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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: dimoven on August 30, 2007, 20:57:51

Title: 200 tdi
Post by: dimoven on August 30, 2007, 20:57:51

Can i take the 200tdi engine out of my three door and having removed the
300tdi engine in my four door slot it in .Will the 200tdi work with the 380 gear
box or will i have to take the Lt77 out as well
  This is a short term measure until the 300tdi is rebuilt maybe by xmas!
 regards to everyone
                      Donn

Title: 200 tdi
Post by: Range Rover Blues on August 30, 2007, 21:46:37

No such word as can't.  IIRC the 200and 300 TDi will work with either gearbox, the engine mounts might be different though :? and the exhaust.

Title: 200 tdi
Post by: chris9119 on August 30, 2007, 21:56:27

Quote from: "Range Rover Blues"

the engine mounts might be different though :? and the exhaust.

They are...........

Title: 200 tdi engine swap
Post by: dimoven on August 31, 2007, 07:26:17

Thank you for your replies,i think its the most cost effective solution in the short term.
                Cheers
                           Donn

Title: Re: 200 tdi engine swap
Post by: chris9119 on August 31, 2007, 10:49:01

Quote from: "dimoven"

Thank you for your replies,i think its the most cost effective solution in the short term. Cheers Donn

As long as you can cut and weld on the engine mounts....., twice  :wink:

Title: 200tdi into 300tdi wont go!
Post by: dimoven on August 31, 2007, 13:03:32

After reading the comments herein and discussing the proposed swap with my mate Brendan (mechanical genius) i am just going to have to find the money to rebuild the 300tdi.
       The simplest solution is to sell my 3 door 200tdi very reluctantly---
to finance the rebuild.
  Ah well such is life
                                  Donn

Title: 200 tdi
Post by: Range Rover Blues on August 31, 2007, 13:06:10

What about buying a runner S/H?

Title: runner seond hand
Post by: dimoven on August 31, 2007, 13:58:01

If i have the 300tdi re-bored new head gasket (and its been skimmed ),replace the cam belt and clean the injectors ,fit new core plugs which was the source of the original problem,that and the wiring from the tempreture
guageto the sensor,Then maybe i will have a nearly new engine.
                 Any comments gratefully recieved
 Cheers,  Donn

Title: 200 tdi
Post by: crazymac on September 02, 2007, 14:04:32

My 200 runs with an R380 great box no problems!

I thought that the 300 was basically an upgrade of the 200 so the mounts would be the same??

Title: 200 tdi
Post by: extreme90 on September 02, 2007, 16:41:32

nope, engine mounts are different

Title: Engine mountings
Post by: dimoven on September 02, 2007, 19:32:36

The engine mountings on the 200tdi disco are further along the chassis then are the the mountings on the 300tdi.Having weighed up the pros and cons, i am going to put the 300tdi  lump back in after its rebuilt ,even though i believe the 200tdi to be the better engine.
Cheers Donn