Well as most of you will have heard by 2 ltr 340 engine died the other day, thanks to some c##t spraying water allover it.



If you look closely you can see water in the intake port. The manfold was full and the combustion chambers were full of water. When Vicky removed the plugs and tured it over the engine sprayed water everywhere. It was so badly soaked even the oil had a lot of water in it!!


When I had a look around for a replacment 2ltr lump and ended up going for a low milage lump from Keith (drivesavolvo)

It does look very clean



the water jackets are shiney clean and



intake and exaust ports are much the same.

The other interesting bit is this oil cooler


I'll plum that in at a later date.

The new engine started up well and sounds very tight. I'll take for a spin later and see how she drives.

Dai

Sorry babe but i'm not letting you drive my car without a licence!! Like we agreed you fix I drive must say u did a good job you can be my mechanic any day!!!!!


Vicky

hi can you tell me what sort of power are you getting from the 2ltr and are you using the standard propshaft
many thanks martin

The book figure is 110bhp. I have a free flow exhaust and air filter to add to that. I'm still running the std prob with no problems. Just dont every try and make the wheels spin loose.

Dai

Just an extra note on this 2ltr conversion.

You MUST use the 4 series starter motor as the B172 starter does not clear the engine block.
I did not find this untill now as I went for the slim starter because my original one was very tired.
Anyway the one I fitted failed so beibg cleaver I spent ages removing a 1.7 starter only to find it was a no go

Dai

nice to hear it's running again!

are you still using that manifold from the pictures in your older topic?

or multipoint inj. manifold now???

I'm still using my bodge manifold but James has on for me.
I hope it should imrove things performance wise.

Dai