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is the block of a 2.25 petrol the same as a diesel??

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johnpirate:
I,ve got a 200 Tdi Disco which after I sorted out the previous owner issues has been great engine wise .Wheel bearings not so good.But I did work it hard .Just got a 300 Tdi Disco .And I,m going through the same problems .I,ve got a 1959 Series 2 That in eight years let me down twice .Once when the gearbox let go.But in its defence I had just dragged a double decker bus across a muddy field .And once when I had an electrical fault.The spark couldnt find the petrol.Every othertime it dragged its sorry backside home limping all the way but it got me there.Allthough when the gearbox let go I got home in fourth gear as It was the layshaft.I prefer series petrols .They are bomb proof.I had a 2 1/14 diesel Station Wagon 12 seater it was that underpowered and useless.I needed the overdrive to give it a chance on hills it saw them and died.I was always stirring the stick.And the amount of times I rang my mates up for a tow was embarrasing.

Range Rover Blues:
Sp you could build a very tough petrolengine if you had a spare diesel block then?

I read opnce about a guy who built a bombproof Austin Healey 100/4 using the diesel engine from an Austin Taxi, that had a similar block, but stronger and a stronger crank too.

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