Thread: 2010 D4 for sale - transmission just replaced - should I buy ?

Originally Posted by surfingooner

Yes still looking and the one we first liked and would have bought has gone, but finance just being finalised in next couple of days.

I spent last night reading about the inlet manifold problem on the 3.0L and it has totally put me off. I just cannot buy a car that I know is more than likely to go wrong with what seems to be an on-going design fault. I cannot justify spending extra money on an engine which will go wrong at some point.

Land Rover should have sorted this out. Is there any good defence from the 3.0L crew as to why I should still go the 'extra mile' for the 3.0L ? Yes I would love the additional power and economy but......

Even the 2.7 will leave you wondering how at just 0.2ltr bigger than a TD5 does it go that much better in a heavier car.

Originally Posted by surfingooner

Is there any good defence from the 3.0L crew as to why I should still go the 'extra mile' for the 3.0L ? Yes I would love the additional power and economy but......

I love my 3.0, even if there is the potential for failure one day. I don't think it's a certainty that the manifold will pack it in - plenty of high mileage 3.0 around running the original.

The 2.7 is also a fine engine, though search around and you'll find it too, can be prone to failure. So can Nissans, Toyotas, VW, etc.

If I was in the market today, I would still be leaning towards the 3.0, however if a 2.7 D4 came up with the perfect configuration for me I wouldn't have any issue buying it. The 2.7 has the benefit of 18" OEM wheels, the 3.0 has more grunt, newer gearbox, etc.

But service history is far more important than anything else.

Originally Posted by veebs

I love my 3.0, even if there is the potential for failure one day. I don't think it's a certainty that the manifold will pack it in - plenty of high mileage 3.0 around running the original.

The 2.7 is also a fine engine, though search around and you'll find it too, can be prone to failure. So can Nissans, Toyotas, VW, etc.

If I was in the market today, I would still be leaning towards the 3.0, however if a 2.7 D4 came up with the perfect configuration for me I wouldn't have any issue buying it. The 2.7 has the benefit of 18" OEM wheels, the 3.0 has more grunt, newer gearbox, etc.

But service history is far more important than anything else.

The majority,if not almost all the failures were in D3's.
The D4 2.7 had the new style oil pump housing,and crankshaft/big end bearing changes.
It also had heavier wiring under the bonnet,something to do with the alternater and starter motor,etc.

It also isn't far off the 6speed 3.0l in fuel economy.

As i said earlier it is the 8 speed box that gives the 3.0L much better fuel economy and performance.

However if it isn't serviced correctly,anything can happen.

I thought the 2.7 had something like 3% failures with the crank failing? And that a much lower level of crank issues passed forward with the 3 litre? And that there still were un-explained failures in the 3? And that LR were supposed to have fixed it by 2012, but that some still thought it might yet happen?

I read all about those issues on UK sites ...

Originally Posted by scarry

The majority,if not almost all the failures were in D3's.
The D4 2.7 had the new style oil pump housing,and crankshaft/big end bearing changes.
It also had heavier wiring under the bonnet,something to do with the alternater and starter motor,etc.

It also isn't far off the 6speed 3.0l in fuel economy.

As i said earlier it is the 8 speed box that gives the 3.0L much better fuel economy and performance.

However if it isn't serviced correctly,anything can happen.

Having owned a 6 & 8 speed 3lt ,I would not buy the 8 speed just for economy there's bugger all difference.
Kero

Originally Posted by kero

Having owned a 6 & 8 speed 3lt ,I would not buy the 8 speed just for economy there's bugger all difference.
Kero

Economy is part of a much better overall package.

Also the 8 speed seems to have no issues,where the 6 speed had a few.

I'm very happy with 8 gears - a gear for every occasion & no torque converter slip heating the oil.

our 2010 3 LT SE has just over 200k kms on it and will get to about 270k before the lease expires. Then I will keep it as a tow tug and get a runaround.
Manifolds have been done, belts have been done. Trans 6HP26 serviced every 20k from 80k kms.

Does about 100km a day on mostly motor way driving, next thing to do is a Provent catch can.