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bradley · 27th June 2017, 20:37

Hi just wondering if anyone was brave enough to take a 1.8 engine out and slip a diesel in .

stevestrat · 27th June 2017, 20:49

So much else involved be easier to buy a diesel in the first place.

bradley · 27th June 2017, 21:03

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Originally Posted by stevestrat

So much else involved be easier to buy a diesel in the first place.

Thinking that but I have another diesel car for engine to go in

Rooney · 27th June 2017, 21:08

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Originally Posted by bradley

Hi just wondering if anyone was brave enough to take a 1.8 engine out and slip a diesel in .

Plenty have tried, one even managed it, but you're talking about a lot more than just slipping another engine in.

If you take that on you'll need deep pockets and weeks (if not months) of hard labour for something that'll never really be right.

roverbarmy · 27th June 2017, 21:12

If it aint broke ...................

championdaddy · 27th June 2017, 21:13

My postman did just that to his 190 when it died..........

Bought a donor diesel and gradually swapped everything over.

Took him about a month but then he only worked on it about 3 afternoons a week.

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championdaddy This is my second home Mg Zt 190 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The FIRST Garden City....Letchworth. Posts: 6,778 Thanks: 1,243 Thanked 920 Times in 698 Posts	My postman did just that to his 190 when it died.......... Bought a donor diesel and gradually swapped everything over. Took him about a month but then he only worked on it about 3 afternoons a week.