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Dear friends

I just arrived in the beatiful country of Denmark from Iceland were I live on my Land Rover 90 2,5 diesel turbo 1988. The diesel pipe for cylinder 4 broke down after I arrived but I was still able to drive on 3 cylinders since this was on last Sunday. But then when I was in Hjörring on North Jutland it almost finally broke down and I stopped it outside Hjörring Bilcenter. I have got the spare part for the 4 cylinder and the engine runs but very badly it had a lot of black smoke but now it has a lot of white smoke. Propably not running on all cylinders and I fear the pistons or valves have been damaged. The guys at Hjorring Bilcenter are going to take a look at it tomorrow and give me feedback but all your help is really appreciated.

Is there someone in the Hjorring area that knows this enginge that would be able to take a look? If needed we would just tow the vechile to the right destination.

If it is a major damage do you think an engine shift would be cheaper, faster and more reliable? Were, for how long and for how much would I expect there?

Thanks in advance,
Sveinn Benediktsson
Iceland

The subject is wrong. The model is 1988 :)

My best shoot contact: Tohuse Auto, Kongeskansen 1 Hvam, 8620 Kjellerup - Tlf. 86 66 80 87
He has a lot of experince whit Land Rovers

Kind Regards Henrik Carlsen +4520896863

Alternative contacts to autorised LR-dealers:

(Notice: If you call from an icelandic mobilephone use +45 and then the local phonenumber)

Bilhuset Haldrup Aalborg A/S
Jyllandsgade 26
9000 Aalborg
Tlf.: 98 16 55 55
Fax: 98 16 55 08
E-mail: aalborg@bilhuset-haldrup.dk
Web: www.bilhuset-haldrup.dk

or

Bendtsen Biler A/S
Viborgvej 103 - 107
7400 Herning
Tlf: 96 26 62 00
Fax: 96 26 62 10
E-mail:
Lars Stausholm las@bendtsenbiler.dk - Morten Friis mof@bendtsenbiler.dk
Web: www.bendtsenbiler.dk


Independent dealers/repairshops

Ole Meldgaard A/S
Messevejen, Rønnebærvej 7-9
7400 Herning
Tlf. 97 12 50 11
Direkte tlf. 96 42 50 12
Fax. 97 12 50 68
E-mail: om@olemeldgaard.dk
Mobilephone. 40 30 16 83

or

Team Bertelsen ApS
Off Road Shop
Langelinie 49, Sjelle
DK-8464 Galten
tlf. +45 8695 4255
tlf. +45 8661 4255
sales@team-bertelsen.dk

Or use this website to get into contact with somebody in the northern region and ask for help.

Good luck
Morten Dam - en route to Scotland

Hi Sveinn.

I would strongly suggest that you contact Keld Nielsen at Tohuse Auto (tel.+45 86 66 80 87) as Henrik wrote. He is a very skilled mechanic, and his prices are very resonable. Keld recently replaced the headgasket in my TD, and it is a job well done at a good price.

You are welcome to call me at +45 29 25 31 23 in case tou need further assistance.

Yours sincerely

Jens Jagd

Dear friends

Thank you all for the great feedback.

The news are in. The guys at Hjornin Bilcenter did a compression test an cylinder 4 is completly dead and cylinder 3 almost as well. Because of this they have doomed the engine caput.

So I propably only have the option to get a new engine, propably a 200tdi or a 300tdi. Do you know were I could find such an engine and could the guys you mentioned help me get it in the car in a reasonable time and cost?

Thanks again,
Sveinn

Have it brought down to Tohuse, he can probably repair the engine.

/tony

Hi Again.

To me that sounds rather rediculous! How would they know the overall state of the engine with only a compressiontest? Do yourself a big favour and try calling Tohuse Auto for a second opinion! To me the symptoms of white smoke, low or no compression sounds like a failed headgasket, and is a rather standard fault on the 2.5TD. I have tried it twice now, and a new headgasket costs around 300 DKK and would take about half a day to replace if nothing else is wrong with the engine.

To me it sounds like the guys in Hjørring have only little or no knowledge about your engine!

Regarding the question of a 200 or 300 TDI, you would have to look very long and hard to find one at the danish market since they are very popular motors for older defenders. And with the 300 TDI you have to find a new gearbox as well.

I really, really hope that you take a second advice, as it could spare you a vast amount of money if it is only a headgasketfailure!

Feel free to call me for further advice :-)

LR-regards

Jens Jagd

I have called Keld at Tohuse and gotten some great feedback. Im going down to Hjorring bilcenter to let them take of the head and look at the gasket. Lets hope its not greater than that.

Then I will have engine power and time to maybe drive to England to get a new engine there :) Lets see.

Best regards,
Sveinn
sveinnb@live.com
+354 866-0210

Fantastic! :-)

I hope you find that it is only the gasket that causes you the problem. Have them install a reinforced Elring-headgasket instead of one of the cheap ones from China. It will be well worth the money.

In case you need spares, I recommend:

4WD Danmark - +45 72 45 41 11

Williams LR-Spareparts +45 98 63 44 41

Hope they get you up and running again!

Jens Jagd

Please note that it is not nessecary to change the headbolts on your engine. They are rather expensive, and sometimes unexperienced LR-mechanichs have a rather hard time believing that you can re-use them ;-)

Jens

Hello

I dont live so far from Hjørring so if you need some help
You are welcome to call me. I can help you with contacts and alot of other stuff.

You are welcome to call me.

+45 51961707

Regards. Jacques

Sæll Sveinn

Við búum i norður jótlandi.

farsími nummer okkars 23371855 maðurinn mín heitir Gert, han talar ensku. Han vil hjálpa ykkur og eru með autotrailer, Það kostar ekkert, ef Þú vantar gisting lika,

Kær kveðja

Hanna og Gert

Gud ja, Hanna :-D

Det havde jeg da helt glemt!

Hilsen fra Skørping-Fræer Pastorat

Jens

Hi again

After consulting from Keld at Tohuse the guys at Hjorring Bilcenter are currently replacing the head gasket which was seriously broken. They aim to complete it this afternoon so we can be back up and running. Im just hoping that there is nothing else wrong with the engine.

Hanna: Takk kærlega fyrir svona gott bod. Thad hefur tekid a a vera herna i Hjorring i 5 daga en vid vonum ad thessu se lokid nuna. Vid latum ykkur vita annars.

I will keep you updated on how it all goes.

Thank you all for your kindness and help.

Hilsen,
Sven, Greta og Gerdur Maria på 16 månader

Dear friends

I just wanted to inform you I got my Land Rover back on Friday after the headgasket had been replaced. Luckily it was the only problem and the engine is running as new.

I want to thank you all for your good advice and support.

Im currently in Copenhagen then through Sweden to Eastern Europe.

Thanks again,
Sveinn

Cheaper than a new engine??

Rgds
Knud :-)