Thread: How to cool and lighten a 300TDI.

First up, you punch 2 holes in opposite sides of the block.
Then cut a conrod in 2 so there is less rotating mass, this also cuts fuel usage as you are now running on 3 cylinders .

Some interesting facts i just discovered about the 300TDI -

1) a near complete short block is ****** heavy
2) a tdi crank is heavy when hopping on one leg
3) ditto the flywheel
4) rear main T gaskets are actually L shaped
5) the cam retaining plate is hidden behind the rear timing cover section
6) cam followers are a 3 piece mechanical roller lifter design
7) the 10mm bolts LR like to use round easily when using multi point sockets
8) injection pump is a bastard to remove


And some pics of this lightweight, 3 cylinder TDI -

If it was mine Joel i'd still be stewing in my misery.

Previous, previous owner of the vehicle this came out of said the motor had only done 120K since a reco , big end bearings were down to copper and all bearings were stamped as being standard size.