Vehicle & Technical > Defender
smokey 200tdi
zulublue:
Put all mine back together today, reset all the tappets I soaked the injectors in a cleaning bath over night aswell - what a difference - more power - quieter, as it was my first ever time of doing a head gasket I am well HAPPY :dance: :dance: :dance:
gt.jacko:
I had a similar problem with defender i had it was always a little smokey when cold and did n,t idle very well once it was warm ran sweet as a nut :huh: then i drowned it off rd and hydraulic ed the bloody thing No1 conrod was well bent, removed the other pistons and found a broken top ring on No4 piston replaced all the rings and it ran perfect after that. Just a thought maybe a broken ring if you remove the head look at the top of each bore you will see a black carbon ring around the top this is the bit the rings dont reach if you find one with a thicker black ring at the top of the bore then chances are the top ring is broken in that cyl.
Hope that helps :)
ps if it is a ring you will have to remove the engine as you cannot get the pistons out in situe on a 200tdi
ian_s:
why cant you get them out?
Saffy:
--- Quote from: ian_s on February 02, 2009, 08:18:44 ---why cant you get them out?
--- End quote ---
On 200tdi a Ladder frame is sandwich between sump and block and supposedly can not be removed in situ so prevents access to bigend bolts. 300tdi doesn't have that problem.
2nd hand (mis?)quote from manual:
Note: The ladder frame and flywheel housing are secured by four bolts which are inaccessable with the gearbox bell housing fitted. Therefore it is not possible to remove the ladder frame when the engine is in the vehicle without first removing the gearbox or engine unit, flywheelhousing, engine sump and oil pump.
Maybe you can jiggle things like gearbox about on series without removing engine but probably more trouble than just taking engine out?
ian_s:
aaah i see
it would be easier to move the gearbox out of the way, as to get the engine out nearly all of the interior comes out anyway.
and i can lift the gearbox without a hoist, cant lift the engine like that :D
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