VW LT40 4x4 x2 and VW T4 TDI

[RedArrow]

Originally Posted by Marlow

this was done on the garage floor today, when we had the LT injector pump mounted.
http://youtu.be/_dAXQzyzu2o

It was a glorious moment.

/M

Glorious&happy it was, indeed, but sooo much revving for me. (Was the block as happy as you? :-) ) It`s out so there`s good access to inspect+replace otherwise problematic parts.
(I heard changing the oil pan gasket is a `PITA`! ? )
What colour are you going to paint the engine maybe?

[Marlow]

Originally Posted by RedArrow

Glorious&happy indeed but so much revving for me. Are you going to paint the engine?

Well, I'm going to clean it up. I've been considering painting or power-coating the rocker-cover, but that's down the line.

Functionality first, then beauty

/M

[RedArrow]

Hey you`ve paid so much for drinks tonight so take the nicer one home.

)) You won`t get your motor out just for the paintwork! I always wanted to save pictures of a real `quality green-block`
I can`t wait for more videos. Good luck with the project!

[Marlow]

I managed to get my fingers on another 2 engines, that somebody had stored away and was flogging off now.





A good few extra things, too. Like an extra injector pump and an extra starter. I think, I'll be alright for spares for a while.

One engine is a D24T, the other one is a D24TIC, both out of Volvos.

/M

[Marlow]

Anyhow. Here's more.

This is the Volvo D24TIC engine (engine code NV). You can see the difference to previous engines on the intake manifold.


Please note the rocker cover. The oil-lid is in the front.


And this is the rocker cover for the LT engine. The oil lid is in the back.


The two oil sumps. The top one is the Volvo one in aluminium. The bottom one is the LT 4x4 one in steel. The oil pickup in the sump obviously differs, too.

The later Volvo D24TIC's, like my '97, had an oil-cooler radiator instead of the coolant oil-cooler


Nevermind the intercooler. The oil-cooler is the one with the two hoses.


Due to space restrictions with the LT engine mounts, we had to fit the older type coolant oil-cooler.


See the core plug under the injector belt gear ? That's Volvo specific. In the LT, the gearbox covers that, so we plugged the outlet with a core plug and that's that.

Next up. The LT needed to get back on the lift. We had pushed it outside while we were prepping the engines. Sure, grab any oul' yoke, like my Renault 19 16v, and pull it back in



Engine and gearbox in and while we were at it, we also replaced the transfer box. The old New Process 208 was replaced with the newer New Process 241 box, as my 208 has a stretched chain and jumps gears, when placed in reduction setting.


As I was heading to a car show this weekend, we didn't manage to install the intercooler yet. So I've temporarily plumbed a bit piping across the engine and bypassed the intercooler.

As you can see, the oil-cap is now in the back, as that's where the service panel is.

You'll also notice 2 oil dip-sticks. The Volvo one is located in the engine housing, while the LT one is located on the sump. So we left the Volvo one there for now, but it's useless, as it doesn't show the oil-level properly anymore. It had to be shortened due to the different shape of the LT sump.

/M

[745 TurboGreasel]

How common is the divorced 241 adapter?
And what transmission is that?