Thread: Discovery 4 V8

Owned one for 5 years. Miss it. All the fruit. Great engine (I changed resonators for a bit more note). Thirsty tho.

Only prob I ever had was water pump. And LCA’s (which is typical)

Range is an issue with small tank and thirsty engine.

Bottom line I prefer my diesel but do miss the V8 burble all that fruit (and the E-Diff)

Originally Posted by BrianElloy

Owned one for 5 years. Miss it. All the fruit. Great engine (I changed resonators for a bit more note). Thirsty tho.

Only prob I ever had was water pump. And LCA’s (which is typical)

Range is an issue with small tank and thirsty engine.

Bottom line I prefer my diesel but do miss the V8 burble all that fruit (and the E-Diff)

Cheers, eccon? Range?

Rarely saw > 300kms to a tank (mainly urban driving)

On highway was marginally worse than diesel

Towing economy was an oxymoron

Any fundamental issues? Or fixes that are needed for reliable.

Aren’t you waiting for the new Defender mate? (I know that I am)

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

Aren’t you waiting for the new Defender mate? (I know that I am)

Who has 1 Land Rover?

I’d look at the L322 post 2006 v8 options. The SC versions are amazingly speced up, even compared to the D4 v8 which had a lot of fruit.

The big drawback is the D4 and L322 V8s all got the ZF 6 speed V8 (which is very nice). The later diesels got the ZF 8 speed (which is better).

On the 5.0 NA & SC versions I’ve read the valve guides need replacing in some cases.

I think the 4.4 v8 and 5l v8 motors in D3 and 4 have issues with cam chain adjusters and then requiring replacement chains and adjusters...but at least it's a full front off not body off job to do a turbo o the td's. Having said that I have a feeling doing other things on the petrol 8 can involve body off.

Cheers