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  1. 26th July 2012, 12:22 PM #1
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    New 3.0 engine installed - video

    *Sigh* - a bit disappointing when LR send you a brand new engine and the techs dirty it up with all the dusty peripheral bits off the old engine (well, if you count 31,000km as 'old')

    After a week in the shop with the body (and everything else) off, hopefully I'll get it back in time for the weekend. I just hope when they put it back together there aren't any spare nuts and bolts left lying around:-)

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  2. 26th July 2012, 06:17 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by GregMilner View Post
    I just hope when they put it back together there aren't any spare nuts and bolts left lying around:-)
    No worries, just save them for next time!
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  3. 26th July 2012, 10:46 PM #3
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    Amazing view with body off, thanks for sharing!
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    Pity you didn't have a time lapse camera....
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    Yeah, would have made a great video. Gordon (the service manager, with whom I'm now on first-name terms, we have each other's number on speed dial - never a good sign) just called and said I should have the car back this afternoon.

    He said all the left-over nuts and bolts are in a snap-lock bag in the glove box. I hope he was kidding.
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    Hi Greg

    Hope all goes well with this motor. Also have found the service agents here in WA pretty helpful.

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  7. 30th July 2012, 01:43 PM #7
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    I agree George. Gordon Wales at Barbagallos Service - fantastic service, they bend over backwards. He just phoned to say my car's ready. Yippee.
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  8. 30th July 2012, 08:23 PM #8
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    is this part of your ongoing smoking exhaust issue ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by GregMilner View Post
    He said all the left-over nuts and bolts are in a snap-lock bag in the glove box. I hope he was kidding.
    Classic!

    .... because you know if he was a professional he would have thrown them in the spares bin!
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    Quote Originally Posted by thomasb View Post
    is this part of your ongoing smoking exhaust issue ?
    Yep. Got the car back today. It evens smells like a new engine. And (thankfully) no more blue smoke out the back. (Well, it's early days)
    All power to Land Rover's massive, ever-increasing profits. They certainly didn't quibble about giving me a new engine. In fact it was their idea. Got to love that.
    Now the dilemma: do I take advantage of the fact it's got a new engine inside a 31,000km old car, sell it like that and buy a new one with 2012 specs, or drive it for another 18 months - by which time the engine will only have done 15,000km max - and wait for the new lightweight RRS due in early 2014?

    It's a tough one....if they were going to fit the new RRS with the 4.4 engine and 8-speed ZF gearbox it'd definitely be worth waiting for...
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