Thread: 3 litre inlet manifold crack problems

I’ve just been quoted $9k by Blacklocks Land Rover (Albury) to replace both intake manifolds and the throttle body. I have the trifecta of dodgy Land Rover plastic bits..

Does this seem at all like a reasonable quote, they are saying more than 6k in parts and 15hours labour?

My only other option would be to try Clarke Automotive in Wodonga..

Originally Posted by Jonno17

I’ve just been quoted $9k by Blacklocks Land Rover (Albury) to replace both intake manifolds and the throttle body. I have the trifecta of dodgy Land Rover plastic bits..

Does this seem at all like a reasonable quote, they are saying more than 6k in parts and 15hours labour?

My only other option would be to try Clarke Automotive in Wodonga..

Wow what an absolute rip off, in no way is that a reasonable quote.
Shouldn't even be half of that.

That’s insane prices mate. About $2k in the going price for most places give or take $500.

Adding in the throttle body, which has to be removed and replaced to do the manifolds anyway, so part only cost is around $500.

I’d not spend more than $2500 for the work

Talk to British Automotive in Romsey, central Vic. That's where I take my D4 for stuff I can't do myself.
www.britishautomotive.com.au
Romsey British Automotive


3 Mitchell Crt, Romsey Victoria 3434
(03) 5429 5021

Get them to change the (also plastic) cooling outlet whilst they are in there :-)

Quoted $5k from Romsey British Automotive, that’s for a set of aluminium manifolds and a genuine throttle body. + $1k to tow to from Albury, still $3k and -2 plastic bits in the clear.. still seems like a lot. But that’s about 3k worth of parts and 15hours labour

I wouldn't touch those alloy manifolds, the updated plastic ones will likely outlast the vehicle - the alloys are still very much unknown.

Lads in Romsey swapped out the cracked manifolds for alloy ones, will see how they go. Couldn’t find anything wrong with the throttle body, but the O ring on the left side of the Y was pinched. $3.3k all up. Much better than the $9-11k blacklocks Land Rover wanted in Albury.

However! Got it back home to Mt Beauty yesterday, and it’s smoking out the left side of the engine bay, smells like diesel.. there’s an oil leak too, unsure if related, I thought it might’ve been from the blacklocks monkeys over tightening the oil filter housing, as there’s a lot of oil in the casting valleys on top of the oil cooler, torqued it to spec but doesn’t seem to have fixed the problem. Any ideas?