Thread: Eny meny miney mo which diesel motors the go

Originally Posted by PAT303

JC do you think Tdi's need thier headgasket's replaced once they reach 300k?.How often do you recomend the valve set. Pat

Hi Pat, (Chris (Rangieman) will have another fit), but I have been tending to pull heads on these on average between 240 and 260k. The gasket condition at these mileages shows it is a good thing to do. We pulled Ians' (leo109) head off his 300Tdi with 360k, and it had gasses blowing under 2 of the fire rings quite badly although there were no noticeable external symptoms. Glad we did it as he tows a decent size van and poor old disco gets a caning sometimes

Valve set I do every 10k, which is every engine service for us, and some need adjusting some don't. If you leave it to 20k, then the last 4 or 5 k there will possibly be a noticeable drop in performance.

JC

Originally Posted by justinc

(Chris (Rangieman) will have another fit),

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JC

how long before he's along ??

Originally Posted by garryseries3

I would be happy to send it to someone that knows Landies and get a idea of what I need to get her feeling rejuvinated again In Torquay but could travel to have it looked at. Any suggestion greatly appreciated.
Garry

I've never actually had any work done by them (I do my own mechanical work), but the guys at Hunter Cuthill in Geelong were very helpful when I was trying to locate the engine no. on my disco for Vicroads rego.
One of the guys stopped the job he was working on, showed me where the number was and cleaned up the area with a bit of solvent so that I could take it straight back to Vicroads.
Not a big deal, but I got a positive feeling about them.

There are other positive comments about them here from people who have had work done: Hunter Cuthill - Geelong
I'd definitely consider using them myself if I need a job done that I'm not prepared to take on due to time/tooling etc. They also carry some parts if you get stuck.

Other than that I don't know of any Landy specialists down this way - it would be a case of taking it up to someone in Melbourne.

Steve

I'd visit a good diesel shop (an authorised Bosch agent) to have the injectors replaced and the pump properly recalibrated. I had this done at 300,000 on my old Disco and the difference was day and night. A good diesel shop will run the injector pump on a pump dyno and set it up properly.

Rankin Diesel in Bayswater did my Land Rover.
AG Diesel in Clayton did my Mercedes-Benz.

I highly praise both of them.

Originally Posted by justinc

Hi Pat, (Chris (Rangieman) will have another fit), but I have been tending to pull heads on these on average between 240 and 260k. The gasket condition at these mileages shows it is a good thing to do. We pulled Ians' (leo109) head off his 300Tdi with 360k, and it had gasses blowing under 2 of the fire rings quite badly although there were no noticeable external symptoms. Glad we did it as he tows a decent size van and poor old disco gets a caning sometimes

Valve set I do every 10k, which is every engine service for us, and some need adjusting some don't. If you leave it to 20k, then the last 4 or 5 k there will possibly be a noticeable drop in performance.

JC

So mine is a bit overdue for a new gasket then. Pat

What sort of workshops do you have access to?

The reason I ask as with a little welding and machining work (make an adapter and shaft) you can shoehorn the Isuzu gearbox which goes with the 4BD1T.
The result is a bullet proof gearbox with overdrive that is mated to any LT230.

The only part of the conversion I haven't got drawn up is the gear-lever. The engine mounts, adapter plates and shafts I have already mapped out based on my rangie's setup.

Originally Posted by PAT303

So mine is a bit overdue for a new gasket then. Pat

It will tell you when it needs it

Originally Posted by rovercare

It will tell you when it needs it

Or possibly milliseconds just after