Thread: LR Td5 crankshaft damper pulley

My LR Defender is a 2005 Td5 CSW. It’s done about 61,000 miles from new (no previous owner). It’s been off the road for some time and at present is being made roadworthy at a LR workshop here in Germany.

The engine couldn’t be started (taken on recovery vehicle to workshop) and the mechanic eventually discovered the alternator was kaputt (second-hand replacement has been fitted). I’ve just been told that the crankshaft damper pulley needs replacing. I’m a little puzzled because the last time I drove my vehicle (November 2012), the cd pulley was OK, as far as I’m aware. (From
November, the vehicle was parked, right through the winter. I started it from time to time but didn’t drive it. Yes, I know now that was wrong, but didn’t know at the time.)

So my question is, why would/might the crankshaft damper pulley stop working now (and at what seems to me to be a relatively “young” age)?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by justinc

I hate to say it but yes it is a possibility. If the alternator was/ is seized, then when cranking the engine the next thing to suffer is the crankshaft pulley where the belt driving the alternator runs; it is vulcanised to the steel inner and will be damaged IF there is a serious resistance to rotation IE a seized alternator...

Possible, yes.

JC

I agree with the man in the know.
Mine got damaged when the idler bearing seized.