LAND ROVER Connecting Rods

Land Rover and Jaguar engines sit behind everything from everyday SUVs to supercharged V8 flagships, and because one block family can appear across several model years and body styles, buyers usually reach this category holding an engine code rather than a description. The rods here cover the Ingenium and Ford-era diesel fours (204DTD, 204DTA, 204PT and 224DT) together with the 5.0T AJ133 V8 used in Range Rover and Jaguar XJ, and the M270 and M274 units shared with Mercedes-Benz applications.

Typical fits include the Freelander 2 L359, Range Rover Evoque L538, Discovery Sport L550 and the Jaguar XE and XF. Numbers you can check against a parts book or the rod still in the engine include LR012455, LR082540, LR024978, LR073821 and LR004385, with alternates such as DA1598, JDE38785 and AG9G-6205-AA; the 2.0T M270 and M274 rods cross to 2740303400 and 2740300101.

Each rod is forged from alloy steel and precision machined, with dimensional checks carried out batch by batch so that big-end bore, small-end bore and centre-to-centre length stay consistent from one order to the next. Stock models ship without a hard minimum, so sample and trial quantities are welcome. If a code is ambiguous, send the engine number or the OEM number from the old rod and we will confirm the right part before you order.