My Y reg Nissan Cabstar engine has blown up. The engine code is TD27T. Where might I find a replacement for this? ie. are there any other vehicles with the same engine I could swap from?
Thanks in advance
My Y reg Nissan Cabstar engine has blown up. The engine code is TD27T. Where might I find a replacement for this? ie. are there any other vehicles with the same engine I could swap from?
Thanks in advance
it'll be a 2.7 turbo diesel? if so i think nissan terrano's and patrols had them? might be worth googling.
Terrano 4x4 perhaps
From what I can make out, the engine in the Ford Maverick and the Terrano will be the same. Does anyone know if this is rght?
Thank you Gentlemen.
A Cabstar engine is £1500 second hand (if you can find one)
A Terrano/Maverick engine is £500 second hand, and plenty about.
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Its the same engine in the LTi Fairway taxi and the TX1 except without the turbo. What tends to happen is the combustion chamber drops out of the head and smashes the piston. a common fault on this engine. Usually the head is scrap and just one piston. If the damage isnt too bad it can be salvaged. My fairway carried on running for over 600,000 milesand was still running when I sold it.
Yep, I would agree with all of that. The engine had only done 50k
Get the lowest mileage engine you can find.It should run for years if its any good. Stick some slick 50 in the oil to give it a helping hand as well. Terrano or Maverick engine should be the same. 50,000 miles is low for it to go bang! How bad is it damaged?
Are either of those taxi engines turbo?
Also, are all Terrano and Maverick engines "fly by wire"? (mine isn't)
My truck is with a mechanic, and he can't find anyone yet to say that an engine out of any of the above will definitely fit. Especially as mine isn't "fly by wire" and the only Terrano he has come acros was.
It has been nearly 3 months now and I want my truck back.
Look what just happened to appear in my yard today
thats nice, you could always cut teh roof of to turn it into a truck
It is very nice, and a lot smarter than any of the vehicles our lot have.
The gearbox has given up and apparently it is a £2k job minimum so not worth it.
It has already had the interior stripped and has been dropped off at mine to get the engine out. Saves paying someone else to do it.
theres been 3 nissan navaras knicked round my way lately all found with engines missing ! anything to do with you Dave
No, nothing to do with me.
My last Cabstar lasted for 15 years and did 250k miles before it eventually fell to pieces.
The engine was never touched at all except for a set of glow plugs. These modern engines seem to be a bit crap in comparison.
There is a very strong export market for the engines apparently, which makes them hard to get hold of.
Theres a big demand for the Nissan engines to use in taxis as well. The Nissan engines that were used by LTI were all non turbo. They eventually dropped them and went onto use Ford Duratorq diesels that were in the transits. This engine was a huge problem for LTI as it was for Ford with timing chain problems and flywheels. Consequently people with the Ford engined TX2 have been looking for Nissan engines to replace them with.
Not sure if the gearbox in the taxi was same as the one used in the Terrano/Maverick but if it is, there are a few places in liverpool that will rebuild the gearboxes ,and I don't think they are hugely expensive to rebuild. I've heard of volvo bearings being used as replacements.
The taxi engines werent fly by wire. In fact they didnt really fly very fast at all! And as far as I know the early Mavericks and Terranos werent fly by wire either. The engine is indirect injection with a combustion chamber set into the head on each cylinder.They didnt use electronic injection either.There are still plenty of LTI Fairways and TX1's in use with the Nisssan 2.7 engine in. All will have done massive miles by now unless they are working in London.
A bit of an update.
Me and Fred set about stripping the engine out.
Got the intercooler off,
Got the alternator off
Got the power steering pump off
Disconnected the myriad of electrical connections
Disconnected all the air conditioning wizardry
disconnected the starter (wouldn't like to have to change one of them!)
Went to the other farm to collect the engine crane
Had a brew
Just getting the engine crane hitched up ready to get the last bits undone when we had a phone call.
"Don't bother getting that engine out. It's fooked!
What a waste of time and effort!
My mate has a complete car p reg with reverse gone he wants 300 quid for it drive away no probs let me know if intrested
pmd ya details
that sounds more hopeful
Its done 120k taxed motd if intrested il pm you his number
Yes Joe, I am interested. I have been out all day, that's why I haven't been in touch.
Their you go paul roneo cars mob 07984712777 i can get you his car site number but it will be closed for the weekend let me know how you get on hope it gets you out of trouble
Cheers Joe
Well I went off to London Village on the train today and collected the car off Paul.
Now I in another dilema. It's in better nick than any of our vehicles and MOTd til late this year.
Big thanks to Joe for putting me onto it. Proper bargain, much appreciated Joe
Last edited by Dave; 22-03-2010 at 22:34.
Well done glad your sorted IT WAS CHEAP THOU
Got my truck back today.
Only been 4 months.
I take you put the engine in
I took the engine out of the 4x4 and delivered it to the mechanic. I had to wait for him to fit it.
It is all up and running, smokes a bit when cold, but other than that runs very well. Probably injector or summat because it feels like it is missing a bit too (only when cold)
Didnt it run nice in the 4x4 i herd it run when it was up roneos and it run quite nice mabe a bit of dirt in the filter or something silly
its probably got one glowplug not working
Hey , I know this is an old thread so am sorry if im annoying anyone but im in a bind that if I dont fix will see my new business close and me filing for bankruptcy. I have recently opened a Mobile coffee business with a Cabstar (2001) ... Engine shit the load and like with you guys in the UK most cabstars here are exported. so just to clarify .... The engine that you jerry rigged into the cabstar , was it a Teranno ? Was there any other engine that could have worked (sweet F all terannos over here) ? and lastly what was the year of the terrano? appreciate any help
Thanks for all the help .. .lol
6 years later, I still have the truck, still going strong and still smokes like feck when cold.
Grandson asked if it was on fire this week when he saw it.
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