crowmann

One side has a oil cooler but no to the otherside. Never really gave that much thought. Next year I am going to fit a skirt all round the whole enclosure within the engine bay that will address that and air flow in general. The idea being to allow air to pass through the oil,air and water rads and then go under the car effectively isolating the rest of the engine bay. Should lead to much faster warm up times and a hotter engine.

The second PAS resy is a oil catch tank it has a drain to sump and vents to air through stainless scrubbers. Works well.

Not quite as big but twice the width this bad boy fits just between the wings.

I have added so much gear to my truck that I feel really guilty if I do not use alloy where ever possible. All quite pointless really but as has been said nicer to work with and corrosion resistant.

Meaty ... I have seen armour plate thinner. There was me thinking alloy where ever possible. Poor old Defenders have enough to do to shift themselves. In any event that is only the water pump and not the complete unit? I would have put it as far away from the hot bits as possible.

The cyclonic is still in place the feed out goes to a ZF PAS catch tank that breathes to a filter and drains to the sump - works A1. For the rest of the 'bay including the Eberspacher location (washer bottle now next to battery) looksy.......... So finally.... Inspired perhaps by the Youtube footage guy who offered up his conversion and after reading all you folks thoughts and experiences I have completed the conversion. Most parts were new (tank excepted) and the best quality I could find. Indeed I found out some fittings were not good or under sized and they form a tray of rejects still here. Where to start? The Tank is alloy and on the small side at 25 litres but does fit neatly and well within the chassis line. I bonded a cradle and a further bottom to it and secured with stainless bolts. It has two outlets one to the water heater and one to the IP valve. The valves I have shown before, here they are in situ taking up the only and oddly most suitable space in a Defender engine bay: Three of the fellas - Pevekoil with 10mm ID fittings sit on a bespoke bracket with the secodary tank filter. The proximity of these valves to the IP means only 300mm of shared pipe work before they enter the IP. Also fitted are two FPHE's one at the filter and one just prior to the IP valve. They both get hot and are fed off the engine water jacket or the Eberspacher diesel water heater. The water heater can get them both hot in 5 minutes flat which is pretty impressive I reckon. As I have conflicting advice on heating regular diesel up to high temps - 90C perhaps I have fitted gas ball valves to create a shunt circuit that can isolate both if required. The original cam driven lift pump - only a few months old was removed and the space left blanked off, the new pumps were fitted in the driverside locker on a plinth mounted on rubber feet. Both are Facet - the bio one being the blue top version which is the most powerful Facet make. Central to this is a 50l a minute 240v pump which is permanently plumbed to both tanks via 19mm ID pipe work. Regulation of which is via ball valves. Also in the locker is a small glass bowled filter, gas ball valves for the fuel (security as much as anything) and a manual filler point for the secondary tank. In the rear wheel arch is a sedimenter this is as close a possible to the tank and is the only original piece of fuel pipe left everything from there onwards is 10mm ID pipe with the same sized fittings. Here is a pic of the underside plumbing: Here is the 1000w inverter: Controlling the lot is my bespoke switch box (Maplins) into which is a fuse box, 5 relays, a temp sensor (reading the exit temp of the last FPHE) and switches. It was a squeeze getting it all in there trust me. Job done - I doubt it will save what it cost but it has kept me busy for a few evenings and the odd weekend. Thanks for the forum and the good advice here.

Mad waste of space. Plus the acoustics of all that bare metal will be rubbish. Smarter and better ............ The useless fridge has gone replaced by a compressor one that works!

Whenever I used to buy a Landrover (or any other car) from a dodgy address I always put the ownership at my families address 30 miles from where I live. Call me suspicious but the ease that sellers can retake the car you have just bought is high if they are of a mind to. Very rare I know but for peace of mind I would recommend with any defender bought outside of a reputable seller.

Jeez thats careful Jason.

No the positive pressure is quite strong on a 200tdi. It was something I did consider before I sighted the catch tank though. The unit passively vents and when running and hot the mildest of vapour can be seen from the filter. You can see aswell the removal of the vent pipe from the air filter unit. I fitted all of this to avoid the oil you get blown past the turbo and into your intercooler, making it less effective.

Study the picture Sub all will be revealed.................................

Fitted a modified ZF PAS oil resevoir - ideal if you see how they are designed. Lower large outlet is the input from the cyclone, smaller outlet drain to sump - simple Y piece into existing. Internally to resevoir two or three stainless pan scrubbers to catch oil vapour. Finally a vent in the screw lid to in my case a small BOV style filter. Result no oil in filter, zero pressure in the engine and no oil discharge. Looksy.........................

The lack of value relating detail would make me strongly think this car is not legit. The TDCI origins are clear and whilst it could be a legit car any seller with an 07 plus car would be giving details. I have to admire folk who give peeps like the seller here the benefit of the doubt - me I'm far too cynical.

Also check your real speed with a GPS - most Defenders over read 10% so you may well be going a fair bit slower than you beleive.

Now this is a intercooler........