About to purchase 2010 Discovery 4

[dennis1990]

Hi all, I am a new member to the group and am hopefully about to become a new owner of a 2010 discovery 4 TdV6

I am travelling to purchase the vehicle and will have to drive the car 900km's home after.

The problem is it is very close to it's 168,000km service where the timing belt will need to be replaced. I intend to have the service completed immediately once I return home as I have a trusted mechanic who is able to complete the service at a good price.

My question is, is the risk too great to complete the journey pre service given the catastrophic consequence should the timing belt break.

I am not too mechanically so I have an inspector looking at the vehicle and giving me a report. Is it possible to have them inspect the belt and should it be in good condition, it will be safe for me to drive the 900km distance?

The car appears to be a great buy and ticks all of my criteria, the only negative is how close it is to its major 168,000km service however they have dropped the price accordingly to accommodate this.

Would love some feedback. Thanks Nick

[rocmic]

Assuming the car is in good nick, you should not have a problem with the timing belt. There is a fair bit of leeway in the schedule. That is it should not be anywhere near breaking at 168K.
I doubt that an inspector would be able to look as it require some disassembly (to say the least). Most inspections are fairly rudimentary looking for obvious issues.
Hope the purchase goes well and you become a member of the permagrin club.
Cheers
Mike

[rar110]

I've never heard of one breaking. I know of one D3 that had over 300,000km on the original belt. [emoji50]
I wouldn't stress about another 900km.

[shanegtr]

As mentioned above the scheduled change is on the safe side for obvious reasons - no manufacturer will want to have an item like a timing belt fail before the scheduled change out on the majority of vehicles sold

[LRDisco_Fever]

Hey mate, welcome.
As others have said you "should" be fine. I got mine done at 180k.
Other things to enquire about
- lower control arms, when were they last done?
- has it had the inlet manifold replaced? It's a known weakness on the 2010 (mine went at 170k) it will cost a few $k of it goes.
- when did breaks last get done? This will cost over $1k to get done (pads and rotors)
- has the trans been serviced? When? By who? Again around $900 to do for the first time, cheaper after that.

Nothing to stop you buying the car, just things that could help negotiate a better price.

I see your on the goldy mate, me too. If your on FB join out local group (SEQ-LRD) we do trips every month, lots of support and banter [emoji4][emoji6]

[dennis1990]

Thanks for the help guys, ill drive a little easier knowing the timing belt schedule has some leeway.

I'll be sure to check all of the things mentioned before purchasing.

Hopefully all goes to plan and the car is in good condition.

Nick