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Is there an easy way to check this?

I tweaked my injector pump a few weeks back on my defender 200tdi, It has been running great with a little smoke on full load but not an excessive amount. I was In third doing about 30mph yesterday and as I put my foot down there was a bang from the engine followed by the Oil light staying on. The engine still runs and the temp Gauge was half way at the time. The engine now sounds even more like a tractor and is much louder than before and I noticed that it seemed to be much hotter around the turbo so im guessing from what I have read that the EGT temp has got too high and something has given in. The engine still starts and has Oil/water Can anyone please give me any advise what has most likley given in or any other advise. Many thanks

Not a bad plan, anyone got any experience of doing this or if it will work?

right, the sun shone for a few hours yesteday so i got giddy and striped the head off. i have noticed that the second cyilinder (from the front to the back) is full of oil and maybe a bit of water. The head gasket has two breaks in it. one going towards the back of the block and to a hole on the right hand side and the other going towards the front of the block again on the right hand side. into another hole. (i guess these holes are water/oil ways) The other three cyilinders are dry as a bone and seem ok. so my question is now i have got this far using a very helpful article in the technical section of this site. Is what i have put above what people would expect to have seen?. could this be the cause of me burning so much oil or could it still be the piston rings? and how do i go about cleaning the head\what do most people use? thanks for any advice i am a novice at this so as much detail as i can get is appeaciated.

Thanks western, I have been through and flushed all the coolant pipes out and notices that it almost seems to be chuffing smoke through the coolant system. There are no other blockages that i can find so it must be something internal. Do you think that a craked head/faulty head gasket could cause me to be burning so much oil as well?

My defender 200tdi has been burning about 5 litres of oil a week for months now and i had put it down to the piston rings. Now it has started overheating and there are signs of oil in the water. there is no sign of water in the oil (creamy oil) Could this be the head gasket or anything else? Can the head gasket go without creating the creamy oil? if it is the head what parts do i need to replace? on the bulkhead sign of the rocker cover there is a bit of mental sticking up with three holes in. Does this denote the gasket size. thanks

Thanks Much appreciated. looks like a long job

My 200tdi defender recently started making a whine/squeeking noise in ever gear except 4th then after about a week died completly (wont let me into gears) Anyway i believe after a bit of googling that this is the taper roller bearing and the best bet is to replace the gearbox. I have source a gearbox for £170 and was wondering if anyone had a how to quide for replacing the gearbox? Is it a hard job? what tools i need etc.. I think the new box is from a defender but does it make any difference if its from a disco? I presume the gearing will be higher but is it a straight fit? Thanks