Oil Pump, new thing to worry about .

Given the discussion on UK site it is a small number of MY07 vehicles that have a different design housing. Good precaution to change the housing with cam belt.

Do we know of any build dates that are effected as I have a Feb 07 D3

BUMP on that last question - I will be doing my timing belt as early as this weekend so I'm wondering if there's a vin range

Does anyone have a link to the UK discussion?

Thanks in advance!

I did manage to find this website which shows the difference in the pump design.
http://www.lrautomotive.com.au/conte...ming_Belt.html

The Uk website is , disco3.co.uk , would appeare to be around the 2007/8 model but it has happened on ealier modles as it has the same oil pump .

It appears to happen mostly after the Cam belt change , my gut feel is bad workman ship when changing the belts , seems strange that the problem has happend to only a few vehicles after the cambelt change and not the 168000 Ks before , ( not the 100000 Ks as mentioned on the website you looked at ;) ) . But who knows .

If your changing the belts yourself you will be able to have a good look at the pump when you change the Tensioner out .

DISCO3.CO.UK - View topic - Cam belt tensioner mount broke!!!!......
The post above and the poll of affected vehicles so far below
DISCO3.CO.UK - View topic - Cam belt tensioner mount failure survey

I have an MY08 RRS - the VIN series are different but I'm assuming the engine will fall into the same category.

Has anyone here replaced the oil pump or had this happen to them? I'm always a fan of preventative maintenance.

I have been quoted $550 for
-both timing belt kits
-2 rollers
-air filter
-Acc belt

Also had the alternator let go with a nice burnt smell and a battery light today. Idle voltage = 12.8v. $330 for a JAYLEC alt or $650 for the Denso job. So hoping the battery will get me back home (15k from where I'm parked) otherwise I'm going to need a tow as well :no2:.

I have read through those links - thanks d3viate for posting them. I also called our local LR dealer (Solitaire prestige), the service advisor said he hadn't heard of the issue and noted that they do hundreds of timing belts over all year models. I am tending to agree w Fatso in that possibly the bolt is being done up with too much force and weakening the metal, causing this failure. Looking at the figures however it would suggest that as many failures are occurring on the 05MY as 07MY. I will definitely inspect the integrity of this part when I have it all apart this weekend or next. Meanwhile, fun with this alternator.