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I would of said that if it is definatly engine oil and not diesel on the plugs that it most probably valve stem seals. If theres a nice puff of blue smoke from the exhaust when you start after its been left overnight then again that would point to the valve stem seals. The only problem (i say problem,) with the tdi is that it will start when its stone cold without glowplugs (unless is below 0 of course). As above pull them out and test them manually.

I run water injection on my 3.0 perkins turbo in my rangerover, i use a 50/50 mix of water and methanol though. The reason for fitting mine though was to increase performance and not economy, hence the aditional methanol. It makes a fair bit of difference to performance and increases boost on the top end by 2psi.

Could be the coil itself breaking down, i had this whe i had the carbtooted 3.5 in my rr. As soon as it warms up the spark gets weak, changed the coil and problem solved. If you can get hold of some spark testers, little orange carrot shaped sticks that go ontop of your spark plug and the your ht lead goes on top of the tester. They flash everytime a spark is present, this way you will be able to rule out whether its ignition or fuel related. Testers arent expensive, about £8 for 4.

I think the gunmetal grey looks spotty dog!! It goes with any body colour too.

It would be worth checking the oil pressure with a manual gauge. Most likely problem is that the cam bearings have spun in the block causing low oil pressure on idle (ive had this happen). Slip the engine out and send it to turner engineering or someone alike for new cam bearings and machining. Probably not going to be cheap though

I currently top out at 70, although 65 is comfortable. As soon as an incline comes along down she goes! Offroad its fairly good but i do find a few situations where the engine is too gutless until its on boost, it will rev too 3500 quite happily. I fitted Methanol injection 50/50 mix of methanol and water, which improved it greatly but only comes in after 8psi of boost. Its the Jap designed perkins. The engine never came turbocharged and so is retrofitted with a turbo, the engine is 80hp N/A. The main problem is that the fuel pump hasnt been changed so it doesnt increase the fueling when on boost, i think this is the main downfall. A chip from twisted will increase the bmw 30hp and increase the torque by 60nm, JE also do a chip that produces similar results.

Cheers for that post, I had a prolonged chat to Dave ashcroft today, he seemed to think the only simpleish way around it is to get a p38 r380 and send it his way and he would rebuild the back end to fit my lt230. This however got me thinking on YET ANOTHER possibility. If it just the rear end of the p38 r380 that would be in my way. Why cant i get a 300tdi defender r380 box which has the long input shaft (the majority are this type right?) and the correct gearstick arrangement to replace my long stick lt77, source a P38 r380 bmw bellhousing. Put that on the front and then just connect the whole lot to my LT230, thats all relying on the only difference between the p38 and the def r380 is the back end ofcourse. MY HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODE!!!

Ive been using a Lincoln Electric compact 185 for about 6 years now, has performed faultlessly. Mine was £650 at the time from BOC tradequip at Totton ind estate. Popped in to get a new bottle of argon the other day and they still sell the same exact model, didnt catch the price though.

Whenever we have a noisy compressor come in we just replace it, however if you do need the parts Southern Sales And Service of Chandlers Ford will be able to get you the parts as they are A/C compressor specialists.

That looks like the solenoid for the EGR, i think hes talking about the sphere or bullet shaped vacuum resevoir/tank. If so its just to store vacuum so it can be used for the heating system etc without stealing all the vacuum pressure. Doesnt matter where you put it, anywhere will be fine apart from where it will get beaten off of course. :-)

Will it fit in place of the lt77 without too much grief though? Will my lt230 butt straight to it, the transfer box hangs on the wrong side on a p38 but does it still bolt the same? cheers

My main reason for looking into the bmw is that landrover in theory have done the conversion work (if i can mate the r380 bellhousing to my lt77!!!) When i put the perkins in it ended up costing me £300 to get a custom clutch made etc and the end result wasn't what i wanted. I was led to believe the bmw was reliable, any problems i should know about?

Thanks for the replies! Ive never had any goings on with R380's before, does anyone know whether the bellhousings are interchangeable between the R380 and the LT77??? The only other factor is whether the input shaft is the same length, splines different for the friction plate? shouldnt be a problem if they are as i could probably get away with using a HD Tdi friction plate. Thanks again Paul

Hi all, Ive been looking into repowering my 1983 rrc, it had a 3.5 v8. Ive converted it to a 3litre perkins turbo diesel, which is ok. The problem im having is with the 35" maxxis it doesnt pull as well as i would like. Has anyone ever looked into putting the BMW diesel p38 dse lump in. On paper then engine looks great, 140hp standard and bucket loads of torque. Chip the engine and your looking at big increases! Ive seen a classic on ebay before with one fitted so it must be possible. My main conern is the geabox, i have the 5spd long stick at the moment and would like to stick with it if poss. The manual versions of the P38 use the LT77 right? Can i fit the engine using a P38 bellhousing and clutch hydraulics etc to my box? I can probably get away with using the dse clutch aswell. :-) Any thoughts are much appreciated Many thanks Paul