ENGINE RECONDITIONING
ENGINE RECONDITIONING
To always reach your destination, the engine is the part you must rely on.
Today’s cars come from the factory with a certain mileage “written on their forehead.” But this can also be influenced by how the engine was used and maintained.
When the engine knocks, misfires, or is locked and no longer spins freely, it means it is defective. Ideally, a new engine block should be installed, but in Romania, not everyone can afford this part.
LR Yard service, adapting to market demands, offers a new life to Jaguar Land Rover engines.
In Roman, Neamț, Romania, a Jaguar Land Rover engine reconditioning workshop has been developed and serves European-level JLRs.
We have the capacity to recondition 4 complete engines every day.
Following the diagnosis, we offer engine reconditioning for the entire Land Rover / Jaguar range, but most of the time we deliver the client the ready-to-fit engine and take in exchange the defective one in order to cut down on waiting time.
If the engine series is important to the client and should not be separated from the car’s documents, then we repair the client’s engine.
Among the most common engine reconditioning are:
-3.0 diesel v6 TDV6 / SDV6
-3.0 diesel V6 SDV6 Gen 2
-2.0 diesel ingenium AJ200 204DTD
-2.0 diesel ingenium Aj200 204DTA
-4.4 diesel TDV8 448DT
Other engines are not bad at all.
Reconditioning consists of remanufacturing to the original size the cylinder boring, lining horning, cylinder head skimming, valve seat , engine block bearing geometry, bushing / changing the engine block liners.
Assembling the parts is strictly respecting the standard tightening ratios and checking the lubrication tolerance gap for in the engine block.
What does a LR Yard reconditioned engine really include ? New STD crankshaft , new connecting rods, new pistons with rings, new STD connecting rod bearings + main bearings set, new OE oil pump, new timing belt, new tappets and rocker arms, new front and rear bearing seals, cylinder head gasket, 12-month warranty on the entire engine without ancillaries, no milage limit.
In the romanian JLR specialized engine reconditioning workshop, since September 2025 the company has invested in a Japanese type CMM measuring machine Mitutoyo Strato Active 9106 (700×900) with a precision of 1.2 microns. This machine basicly measures accurately the diameter, coaxiality and cylindricity of the parts / all holes in the engine.
Each engine repaired by LR Yard has a separate file with the characteristics of each part in the engine, including hardness.
The experience of the mechanics, the machining workers, the grinding machines in the workshop together with the CNC machine for measuring the parts and the hardness measuring device meet the technical conditions to classify the workshop as an internal combustion engine remanufacturing factory.
Since 2019, we have kept track of the traceability of each repaired engine, including information about the parts used, their manufacturers and the oil film lubrication tolerance.
Due to the fact that JLR does not sell parts inside the engine, we had to adapt to the needs of the Romanian market and look for reliable technical solutions throughout Europe.
In 2020-2021, following a visit to the Genmot factory in Turkey, we contracted for 12 months a number of 180 crankshafts produced by them. Along the way, we were disappointed by the unprofessionalism and quality of the manufacturer’s parts, benefiting from a 10% factory mistake rate.
In 2022-2023, out of thirst for parts, we contracted crankshafts from Motus. Unfortunately, they had a 50% failure rate. At that time, along with other shortcomings, our company was in a major imbalance and was forced to sell the car service in Brașov, a service with 6 lifts, 6 mechanics, a stonemason and a workshop manager.
In 2024 we enjoyed the lowest rate of engine warranties, under 3%. Was starting to use billet crankshafts.
The engine grinding equipment such as:
Cylinder honing machine, engine block bearing grinding machine, cylinder grinding machine, cylinder head and engine block skimming machine, cylinder head pressure crack testing machine, valve grinding machine, pressure parts washing machine, and ultrasonic parts washing machine helped us repair engines on the spot, without having to depend on another workshop to perform other necessary grindings.
The cars that enter the service department are repaired in a maximum of 5 days, regardless of the technical problem encountered.
We have everything needed in stock.
Parts, mechanics, equipment, experience from behind, joy !