Help with Engine in Romania

corvus -> Help with Engine in Romania (10/11/2005 8:21:54 AM)
Hi all, I have been asked by a friend in Romania for advice on his landy. He runs a tour company in Romania (www.roving-romania.co.uk) and is looking to do an engine swap. Can anyone help with the following question? The 300Tdi in the green LR was a brand new retro-fit engine in 2002 and has absolutely NO ECM or electronic control. The 300Tdi engine in the 1998 Defender I now own has basic ECM electronic control of injector pump and emissions. The question is can I put the non-ECM engine into the ECM vehicle without having to re-programme the ECM to accept the newer engine? Also can I practically throw out the catalyst (I know I can replace the front pipe/catalyst with a straight-through exhaust pipe as on the green LR) and do away with the emissions valve on the manifold? One question is whether I can legally do this (no problem in Romania) but the important question is whether it will run and what happens to the ECM? Kind regards Steve

Bene -> RE: Help with Engine in Romania (10/11/2005 4:02:00 PM)
if your current ECU only runs the fuel system and emissions, and both of those are gone, i supose you wouldnt need it at all anymore. but if it might run a few other things like some of the electronics like wipers and air bags you might have to get it reprogramed or something. i would contact LR or something to see exactly what functions that ECU controls.

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