Thread: Just quoted for $6,600 from Landrover - Brookvale NSW

Originally Posted by Tombie

Spoke with my friend inside the dealer.. they were pulled back a while ago.

Had mine done at 102k and will repeat at 200k if I still have it.

I've not see that on Topix, I will eat my words if someone shows me, otherwise I call dealer bull**** on it

With the exception of D3's that have spent a lot of time up north in the iron ore, every belt I have done at 168K was in way better condition than other vehicles at change intervals.

Thanks all. Ive clarified a few further points

The LR rep said timing belt but he was wrong its not the timing (serpentine) belt etc, it’s just the rear belt as mentioned above.

LR want $5,300 for just the HP pump or $3,200 at the local indie.

Im thinking I will just do that at the Indie but get them to double check the diagnosis like Daz suggests.. My blood pressure has come down relative to the new quote.

Originally Posted by Tombie

LRA are at the same:
TdV6 Timing Belt

Roverworks run with the UK interval.

The shortened time is Arduous use vehicles apparently...
Something to do with our operating environment increasing wear.

So in regard to the link, I’d agree, D3 with the oil pump issue should be done earlier as an opportunity to fix the pump before it fails.

As for arduous, sure, if you’re spending a lot of time in the dirt and dust, then premature failure might be a concern. I’d suggest for most people the original timing belt interval is fine, but like anything, the only thing hurt by servicing early is the bank balance.

Can’t say I’ve heard of belt failures, however cranks are a very different story.

United injection have new HP pumps for $1495.

Shop Online | Fuel Pumps | United Fuel Injection

Hmm.. thats a good price. Does anyone know how to fit it? easy/hard?

One thing the local indie LR specialist said to check was the 'fuel rail sensor connection' - can someone point me in the right direction? I have no idea what or where the fuel rail is.

The fuel rail is the pipe that supplies high pressure fuel to the injectors. No experience with the D3-4, but I know on the wife's car, the sensor reads the pressure available in the line. If this pressure appears to drop, the brain box can throw up all sorts of messages. On her car, a message about that usually means a dirty fuel filter, but according to most mechanics, it means replacing the sensor ($250), and four hours later the message comes back!

I recently had similar issue... fixed egrs... and high pressure sensor on the fuel rail should cost u about $90. From ebay... plug and play... otherwise get your mechanic to do it.

Originally Posted by Lukeis

Hm..

a little history..

I have had an intermittent issue for the past 12 months, can does into limp mode and is resolved by pulling over, turning off and on again then away the problem goes for another month or so.

The codes I received were initially P0087 which was for the first 8 months, then that code was replaced by P2290 which appeared for the past 2 months and finally last week a new code P0191 showed up. The problem has been posted about previously but due to its highly irregular nature I dealt with it for sometime all the while knowing from everything I have read it relates to a high or low pressure fuel pump.

So today I took it to LR and asked them to fix it. An hour ago I get a call from them saying they want $6,600 to replace the low pressure and high pressure fuel pump, fuel tank O ring and for a new timing belt kit.

I was anticipating one, not both and nothing prepared me for a $7K bill or the mention of a timing belt kit (car only has 120,000km - its a 2011 2.7L).

Their rationale to bill for both pumps is that it is actually the High pressure pump which is busted but they expect the low pressure pump will go soon as it has had to compensate. The timing belt kit is 'because we are in there already'.

My questions to any mechanics amongst us:

1) Would you do both pumps or just the one which is stuffed (HP)?
2) Is the timing belt kit a worthwhile addition, ie, are they really in the vicinity and this would have significant savings on labour later in life?
3) Is this cost anywhere close to reasonable?

I asked them how much it would be to just do the High pressure pump and not the timing belt or Low pump and they quoted 5.3K (he used a basic subtraction of $880 for the low pump and $400 odd for the timing belt, using these numbers they obviously did not adjust for the reduced labor - this seems wrong.

agh, i hate cars again.

Hi again Luke,

as you know we had this same issue with our MY12 2.7 TDV6 in the middle of last year (127,265 km).

We had the HPFP replaced, along with the timing belt/pump drive belts in at the end of Sept last year (PCB Independent Land Rover Specialists here in Adelaide - www.pcblandrovers.com.au/ )

After testing the LPFP it was considered that it was running within specifications and not replaced. The replacement of the HPFP and belts was a one day job (albeit being at the back of the motor it's a pain)

- HPFP - $2142
- Timing belt kit - $195
- labour (6.5 hours) - $926

Total - $3263

11,200 km later (now 138,482 km) it's been trouble free, and no issues with the Low Pressure Fuel Pump.

Sounds to me like $6600 is way over the top, even with the replacement of the LPFP, although it does make a lot of sense to replace the timing belts at the same time as the HPFP rather than repeat the whole process somewhere not too far down down the track for a similar labour price.

Spend the savings with a trip to the Flinders Ranges

Craig