Replacing a Cylinder Head on a Land Rover 300 tdi

Page 1 Page 2

At the beginning of December 2007 I drove from the south-west of England to Poland in my Land Rover Discovery. On route my 300 tdi Land Rover Discovery broke down on the motorway around 6 kms east of the ferry port in Dunkerque, France. Unfortunately the problem was a major one - a blown head gasket and severely damaged cylinder head. Fortunately, Wouter Tyberghien, a Belgium Land Rover enthusiast, came to the rescue; trailering me off the motorway; supplying the necessary spare parts; and working until the early hours of the morning to replace the Discovery's cylinder head. Here are some photographs taken of my French / Belgium adventure! Pass your mouse over each picture to see a description of each picture.

damaged land rover 300 tdi cylinder head and blown head gasket

a valve and replacement used 300 tdi cylinder head being prepared for fitting into the discovery. All valves were reground and new valve seals fitted. wouter and land rover cylinder head. rather tasty looking russian calendar girl looks on

preparing the engine block for attachment of refurbished used cylinder head and head gasket. There was some very minor damage to the top of one of the pistons. Thankfully, though, not major enough to warrant replacement

fitting a new cylinder head gasket to the block of the land rover 300 tdi engine refitting the reconditioned cylinder head to the Discovery

tightening cylinder head bolts in precise order with torque wrench and by degrees wouter fitting rocker shaft to 300 tdi diesel engine

300 tdi landrover discovery with replacement cylinder head, fitted and ready for testing - 2am in the morning! early morning outside wouter's super trekk 4x4 adventure store. landrovery discovery now fixed and running perfectly thanks to wouter

Back to first page of Belgium Land Rover story

Landy 4x4 - Klub Właścicieli Land Roverów Polska to strony non-profit, poświęcone entuzjastom Land Roverów w Polsce i na świecie. Nie są stowarzyszone, ani oficjalnie uznane przez firmy Land Rover i Ford Motor Company. Land Rover i Range Rover są zastrzeżonymi znakami towarowymi korporacji Land Rover.