D4 2009 TDV6 3.0 - Engine Seized

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Originally Posted by BobD

If a conrod bolt came loose wouldn't there be a hell of a lot of noise well before the bolt fell out?

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Given what I experienced, I would say it was sudden and catastrophic failure, not a bolt coming loose. The big end of the rod in question was flattened - the part that goes around the crankshaft had been crushed to half it's size, and the part that actually holds the missing bolt has been ripped free. The small end had been similarly torn off.

What's that piston like - sounds like it could be seized in the bore

So, OP, any more info on what caused your engine to seize..................

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Originally Posted by BobD

If a conrod bolt came loose wouldn't there be a hell of a lot of noise well before the bolt fell out?

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Not necessarily, Bob. As a rev-head of long standing I've taken part in the destruction of quite a few engines over the years. :rolleyes: Some of these gave very little, if any, warning (a Ford 390 with approximately 150 hp of nitrous added springs to mind :eek:) If the piston seized at anything over 2000rpm or so, the time to initial destruction would be well under a second,after that it's just pieces banging into each other. :what:


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I am interested in this topic because I have a D4 from the same year. Lets hope it gets back on topic.

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Originally Posted by LRD414

Could someone please explain what this means? Particularly the "fractured connection" I'm lost [emoji16]

Scott

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maybe these links will help

https://www.highpowermedia.com/blog/...of-joint-faces

https://www.highpowermedia.com/RET-M...steners-part-1

https://www.highpowermedia.com/blog/...od-caps-part-2

Any updates? Interested if a failure cause has been identified

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Originally Posted by ThrowawayFool

Given what I experienced, I would say it was sudden and catastrophic failure, not a bolt coming loose. The big end of the rod in question was flattened - the part that goes around the crankshaft had been crushed to half it's size, and the part that actually holds the missing bolt has been ripped free. The small end had been similarly torn off.

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Hi mate, I have recently experienced a problem with my 2011 range rover sport similar to the story you posted with your engine seizing up whilst on the highway. It has only just been dropped of to the land rover dealer in Perth in hope that land rover will assist with the cost of the repairs as it is out of warranty by a year but has only travelled 56000 of highway kilometers. I am interested to know what the outcome was with your engine and if land rover took any responsibility in the failure and assisted with the costs. Appreciate any feedback you can offer me.

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Originally Posted by stevejames

Hi mate, I have recently experienced a problem with my 2011 range rover sport similar to the story you posted with your engine seizing up whilst on the highway. It has only just been dropped of to the land rover dealer in Perth in hope that land rover will assist with the cost of the repairs as it is out of warranty by a year but has only travelled 56000 of highway kilometers. I am interested to know what the outcome was with your engine and if land rover took any responsibility in the failure and assisted with the costs. Appreciate any feedback you can offer me.

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If LR don't give you any joy I would think about contacting Fair Trading. I would expect that 56,000km since 2011 would not be considered enough mileage to warrant an engine failure being acceptable under fitness for use for example. Presuming of course it's been serviced etc and not abused which LR may look at. Hope LR come to the party for you.

Martin

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Originally Posted by letherm

If LR don't give you any joy I would think about contacting Fair Trading. I would expect that 56,000km since 2011 would not be considered enough mileage to warrant an engine failure being acceptable under fitness for use for example. Presuming of course it's been serviced etc and not abused which LR may look at. Hope LR come to the party for you.

Martin

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LR will look into the vehicles use.EVERYTHING is there to be seen.We have had several engine and transmission replacements on our earthmoving gear,nothing recorded to cause the failures so they happily replaced motors and transmissions.
I know our Volvo and CAT gear record everything to hard drive as soon as a fault occurs,to "try and diagnose the issue" or blame the operator in advent of a warranty claim.We even had an operator caught out with exsessive idle hours compared to operating hours,he was parking up with the aircon running sleeping/playing on the internet with his Iphone:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
at 56000km one would expect them to play ball!!!!!
GOODLUCK
Andrew