🎰 Land Rover 300Tdi Engine Problems

While oil leaks around the cylinder head on many other engines can mean some serious problems, on the 300Tdi engines, they are not that huge of a deal. Though oil leaks into the exhaust manifold can have spectacular consequences, all you need to do is to replace these seals and O-rings. The 300TDi engine is easy to rebuild and as the one stop shop for quality Land Rover engine parts we always have the full range of 300tdi engine parts in stock. Exceptional engine, exceptional parts In the opinion of many automotive experts, Land Rover 300TDI engine is one of the best ever produced. Smoking 300 TDI. * CAUSE FOUND * markgenesis. Only 135,000 miles on the engine, be surprised if the bores and valve guides have worn. Compression test would be a good idea, not got the kit for that so may give it to a garage. 72 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400. 95 BMW E34 525i Manual. And I won't sit down. May 19, 2021. #4. raisingveg said: issue 1 check the thermostat is not sticking and make sure the fan is kicking in. issue 2 check oil level or make sure the bulb and earth is not faulty. 300tdi doesnt have an electric fan. Rad should be hot all over op needs to look at the oil cooler side of the rad also. Land Rover specify a 10W40 oil for the 300. If I understand what this guy is saying, a 5W40 or 0W40 would be better due to better flow when cold. The problem is that these are in the realm of exotic and expensive synthetics, while the standard mineral diesel oils are all going to be around 15W40. May 16, 2014. #1. hi there. right to cut a long story short my 300tdi disco auto half snapped its timing belt about 3 weeks ago and snapped a rocker arm and bent a couple of push rods I have replaced every thing new timing kit new rocker arm full set of new push rods got it to a point of starting tonight there's fuel going thru injectors and Defender 90 / 110 / 130. Nov 26, 2023. Starkers. Mar 18, 2023. Series. Mar 20, 2023. Land Rover Forums. Welcome To LandyZone, the Land Rover Forums! Here at LandyZone we have plenty of very knowledgable members so if you have any questions about your Land Rover or just want to connect with other Landy owners, you're in the right place. Easiest option is to source a Defender R380 then the chassis can be ordered factory 300. The disco box is the same as a Defender box more or less Except the disco box has a longer input shaft and a longer bell housing to suit. If you can source a shorty Defender bell housing and a Defender input shaft you could get a disco box rebuilt to My 1972 Series three 109 (Originally fitted with the 6 cylinder engine, now long gone), I have taken out the 2.5l Transit engine (Low powered) and just started to offer up the TDI300 engine from a 1995 Disco mk1. I have attached it up to the original gearbox (with overdrive fitted) and that fits fine as per various articles on websites. mmgemini. Having experienced no oil pressure on a 300Tdi that was fitted with a proper oil pressure gauge, I suggest you get a mechanical gauge and fit it. If there is still no oil pressure then come back. Don't bother to fit the gauge into the truck. Leave it by the engine for the time being. One half (small bronze bush) was in the oil line rest must have gone through No1 cylinder. Not a mark on the head or piston but the piston is now 2mm lower than No 4 with a slight S bend in the con-rod. Not sure I can remove it up the bore. Might get away with one new con-rod & a turbo. The turbo fins are chewed up but the casing looks OK. Sep 23, 2004. #2. Well I don't know what the temp guage on the 300tdi looks like but, the temperature should be close to the boiling point of water. What is actualy read by the guage it the coolant temperature. The coolant temperature only works when it is liquid and not at boiling point. So the cooling system is presurised to allow the ipu4I.

land rover 300tdi engine problems