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SteveGunn01
3rd January 2019, 11:43 AM
Hi LR brains trust, I’m confused (as per)🙄

A couple of years ago the crankshaft in our 600Nm 08/14 D4 SDV6 cracked, and LR Australia replaced it immediately, at a cost of around $22K to them. It’s run perfectly ever since. The thing is, it goes like a startled cheetah, yet is returning less than 7.5L/100 kms average despite all the racing up and down the Blue Mtns we do here and bashing numerous bush tracks/fire trails on weekends, not to mention the long highway runs to Mildura and other music festivals I have do, often accidentally hitting 30kph above the limit (pushing 9L/100kms then).
A mate who has the SDV6 in his Disco reckons ours might be the later 700Nm SDV6 RRS variant, but I’m a bit skeptical (as per) that LR Aust would mix them up.

Original engine # was 0860637306DT.
New engine # is stranger: 101G1090236306DT.

I’ve emailed LR Australia about it but have yet to receive a sensible reply, and googled various engine number blogs but so far to no avail.

I’d be very happy if anyone has any idea what we’ve got here!

Either way, this I s the best vehicle I’ve driven over any distance, and despite being 6’4” and all legs, it’s easily the most comfortable ever. Love this thing.

Cheers,
Steve.

Graeme
3rd January 2019, 01:18 PM
I had assumed that the difference in performance would be due to different ecm fuel maps and possibly injectors but it is possible that the camshafts and/or valves are also different. LRA may have supplied whatever they had on hand that was at least minimum spec for your vehicle when built.

In the early 70s a mate bought a new, last of model run Falcon 6 cyl that flew. It appeared that the engine was from a special test batch built for the next model's high performance spec. vehicles.

Eric SDV6SE
4th January 2019, 12:32 AM
Interesting, will keep an eye on this one. Mine is a MY11 SDV6SE 3.0 twin turbo. Remapped to 650Nm. Have you tried emailing LR UK ?