Nick's Land Rover - Series III Rebuild

The turbo charger has been removed, rebuilt and refitted.  The rebuild cost £280, and required a new set of seals and bearings, replacement of the scored and corroded shaft and polishing out of light internal scoring of the core casing that the shaft runs in.  The soot in the turbo suggested the suspected oil loss [...]

The engine runs reliably and very well, starting instantly every time and producing virtually no smoke under load, but ever since rebuilding and installing the Tdi into the 109, it has gradually been consuming a little oil and showing slightly low oil pressure.  The Haynes Defender manual covers all the four cylinder diesel engines fitted [...]

I thought I’d make a small update on how the vehicle is running generally, since most posts are detailed modification or repair issues.
Fuel consumption on a “combined cycle” commute to work (26 miles each way with 23 roundabouts, numerous cross roads and T-junctions, several long, steep hills and an even split between town and A-road [...]

Sorry, but I have no photos for this simple little job.
Despite all the sound proofing efforts made on this vehicle, it’s still a fairly noisy place to be, especially when going over 60mph.  I fitted the rocker cover sound proofing pad from a 300Tdi engine to this 200Tdi.  It needed a little trimming to fit, [...]

A very simple little modification, this one.  I have been using a K&N air filter since well before the rebuild, which has the advantages of not needing servicing anywhere near as often as a standard paper filter, being cleanable and allowing better breathing (it did make a small but noticeable improvement when I first fitted [...]