Thread: TDV6 Life Expectancy ????

Originally Posted by PerthDisco

@DiscoJeffster

I’m intrigued how you do it with sump off as the crank stays in. Can you slide the top bearing shells in pushing the old top shells out?

The whole concept of a bearing roll is to move the crank as little as possible to do just that. I know DJ had his done “engine out”.

Originally Posted by BradC

The whole concept of a bearing roll is to move the crank as little as possible to do just that. I know DJ had his done “engine out”.

“I paid da monee” buy wasn’t there sadly. I didn’t actually enquire either. I’m feeling quite unlike myself to be honest as I used to be the one who did this, or would have asked a thousand questions. Understand at the time I had three kids and an average time in my life and I let the team and myself down.
It won’t happen again. I got divorced. I’m note sure if that Land Rover was a factor

I very much doubt it can be done with the engine in the car and not moving the crank. A few good videos on you tube on 2.7 and 3.0 rebuilds in the UK. I believe top and bottom shells are different and theyre a crush fit, so you can't just slide one out by pushing another half in. Secondly the main cap bolts go to 140Nm first then 90 degrees, doubt you'd have the room to get a suitable wrench in on all the cap bolts.

If I was going to do it, it would be body off, engine out for sure.

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

“I paid da monee” buy wasn’t there sadly.

Dude! Excrement happens and life tends to get in the way (sometimes good, and other times not). That's in no way a sleight, just "it is what it is". I've done "bearing rolls" on "lesser" motors, I was just pontificating that it would be nice if it could be done on the Lion variants.

Originally Posted by PerthDisco

Interested to know what got it in the end?

Great car for first 5 years then a complete money pit with air suspension, transmission faults etc, but was willing to pay tens of thousands a year for it, alsways has serviced at landrover. After driving home after one major service with a gasket replaced all the oil drained from the engine and left trail of oil behind it on the road right from Landrover! Metal filings found where they shouldn’t be and that was beginning of the end. A year after that after another genuine service went down to 3 cylinders operating limp mode then wouldn’t start needed new engine. Finished. Interesting it always seemed to break down or develop issues after the genuine services...