Total Engine Failure 2005 D3 TDV6

Quick Update - this thread seems to have gone a little off track??
Dealer has but a quote together for me - its a total new engine - they are not willing to to a short motor.
They have not yet got to the bottom of the problem but there are enough bits an pieces of bearing and metal in the sump for them to make this recommendation
Cost wise it looks like its north of $15K.
Have written a letter to Land Rover to see if they will help, only posted it yesterday, so I am waiting on their response before progressing further.

Be interesting to see what Ford will do a 2.7V6 Terri engine for .........

Rdenyer,

Just out of interest, have you had any work done in the engine bay recently?

I recall reading somewhere that someone had a similar issue and on removing the rocker covers found a 'foreign object'. Suggestion was made that it could have been left there during recall work and may have caused oil starvation.

Anyways, just curious if your aware of any work that had been done.

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Originally Posted by garrycol

Your spot on and this is a clue to Land Rover starting to improve their quality in the early 90s. Apparently then when a component failed Landrover carried the issue themselves - then they realised that most of their reliabilty problems were items supplied by other makers - so warranty claims then started to be passed on to these parts manufacturers, they started to be held accountable for the quality of the sub parts - slowly the quality of these parts improved and in some cases suppliers were changed.

So - yes Landrover is responsible at the customer end but further up the chain the Landrover system should be holding their suppliers accountable.

Garry

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Recently read some articles (threads supplied through this forum :)) on the new Pug 508. Apparently Peugeot were sick of the 'inherited' reliability issues they were getting across their fleet. They read the riot act to their subcontractors...I guess using the lever of the WFC.....making them sign-on to effectively 'Supplier Of Excellence' agreements. I imagine that means warranty and liability issues and costs get flowed through to the subcontractor.

End result....

Thus far I've only read rave reviews stating that the 508 is a contender for BMWs and Audis now....

Early days I suppose but the principle is clear.

Cheers,

Kev.

As a side issue - I picked this up on another forum:

"Did you hear of the Diesel Territory that run a bearing towing a 2300 Kg 23' van from Melbourne to Mallacoota, during a 4 van test by a leading Caravan Mag ?

Car had 1600 km on it. Ford says it is a one off...may well be true, but unlikely to inspire buyers. Not sure I would tow that weight with a new motor, but I suppose they are built to take it...all except this one apparently"

Not heard of the issue in Jags or Citroens but I guess their numbers are small compared to Landrovers and later Territory's.

Garry

1600k's is a bit early to start towing a few tonne with IMHO. Pat

Thought this thread on MySwag may interest people on one diesel Territory owner:D
Alternative to my territory

So how soon can we expect to see you in a Paj or Challenger Baz? ...;)

cheers,
Terry

Dropped my D3 off to my local LR specialist to get some work done.
In the corner of their workshop was a TDV6 with the body off.
Motor stuffed!
Lack of oil changes was the culprit!
Only had 3 oil changes in its life ( don't know exact km's)
Last oil change done just over 30,000kms ago.
Oil did not show on the dipstick!
Not too sure about the dipstick driving it either. ;)
Sounds like a cylinder seized and then broke the crankshaft, bugger.
Worst thing was it's a Sydney owner who had this minor issue whilst away in Queensland.
Oh well maybe $12,000 plus. ( can buy a few oil changes for that me thinks)

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Originally Posted by ~Rich~

Motor stuffed!
Lack of oil changes was the culprit!
Only had 3 oil changes in its life ( don't know exact km's)
Oh well maybe $12,000 plus. ( can buy a few oil changes for that me thinks)

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You hear of this too many times.
People can't be that tight or lazy to have an oil & filter change done every 12K or so.
As you mentioned, $12,000.00 does buy alot of oil / filter changes.
Cheers, Craig