V8 to 89 Terrano

did you happen to get water in the fuel tank?

Its possible, but I have drained fuel from the fuel filter and there doesn't appear to be water in it.

Does it still run Ok inspite of the smoke?
if so I would be draining the tank and all the lines including injector lines blowing air thru the lot, changing the filters and see how it goes.
If my hilux is any indication when I had an injector fault and it leaned out it blew white smoke, water diluted fuel should cause this too I would imagine.
The other way you can get white smoke and rough running is if the injector pump timing is out 180º.

From experience most diesels don't recover from a swim even if they are appearing to run Ok. We have a dyna here at work that swallowed some water and still ran ok to drive the 100km back to the depot but as a precaution they pulled it down and found that 3 of the 4 rods were actually bent.
I wouldn't think that the Terrano is wide enough between the chassis rails to fit a V8 in either.

Hi,

Thanks for your help.

Basically the symptoms are, white smoke, run rough and hardish to start. These symptoms are only when the engine temp is cold once warm not fault can be found. (could this happen if rods where bent)

How would I go about checking if it is the injector pump?

Also could it be head gasket?

Thanks Again

These are pretty much the same as our dyna blew bugger all smoke when warm.
If you havn't touched the pump when the injectors were done it shoudn't have changed (unless it was doing it b4 it went swimming). If the pump is electronic it may have water in a sensor or something.

If a head gasket was that bad it would overheat fairly quickly and be putting water in the oil (check underneath the radiator cap). So you have had a compression test done, were they all similar?

Nah haven't touched the injector pump, engine was fine before it went for a dip.

Keep in mind that I don't have the electronic injections version of the terrano. The mechanic that done the compression test said there isn't anything to worry about on that side so I am guessing they are pretty similiar.

After the dip and once warm the engine seems to blow a little more black smoke then it did b4. Not sure if that means anything.

I guess all you can do is clean all the lines and the tank and maybe gently blow some air thru the pump as well and see if it blows up or throws a rod in the next few days.
Then if it does call around the wreckers and get another motor and swap all the new bits from yours onto it.

It really would be cost inhibitive to go down the V8 route especially with the engineering cert, not to mention that most insurance companies probably wouldn't want to know you.

Good luck with it and let us know how you get on.

Cheers
Dave

There are plenty of hilux owner's who have done it!

Yeah, but this is not a hilux. The terrano engine bay is probably not much bigger than one in a corolla. I think it's too much effort for a car that's worth at best $4000.

Could a bent rod be changed without removing the engine to you think?

I doubt it, especially with an IFS vehicle.
Mine was a Nissan 720 (SD25 diesel with turbo and A/C), it had IFS and only had about an inch between the sump and the front cross member, so no chance of even getting the sump off. It should only add around about 1 day of labor to remove and re-fit the engine though, depending how cluttered the engine bay is...
By the time I sold mine I could have the engine out of the car and on a stand in about 1.5 hours.....Oh how i wish I'd made a snorkel on day 1 ;-)

Cheers
NUTS!

You might be better off trying to import another TD27T engine from Japan? If you cant find one in Oz that is....

NUTS!