Thread: HELP - Engine failure in a 2008 Defender

Originally Posted by justinc

Ahhh Poo! I was hoping for pics of ventilated blocks and broken conrods etc...








Is there a check engine lamp illuminated?


JC

No the lamp isn't illuminated, which further points towards an EGR fault

Originally Posted by justinc

Ahhh Poo! I was hoping for pics of ventilated blocks and broken conrods etc...








Is there a check engine lamp illuminated?


JC

Originally Posted by bob10

I'm assuming it is a TDCi, 2.4. The October issue of L R O International had this as part of an article on buying a 2nd hand TDCi. Hope it helps, Bob


The TDCi diesel engine is best described as brutal, there's so much torque. Originally fitted to the Defender in 2.4 litre form, a 2.2 litre version of the same engine powers current models, having been redesigned to comply with emissions rules. He quotes the 4X4 owner of Gumtree 4X4 in West Sussex as saying ' we have not yet had to change an engine, compared to some previous L R engines, there's no real problems at all' ".


"and ' Sometimes EGR valves are problematic, . Symptoms include loss of power, and lots of black exhaust smoke. The engine management light may come on, but not always. ' From Gumtree 4X4 again - ' Injectors are sometimes faulty, it may misfire & be running rough and warning lights may show on the dash display, but that depends how bad the problem is. It would have to be a long way out of parameters to show a warning light, but you would know anyway, as the engine would be running unbalanced. We've had to replace a couple of throttle potentiometers. On older engines, catalytic converters could get blocked - the internals crumble and break up, then get blown back to the silencer and block it up, then you have no power. Shake the catalytic converter, if it rattles budget for replacing the converter & silencer.'

Very helpful thanks!