On the TDV6 (PSA engine) you can't get to the rear two glowplugs if they need extracting or drilling, the bulkhead gets in the way.
One of the front g.p. is only accessible if you take off one cam cover (with integral inlet manifold) the injectors on that side and part of the front timing cover.
The turbo lives over the top of the bellhousing. It's not accessible from above. The only route is taking the transmission out first (more on this below*)
The HP pump is in the middle of the Vee, driven by a belt off the back of one cam. It's just possible to change it, but your hands will be slashed to ribbons because it's so tight for access, directly in front of the turbo with all the fuel lines in the way.
The main loom passes directly over the top of the turbo, wrapped in aluminized sleeving. By now, on a mid-5 plate, many are now setting fire to the loom as this sleeve gives up. This means an insurance write-off.
*The engine cannot be removed downward through the chassis or out the front, structural members get in the way. In the factory, the complete drivetrain is built up and the body dropped on. Any engine faults = body lift.
Just what kind of morons are designing these things?!!
P.S. Range Rover Sport models seem to have an appetite for front diffs too...along with Beemer X5's that do for the rear one. I must get at least one enquiry every day about doing those. I don't!
