery Series II: 3A 793895
Defender: 3A 647705
INFORMATION:
If a cylinder head is removed from a vehicle in the above VIN range, the plastic
dowels must be replaced with new specification steel dowels, which are now
available from Land Rover Parts.
CAUTION: Td5 derivatives prior to the above VIN ranges must not, under any
circumstances, be fitted with the new steel dowels. If steel dowels are fitted to
earlier engines, cylinder head cracking may result.

Thanks for that . Mine is a 1999 and was fitted with steel dowels two days ago.
The gasket kit was supplied by a well known Sunshine Coast, ( Queensland) land rover repairer who has been fitting heads since 1973. (You would reckon he would be sick of it by now).
I rang him to query the plastic/steel dowel thing and was told that every head they do is fitted with steel and never plastic. So there you go.
Take your pick.

Just a thought, the injectors are programmed thru the ECU to a particular cylinder, AFAIK, if you put them back in the wrong order, they have to be reprogrammed. Bob