Thread: Td5 engines

Originally Posted by p38arover

That seems extremely unusual.

What I meant was the it seems extremely unusual for half shell slipper bearings to not have the retaining, umm, er, "tabs" (Dunno what they are called. )

Ron

Originally Posted by PAT303

I had the local non LR driving expert tell me that theTd5 engine was prone to spin bearings because they don't have the lock tap to stop this from happening.Can one of the mechanics on the board tell me if this is true or not. Pat

I'm sure this is a very rare problem, but I did see one thread about 2 years ago on the UK Landrovernet forum.

The person concerned had put a 2nd hand td5 in his series 3, and it had eventually developed a nasty knock. When it was dismantled one of the big end bearings was wrecked because the bearing shell had moved, and impeded the oil way in the crankshaft. The upper part of the piston had been damaged because the failure of the bearing had allowed the piston to hit the head!

The thread mainly described his replacing the td5 with another one.


Cheers,

Lionel