Thread: D3 TDV6 clunk, bang stop

Originally Posted by rar110

I thought upgrading the pump housing was standard practice on pre 09MY D3s when doing the timing belts. Or was it pre 08MY D3s?

Didn't the O/P say he was offered to change the housing when the belts were done from the service guys , but , money was tight and opted not to replace it.


The UK site has a list of vin # that seem to indicate when the new style housing was fitted, mine is 02/08 and falls in the bad vin # range.


Seems that you would be a brave person not to change the housing, but from what I read its engines that HAVE had the belt changed, so re-torqueing the pulley must weaken the housing.


Whatever the reason its not good.


Cheers Ean

Conscious of thread hijacking but ?.

I've got an 05 but the motor was replaced prior to me buying. It was replaced with a new one from LD. Its about 2.5 years old. Can anyone tell me if I need to be worried or should it have the upgraded part? Also the the same question regarding the thermostat housing? Which was the part that failed in the original engine.

Thanks in advance.

David.

Originally Posted by Dagilmo

Conscious of thread hijacking but ?.

I've got an 05 but the motor was replaced prior to me buying. It was replaced with a new one from LD. Its about 2.5 years old. Can anyone tell me if I need to be worried or should it have the upgraded part? Also the the same question regarding the thermostat housing? Which was the part that failed in the original engine.

Thanks in advance.

David.

Im no expert on these vehicles but, I thought the problem with the oil pump housing occurred when the housing was removed to change timing belts and then refitted with not quite correct torque on bolts. The new housing is stronger to cope with over torqued bolts. So if is a new LR motor, no need to worry until you do the timing belts and then try to work out which oil pump housing you have.

I got my belts done early as some do fail where the tensioner bolts to oil pump housing before belts are done. Mine is MY8.5 04-08 and was fine as it had new style of housing already fitted but do know some latter than mine that had old style fitted so can not go on vin. A lot of info on Ukdisco 3 site. You do not remove oil pump housing unless you need to change it. Sorry Pete that your problem was what I thought

The housing does not get removed when replacing the belt but the (new) belt tensioner is bolted to a bracket that is part of the casting.

I replaced the oil pump housing on my 05 D3 when I done my belts earlier this year. In the process of all my research on doing the job the failures of the housing made me decide not to risk the chance. There was a big difference in the amount of webbing around the tensioner bracket on the new housing.

Originally Posted by jonesy63

Peter, Is yours a MY07-or later D3? MY07 first came out in August 2006 - and they were the first to have the EuroIV fuel injection setup. The Territory shares that design - so no problems if yours is MY07-on. There was another guy on here that his mechanic tried to put a Territory diesel motor into his EuroIII (MY04-MY06) D3 - and it was an expensive mistake. Good luck! Rob

Rob mine is 2007 MY08 so should be ok.

Have read silver surfer and his ordeal. MR appear to know all about how to do it correctly. They said the territory donk is exactly same except for sump pan and engine mounts.

Originally Posted by PeterOZ

Rob mine is 2007 MY08 so should be ok.

Have read silver surfer and his ordeal. MR appear to know all about how to do it correctly. They said the territory donk is exactly same except for sump pan and engine mounts.

Peter,

I live down on the Gold Coast but constantly hear good reports about MR. I guess that's one less thing to worry about, good luck mate.

Cheers
Lucas