It's gone.

 

Jason had to abandon his Disco and I mean ABANDON it. All of that expensive stuff has been towed to an impound and he won't be able to claim it. What a shame.

It seems that every proved OM617 swap results in a blown engine. For that reason I'm sticking mine back in the 300cd and sending the car to the paint shop. If anyone knows how to get a 2.8 TGV in the US for a reasonable price I'm all ears.

 

Why go with a 2.8? Harder to get parts for the small gain over a 300tdi

 

Well yes, harder to get parts here and the price here is absurd though a 300tdi isn't much better for parts (in the US) and the last fully rebuilt one I saw for sale was 5900 plus shipping.

 

He was running it on transmission fluid with some diesel mixed in.

 

it happens. wish him the best. when you're goin' thru hell, keep goin'!

 

Isn't that the truth?! I admire people who can get stranded or suffer horrible circumstances and yet keep moving without missing a beat.

Oh well, he can build another one super easy. He has the formula for a Mercedes diesel powered rover. RIP OMRover.

 

What kind of HP and torque numbers was he getting with he OM617?

Was gas mileage in the 20's?

 

What... the ... fuuuuu.... This guy went through all that trouble and then abandoned it?

BTW my OM617 in my d2 runs fine.

 

I don't know. I know he was driving on standard tires and towing a small trailer loaded with fuel in the mountains, so I assume he had enough torque and the mileage wasn't really translatable because his mix was mostly transmission fluid (which would yield different numbers and was FREE).

I know that my OM617 moves the 300CD (which is a thousand pounds lighter, give or take) at a pretty good clip once the turbo spins up and Jarek had 37's on his. My 300CD gets about 28mpg on the highway so I assume the number was lower than that tho9ugh Jason had been messing with the fuel pump (and had two spares in the rover).