The little old dear who lives next door to me has an old camper van which is in the process of dying in a smokey heap. She's got a friend who was a mechanic in his younger days and the two of them have been searching for a replacement engine but to no avail. Does anyone on here know where to find a 2 litre diesel Maestro engine by any chance?

wasn't the engine a perkins unit, therefore used in loads of different vehicles?

Try looking for Maestro vans, they were used in them first. It's the O series developed by Perkins and Rover and it was turboed in the Montego. Some on ebay, this place has Maestro and Montego on there
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[Edited on 19/8/07 by Peteff]

Why not fit something more interesting?
I can just see an old dear driving round in a jamie oliver style, porsche engined campervan

The Rover 220SD motor from the mk3 bubble is a later relation and would fit. Failing that, earlier (pre pug power, so <94) Sherpa 200s, teh engine is also fitted into the Montego too.

They all get snapped up to fit in series Land-Rovers.

Is the engine actually going in a Maestro? Not seen many Maestro campers but Ive seen plenty Sherpa 200 ones. If it is a Sherpa then the Turbo O series diesel doesnt fit all that easily as the turbo fouls on the steering box. I'd think you'd run into similar problems with the later Rover TD engine & the Peugeot TD too as the turbo positioning is similar.
But it can be done, I've a mate who had the O series TD in a sherpa 200 but he did have a bit of work to do to get it in.
If it's a Maestro then the O series TD fits straight in (I did mine) & if you fiddle with the pump timing & boost a little they go like stink! .
If you want to get into engine conversions the as suggested the later Rover 2l TD shouldnt be too hard to fit, it's basicly the same block but some versions were drive by wire so it could take a bit of getting going. The Peugeot XUD would go in too, the Rover 218 & 418 TD used them on the same PG1 box that the Maestro uses.
Rover M & T series engines from the 800 will fit without too much bother & in turbo form it would really fly!
If you want to get really silly then how about the 2.7 V6? I've seen one in a Rover 214 & it hadnt been a difficult job.

Thanks for the tips guys, some useful leads to follow,although i think maybe the 2.7V6 might be a bit too much for the old girl - the van, not the owner, of course!

try asking hear
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