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Jim88er

Member Since: 12 Jan 2022
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 11

Reconditioned td5

Hello, I've had a spot of bad luck with my 1999 county 110. I bought it at the end of last year and the coolant was dripping from the thermostat and fuel cooler and the heater was intermittently blowing cold air so I bought a repair kit for the fuel cooler, new thermostat and a combustion leak tester. I had exhaust gases in the coolant so I sent it to my local independent land rover garage and had a head gasket change and an amc head fitted along with the thermostat. After about 1000 miles I fixed the fuel cooler with the kit and that's when I noticed the hoses being rock hard after driving so I did the combustion leak test again and I still have them there. I'm assuming it's the block at fault now so with that and wanting a reliable work/family vehicle in mind I was thinking of buying a reconditioned short engine. Are turner's my best option? And is there any reason why a reconditioned block by someone as reputable as turner's engineering wouldn't last as long as a new td5? Thanks.

16th Mar 2022 10:10am

Screbble

Member Since: 26 Apr 2015
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 2108

2004 Defender 90 Td5 XS CSW Zambezi Silver

I’m really sorry to hear about your bad luck.

I haven’t got any direct personal experience but there are many on here who will provide you with a good insight into the options available to you.

My guess, based on what I’ve read and heard only, is that the Turner’s option would be a very safe bet.

Let’s wait for those that know to provide their feedback

16th Mar 2022 8:18pm

miker

Member Since: 13 Sep 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1764

I can only speak for my own experience, and I fully accept lots of people have a very high opinion of Turner:

My 110 with a previous owner had a turner rebuild suffer a bottom end failure after ~5k miles. The replacement was warranted, then after 21000 miles, that engine dropped it's timing chain. It looks like the oil pump sprocket bolt fell out.

Mike

16th Mar 2022 8:52pm

Jim88er

Member Since: 12 Jan 2022
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 11

Ahh, well that muddies the water a bit then.

16th Mar 2022 9:53pm

miker

Member Since: 13 Sep 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1764

Sorry! There are now enough rotten Discovery 2's in the world that 2nd Hand engines are fairly cheap though.

17th Mar 2022 11:00am

Jim88er

Member Since: 12 Jan 2022
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 11

Not at all, I just wanted to know as many of the pros and cons to a remanufactured short engine before either chancing it with a second hand engine or selling the other kidney.

17th Mar 2022 11:27am

Cooperracer05

Member Since: 07 Nov 2020
Location: Sussex
Posts: 98

I've just suffered from what appears to be a pretty major engine failure....a valve fell into the combustion chamber and mangled the head, piston, fired bits into (and killed) the turbo...I am hoping my bottom end is salvageable but waiting to see.

I looked at Turners full rebuilt engine, but at £10K fitted it was simply too much to justify, when I could drop a donor in for a few hundred quid.

I actually ended up choosing to get the engine rebuilt, so I bought a donor from a guy on here, and took the car and engine to a guy that rebuilds land rover engines.

Hoping to have the car back in a few weeks. Probably going to cost around £3K to have the best bits of two engines put back together with all new bearings, gaskets etc.

Shout if you want the details of the guy I am using...also I may end up having a spare crank and bottom end if you want to go down that route. I may be able to get them aquablasted and cleaned up too...

Best of luck!

17th Mar 2022 11:48am

Intercept

Member Since: 27 Feb 2017
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 587

2002 Defender 110 Td5 Black LE Java Black

Cooperracer05 - would that be this one?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1819435178...895127465/

A low mileage TD5 I got in this week for a refurb. A valve broke up and made quite a mess of the piston. The head is toast unfortunately. The block may be salvageable. Just 30k or so on this 18P engine, apparently.

17th Mar 2022 12:16pm

Cooperracer05

Member Since: 07 Nov 2020
Location: Sussex
Posts: 98

that's the one!

17th Mar 2022 12:21pm

Jim88er

Member Since: 12 Jan 2022
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 11

Cooperracer05 thanks I'll bear that in mind.

17th Mar 2022 12:57pm

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