89 Defender TDI engine question?
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89 Defender TDI engine question?
I have located an engine removed from an 89 Defender that I am considering installing in my 88 Defender/Santana. It is a TDI engine but does not appear to be a 200 or 300TDI.
It looks almost identical to the 2.5 NA engine in my truck now, but with the turbo added.
Can anyone tell me what other TDI engine would have been installed in an 89 Defender?
Terry
It looks almost identical to the 2.5 NA engine in my truck now, but with the turbo added.
Can anyone tell me what other TDI engine would have been installed in an 89 Defender?
Terry
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Chris Mitchell (09-02-2015)
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Probably a 19j engine (see engine SN). 2.5TD, not a TDi.
Land Rover, Range Rover engine history - by Glencoyne 4x4 (Thetford)
Based on the above, I'd not install it unless it was of the later SN.
2495cc turbodiesel, overhead valve, type 19J: Given the strength and reliability of the 2.5 diesel, you can understand why Land Rover thought it would cope with turbocharging, but the result was a warranty nightmare. 2.5TDs can fail in any number of ways, but the most common seems to be internal cracks developing in the cylinder block. This gives the same symptoms as a blown head gasket or cracked cylinder head, but is not repairable. Due to a defective design of crankcase breather, these engines also tend to dump large amounts of engine oil into the air filter housing, which turns the paper air filter into a soggy black lump. This in turn leads to oil being drawn into the air intake, causing the engine to 'run away' and self-destruct.
Land Rover introduced a new cylinder block for the 2.5 Turbodiesel (part no. ERR479) from engine number 19J27515C. I have not been able to confirm, but suspect that this block was strengthened to get round the block cracking problems I would consider rebuilding a later engine, but not one of the earlier ones. In general, if the vehicle itself is any good, the sensible thing to do is to upgrade to a 200TDi (see below), or for old and tatty TDs the 2495cc non-turbo engine is a very straightforward swap, with only the air intake hose and exhaust system needing to be changed.
Land Rover introduced a new cylinder block for the 2.5 Turbodiesel (part no. ERR479) from engine number 19J27515C. I have not been able to confirm, but suspect that this block was strengthened to get round the block cracking problems I would consider rebuilding a later engine, but not one of the earlier ones. In general, if the vehicle itself is any good, the sensible thing to do is to upgrade to a 200TDi (see below), or for old and tatty TDs the 2495cc non-turbo engine is a very straightforward swap, with only the air intake hose and exhaust system needing to be changed.
Based on the above, I'd not install it unless it was of the later SN.
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terryjm1 (09-04-2015)
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