Cornish Rattler

Cheer's Mo, can't wait to fit it

Thing is I don't want to upset anything and loose the warranty on the work that's been done on the FIP and injectors but then again they quoted me £500 but charged my only £400 CASH so have I already lost the warranty anyway, what do you think

Sorry it's a 1.4

Gearing not sure what u mean, pump is set to top end power and the gearbox is an lt77 if that helps

I also remember the diesel specialist saying he has set the FIP to top end power and I mite see a bit of black smoke but there is hardly any smoke at all just slightly when you first go to accelerate then the smoke goes where as before I had the FIP and injectors done it smoked heavily for most of the range, it is also slightly layed back to what I am used to so maybe there is something not quite right

Are now then all pipes are new but the fuel pipe is joined with a hose clip at the lift pump and the lift pump is a new Bearmach one so will look at the fuel pipe and if that doesn't sort it I will take it back to the diesel specialist and go from there, cheers guys

Got a worn 2nd gear syncro in ours but fitted a slick shift anyway made a very slight difference then later we fitted the Mazda RX8 seats and the crunching has vertically gone must be the higher seating position that helps changing gear, that's what I think anyway

Yeah it's a disco 200 now so shouldn't have that problem with the dipstick, would the leaking seals cause the engine to die when climbing steep hills going up the gears

I am off for a week from Friday so weekend I will remove and clean the intercooler and pipes out, drain some oil out and see how it goes

Wish we could find one for the 2a like this one, anyone going to the Peterborough show selling a decent late 2a bulkhead we would be interasted going with a van

Yeah its on level ground but thinking I must have over filled it if the level is on the high mark now, maybe its getting rid of the excess oil through the turbo / intercooler pipes

When i checked the oil level yesterday it was reading on the Low mark so i put 1/2 a ltr in and left it to run down for about 20-30 mins whilst i did something else then came to check it and it hadn't risen much so i put another 1/2 ltr in and set off, anyway just re-checked the level this morning and its showing on the High mark so it looks like i may have over filled it, what do you thing

Not running one at the mo I know I need to but trying to decide which air filter to go for as I am running a Southdown snorkel but with trying to sort other problems out it keeps getting put on the back burner

Yeah I have run the engine since and it seems ok, will check the level tomorrow but think most of the oil was coming from the intercooler pipe joint, when I started to remove the intercooler pipes today there was signs of oil in there which made me a bit sus and cleaned them out before I re-rooted the pipe but I remember cleaning the intercooler and inlet manifold out with brake cleaner when I had the engine stripped down a few months ago so I was a bit surprised to see the oil there and even more now and I did top the oil up before I went out today so maybe I have slightly over filled it.

Sorry its been a while son kept it in his van

Hi guys Long storey i bought a used Disco 200tdi engine off the bay a few months back originally to re-ferb myself by stripping it down myself and sending the nesesary bits for recon'd then get them all back and build it all back with new gaskets, seals and anything else it would need like water pump, timing belt, starter motor ect, anyway when I went to collect the engine the guy asked what I was going to do with it so I told him and he said the engine was supposedly been recon'd a couple of years back so shouldn't need doing so once I got it home I decided to part strip the engine, head off, sump and ladder frame off and timing case and back plate off and started inspecting stuff and checking bearing caps for play, everything seemed ok so i rebuilt it back up with new gaskets and seals inc new starter motor, timing belt, water pump and lift pump, anyway came to the part where you start it for the first time in the vehicle ( Defender 200tdi ) and its started immediately and seemed to run ok but not at the stage to road test so just revving slightly in the garage where I found the engine wouldn't rev properly, anyway we gave it a couple of short tests around the block trying to sort the problem but couldn't, came to the conclusion the FIP and injectors need doing. So last week I had the FIP and injectors done and took it on a 90 mile round trip which it seemed to run great till I came to a steep hill and stuck behind a wagon then once the wagon turned off still on the hill I started to put my foot down through the gears and found when the engine was at full revs and about to change up the engine would die it did this a few times along the trip, anyway I decided over the weekend to take it back to the diesel specialist on Monday ( today ) but at the back of my mind since all this happened something has been telling me its something else and today decided to check all the intercooler pipes and boost pipes for tightness which everything was but I wasn't happy with the elbow intercooler pipe that is fitted to the turbo as all the intercooler pipes are a mismatch of new pipes I bought and pipes supplied with the engine as the elbow pipe looked like it was being pulled and although the hose clip was tight I could just see movement in the pipe where it fits the turbo. Anyway I couldn't get it any better so I re-rooted the whole intercooler pipe from intercooler to the turbo and it seemed better so decided on taking out for another run and the problem is still there but noticed when I got back home the turbo was leaking oil out of it near to where the big curclip is and oil was coming from some of the joints in the intercooler pipes which I made sure was all clean before fitting them today. Any idea's please as I am at wits end, part of me is saying its the engine goosed part of me is saying its the turbo goosed.

Collected the 90 yesterday drove it back up the motorway for the first time with this engine in and it ran great just getting used to it again now as he has set it for top end power not sure how it was set before with the problem it had but up to now it seems ok

Collecting it tomorrow can't wait now, think i mite throw a sickie and go for a joy ride instead

Yeah it was advertised on the Just defender's and series forum on FB and as it was son's day off the next day he jumped in his van and got it £180 well chuffed

Just had a call from the diesel specialist saying it's ready but I can't pic it up till Tuesday as I am in work at 14:00 hrs and he is away this weekend, anyway he said everything was gummed up inside so a recond pump and injectors plus filter and it's a flyer now can't wait now

Hi guys We bought a bulkhead for the 90 yesterday, its been re-con'd but a few years ago and never fitted so no work needed just painting, so once the 2a is finished we can start swapping it over aswell as fit the smooth roof we bought earlier this year

Yeah hope so then I can try it out going to the Peterborough show

Just dropped the 90 off to have its FIP and injectors done

That's right yeah I remember now, no where I am going now cheer's ej

Hi guys Ok i am not quite at the point of fitting the 200tdi in yet but just wondered what peep's views are on what to do with the galv'd battery tray, I know when I had my last S2a swb that I completely restored using its original to me galv chassis a few years later I decided to fit a disco 200tdi engine and at the time 8ish years ago everyone just lobbed the tray off and treated the chassis where the tray legs had been but once I had fitted the 200 in I quickly realised I didn't need to have done that but that was a long time ago and can't remember how much of the tray I could have saved, any idea's and pic's please engine will be fitted with std 2a engine mounts and coupled up to a std 2a box