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pre tdi motor
LandRoger:
have been offerd a 90 with td motor its a csw in lovely condition the most important half wants a landy ,does anyone have first hand knowledge of this engine? been told to steer clear, are they that bad ? cant have it breaking down with her majesty driveing it .eats turbo s leaks oil clattery just a few of the comments from local landy man. :?
Xtremeteam:
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^^^ so does any other engine if its not properly maintained,only thing you have to watch out for is heavy breathing,excessive reek,will go n speek 2 my dad as he had 1 for ages without any probs apart from the crankshaft bolt coming loose
LandRoger:
thanks v8 red, what was the outcome of the crankshaft bolt coming undone ? sounds expensive to me,
muddyweb:
It wasn't Land Rover's finest hour... let's just say that ;-)
If you find one that has survived past 100K miles, it is unusual, and when they go they are scrap.. not worth rebuilding in my view.
When they are running, they aren't a bad lump in the 90... yes they are noisy and won't get you many speeding tickets.
For some reason, the crank pulley nut coming loose seems to be a common issue on them. I scrapped an engine that had happened to because the end of the crank had been damaged.
LandRoger:
cheers tim thats that then anyone got a cheap tdi motor?
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