Landy1985

Hello, Thank you all for your comments. I finally found the inclination to tear down the Landy this weekend! On disassembly of the push rods I noticed that #8 was discoloured; on the removal of the head, the gasket had blown on cylinder #4 to the push rod chamber (see photo). This explains the pressurisation of the sump and increased breathing issue and pushing the oil out into the air box. As the gasket did not go in the water jacket and the head has not got hot, what is the general opinion whether it is necessary to get the head skimmed? Additionally I noticed that there is some pitting and wear damage to a varied degree in the rocker housings (see photos). Is this a common observation for the 200tdi? Thanks

As it is finally stopped raining I started exploring the damage from the weekend. Removing the turbo pipes, the engine started first time and actually it sounded OK (no unusual rattles which was reassuring). The water level had not dropped so do not think the head gasket has gone. I’m going to replace the crankcase breather vent trap as do not know when it was last changed. Next step is trying to get the turbo apart....

Hi, I managed to get the turbo off today and eventually got all the bolts undone, but do you have any advice how to separate the turbo assembly?

Thank you for the comments. I can confirm that the engine it a defender 200 tdi so top mounted turbo. See attached a picture of the set up running (pulled air box off as leaking oil but crankcase pipe feeds into main body of the cartridge type filter housing). Interesting comment about excessive crankcase breather pressure; when it first happened I removed the crankcase pressure pipe and started it up and visually you could see oil droplets in the air flow but I do not know if this is normal. If there is excessive crankcase pressure what would be the potential root causes? The engine overrun happened very quickly, I did de-clutch and turned off the ignition however did not react to stall the engine, but it stopped on its own after about 5-7 seconds (assumed that it just limited to the oil in the intake). I’m hoping that as it started again to pull on to the drive that is a good sign that I have not done too much damage! I am going to explore further today, but the oil drain does not appear to be kinked. In terms of turbo replacements, I have seen that you can buy just an internal cartridge, has anyone had any experience swapping the main components and do you require any specialist tools? Thank you

Hello All, Recently I have joined the 200tdi club after converting from my 2.25 10J, but with only 200 miles under my belt the turbo has blown today ☹️! It was sounding funny so stopped and oil was pouring out from the air box. Checked oil straight after the event and seemed that it was empty; went to get some oil and topped it up and started and tried to crawl back very slowly, although it was chucking out a lot of blue smoke. Stopped a couple of times and the oil level was fine. At the final hill I had a short engine run away which filled the sky a bit with smoke! I got towed home and checked the oil and level was still ok. It started and although rough it drove onto the drive. Removing the air filter to examine the turbo there is now play in the turbine, however at the moment it looks like everything is in one piece. Although it started and oil level was ok I am now worried that the overrun has damaged the engine. What checks would be recommended to evaluate whether I’ve caused any significant damage? Thank you for any hints. Cheers James

David, I'm looking for the pin which fits through the end of the shaft and enagages the coupling. See attached a picture of the shaft for the reference. Thanks

Hello, I'm in the final stages of fitting a 525 mechanical pto winch to my 1984 landy 110 and I appear to be missing the final piece of the puzzle! There appears to be a special drive pin required that goes in the end of the shaft and into the coupling which drives the worm gear at the back of the drum (see highlighted area on image). Does anyone know where I could get one or if there are any known work around common solutions? Regards James