Took a few photos when I was able to - of various stages of dismantle of the PD engine I bought last night... Shall try to describe each one as they come up....

This was the bare engine. Cam cover on top, oil filter & cooler sticking out to the right, and my wrench sat atop it. Note small bolts in the corners and sides are the ones which hold the cover down.

Cover off. (Just for BigW ) Big long thing is the camshaft and the injectors are in the 4 holes on the right hand side, with wires coming off them. Bit dark to tell properly.

Bit easier to make out the injectors here. The kind of springy bits are the main part of it, and they go down a fair way. Note how each one is electrically wired up. I never realised they were before. Dunno why.

Ahem, think it just another the same, although I had probably taken something else off as well.

Camshaft and injectors removed. Now just the bare head. This was when first suspicions of engine failure became apparent after spotting some worn components and one of the 8 valves had kind of pushed through a bit through the top.

The 4 injectors, and some of the cam retaining fittings, and bolts.

This is a good (left) and a shafted (right) "bit" - not sure what they are - Ross might know. Believe its something to do with valve dampening. But the bad one has pushed right through the casing.

And this was some form of clip, which shows excessive wear (middle) compared to those either side.

And with the head bolts undone I lifted off the head complete, to reveal the mess in one of the cylinders below.

This was the first sight I greeted

And THIS is one knackered piston, as viewed from above.

So now the attack began from the underneath. First thing was to flip the engine upside down, whip the two dozen sump bolts off and was greeted with this sight. I didn't wtf any of it was to be honest. Turns out theres bits like the oil pump at the far end, and the oil return pipework. The toothy bit at the other end is something to do with timing or crank position sensor.

One empty good condition sump.

Here's me fighting with a much bigger wrench, trying to get the big end bolts undone. Boy they were a biyatch to shift. Several times I had to stand on the block to stop it moving whilst I fought with the 17mm bolts.

YAY! Cheesy grin time. Crankshaft comes out! :woohoo:

One empty block, well - the water pump is still in there. And thats where I called off my dismantling. Was great fun and I wouldn't hesitate to do it again should a similar bargain come up down my way. Now to sell on some of the bits I won't be needing in all likelihood.

Thx for pic

I don't think the good people at Haynes have anything to worry about in terms of technical accuracy , but it's very interesting to see how it's all put together

Oh, this one won't be going back together at all. It might have, had the piston and head been OK, but as it is they're scrap.

Jason do you know the history of the failure, hydro shock , oil pump, timing belt ?

Great photos. Will the injectors help you or were you after a set to exchange.

Take them to a Bosch truck place and ask if they can increase flow for you

Not sure - the injectors are either spares or I shall attempt to sell them to someone who wants to mod a pd100 in the power stakes. They're the same as I have now anyway.

Not sure what the failure was - Mate had a good guess. But one piston / cylinder was in a real mess. Could have been something stopping the oil from getting up there, or maybe the coolant dumped itself in the road?

Whats that about the Bosch thing? Allards would want my injectors in exchange for their £1000 uprated ones. I wonder how they work on them to make them uprated?