orangemach5 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Hi all, i have been reading up on here and have been convinced that a 2.8 isuzu is the way forward in repowering Range rover which is currently powered by a Perkins 4.182 3.0 turbo (pretty bad blowby and lots of general niggles that im not happy with!). I am going to have a look at an engine for sale tomorrow and i have had a chat with the guy whos selling it and he's told me that it is the Cambelt driven engine and not the gear driven import engine! The engine has a proper conversion kit for the rr lt77 and comes with a lt77! My question is, do the isuzu's have a nice sealed in timing cover like the 200 and 300tdi? My only concern is that they have just a plastic cover type affair, which of course be prone to water ingress and grit etc will destroy the belt and idlers etc. I know theres a fair few Isuzu gurus on here, so please enlighten me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredenewman Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Hi all, i have been reading up on here and have been convinced that a 2.8 isuzu is the way forward in repowering Range rover which is currently powered by a Perkins 4.182 3.0 turbo (pretty bad blowby and lots of general niggles that im not happy with!). I am going to have a look at an engine for sale tomorrow and i have had a chat with the guy whos selling it and he's told me that it is the Cambelt driven engine and not the gear driven import engine! The engine has a proper conversion kit for the rr lt77 and comes with a lt77! My question is, do the isuzu's have a nice sealed in timing cover like the 200 and 300tdi? My only concern is that they have just a plastic cover type affair, which of course be prone to water ingress and grit etc will destroy the belt and idlers etc. I know theres a fair few Isuzu gurus on here, so please enlighten me! it must be an early 2.8 its almost indestructable but good for 200k plus i had one in an isuzu owned it for 10 years and did loads of miles in it a good basic diesel lump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 We've not had a problem yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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