Thread: D4 2009 TDV6 3.0 - Engine Seized

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Rung the local Land Rover Dealer to get some quotes on parts for my vehicle failure. D3 2.7. They had just done a D4 engine replacement for $40,000.

OMG - $40K - that is ridiculous!!

Hope it doesn't cost you (IanMck) anywhere near that.

Originally Posted by ianmck

We had the oil changed at 12,000, 25,000 and then every 26,000 after that. All bar the last one were done by Landrover Dealers. The last one was done by a Repco servicing centre and they had to order in the correct oil for it.

Ian

I'm sure LR will tell you and everyone else that they sell new Disco's to that every 26k for a oil change is now the go.

After all it's a big selling point that you can extend service intervals by a extra 1.5 times over previously accepted long time norms and so you don't have to pay high service costs so often.
And I reckon that if they backed it up with a 200k warranty for engine failures caused by parts like bearings that totally rely on oil being in good condition then that would be ok. But they don't.

One question if you don't mind, are you planning to stick to the LR inspired change the oil every 26k schedule once you get a replacement engine fitted?

Hi Chilly,
That's not to be sneezed at............$40k you would nearly write the vehicle off.

Yes 26,000 between oil changes surprised us as well hence getting the first one done at 12,000. Landrover suggest a "health check" every 13,000 kms but they don't change the oil unless you insist on it. We were advised unless you had problems you could skip the health check and it wont interfere with your warranty. Our vehicle normally had a visit to a Dealer in between anyway due to other problems.


We used Repco since we live 115 kms from our nearest Dealer and they had serviced our other vehicles.(every 10,000 kms)


If and it looks more like when we get another engine and it is not a manufacturing fault I think we will need some convincing to let it go 26,000 between services.


Our local Dealer has been very helpful with a loan vehicle and looking into our options. It will cost us $18,000 to $23,000 according to there estimate.


Ian

Originally Posted by ianmck

. Landrover suggest a "health check" every 13,000 kms but they don't change the oil unless you insist on it. We were advised unless you had problems you could skip the health check and it wont interfere with your warranty.

Same here, although the salesman said you only needed the 12 month/26,000 kms service. After my first health check I checked my service history on TOPIX and it wasn't shown. I rang the service manager and he stated that it wasn't a scheduled service and does not get added to TOPIX which backs up that it should not interfere with warranty. I do a lot of short trips so always get the oil changed every 6 months (I don't do enough kms to get up to distance traveled) as a precaution.

Martin

Originally Posted by ianmck

Yes 26,000 between oil changes surprised us as well hence getting the first one done at 12,000. Landrover suggest a "health check" every 13,000 kms but they don't change the oil unless you insist on it. We were advised unless you had problems you could skip the health check and it wont interfere with your warranty. Our vehicle normally had a visit to a Dealer in between anyway due to other problems.


We used Repco since we live 115 kms from our nearest Dealer and they had serviced our other vehicles.(every 10,000 kms)


If and it looks more like when we get another engine and it is not a manufacturing fault I think we will need some convincing to let it go 26,000 between services.


Our local Dealer has been very helpful with a loan vehicle and looking into our options. It will cost us $18,000 to $23,000 according to there estimate.


Ian

Mate its not the warranty you need to be worried about. It will break out of warranty with 25,000k between servicing and much sooner than it would with 5,000-10,000/6-12 month changes.

Manufacturers sell more vehicles if they say their vehices are cheaper to service. But they are only cheap until they go bang outside the factory warranty period and then the cost to the owner is outrageous compared to the costs in the 3 years of extra oil and filters as minor services...

its just a rort.

Cheers

Hi Ian,
The $18k to $23k options sounds better than the $40k option however this close to Xmas you just don't need something like that. I change my filter every 5k and oil every 10k, oils cheap in comparison. I hear the arguments about longer service periods being a selling feature.

I get my oil tested on occasion when doing oil changes, the 5k for the filter and the 10k for the oil kept the cleanliness levels of the patch test looking pretty good. I never went any further than the 10k between changes to experiment, on occasion I might have got to 12k. I had heard rumours of engine changes costing in excess of $20k so I just do regular changes and use OEM oil filters.

The comment about the warranty supporting the extended oil changes is an interesting point. That would show some confidence.

Good luck with the repairs.

Cheers Marty.