marieholm Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Hi guys Been a while since my last post but I'm looking for a modern diesel to put in my 1985 110. It now has a 200tdi defender block in it but because of a ruling of the town council I will not permitted to drive it trough the city starting from 2015. So now I'm looking for a modern engine (it needs to be euro4) and if possible I would like to keep the original bonnet so no Puma bump. I was looking at the iveco diesels as the seem to be very reliable and parts wouldn't be a problem. I would love to hear your opinions. cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejparrott Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 It would help if you filled in your location in your profile.... which Town Council are we talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marieholm Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Hi, I am sorry, I'm from Utrecht, the Netherlands. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marieholm Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 ideally I'm looking for a nice and strong engine (euro4) which is easy to maintain and fits under the original bonnet. would a engine from a santana ps10 or iveco massif fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejparrott Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 If there's no age exemption? then that rules out everything LR up to and including TD5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Would an older petrol engine qualify? If you ran a 2286 petrol, or a 2495 petrol on Gas/lpg it may qualify. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrmini Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Hi Have you looked at the merc 300td there's some threads about it on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marieholm Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 hi, thanks for the replies. there is an exemption for petrol but I don't want to go the petrol way. I did not see the mercedes threads. Will look for them. But does anybody know if a engine and gearbox from a iveco massif or santana will fit? I would love to have a nice strong diesel so the iveco's look really interesting cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotts90 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Disco tdv6? Depends how deep your pockets are. It's euro4 spec iirc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xychix Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 @marieholm I live in Holland as well (unfortunately no defender owner but my ford transit build in 2000 will suffer the same anytime soon in Amsterdam). - Do they already have a official sign to stop me from driving in Utrecht without noticing, as far as I know only C22a is legal at the moment (http://www.verkeersmaterialen.nl/gesloten-voor-vrachtauto-s-die-niet-voldoen-aan-de-gestelde-milieueisen.html) but that's trucks only. - Isn't the blacklist based on production year regardless of engine? (In Amsterdam their discussing no new parking permits for diesels older than 2005) - Have you looked at the newer for transit engines (As I believe LR also used ford in later models). - Is Santana easy for parts ? I'd doubt that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejparrott Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 IIRC Santana was bought by Iveco, and I believe the source of spares almost dried up. It was the death of one of the sources of disc brake's for Series Land Rovers I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marieholm Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 hi, my pockets aren't steep enough for a tdv6 and also I would like to have a relatively simple engine. The iveco engines seem quite strong and reliable. a nice 2.8 or even a 3.0 seems very nice. anybody have any experience with these engines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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