Thread: D3 Quick rundown for the uneducated?

Originally Posted by ozscott

If you had a 1 in 72 chance of winning lotto can you imagine how many ticket sales there would be...conversely I don't like playing Russian Roulette with a total engine failure where the repair bill is what $25,000?

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So why are you on this particular forum if you don't own one?

I own 2 Land Rover Discoveries...

Even if I didn't do you really want to hear that it's all OK? Do you really not want to hear that there are issues to be aware of?

Cheers

Originally Posted by ozscott

If you had a 1 in 72 chance of winning lotto can you imagine how many ticket sales there would be...conversely I don't like playing Russian Roulette with a total engine failure where the repair bill is what $25,000?

Cheers

Disco 3, used low mileage engines fitted expect round $10,000

Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

And a general comment..

*If I have done say I dunno over 20 engine replacements, I assume so has other bigger and better indy Land Rover repairers, then well **** thats not looking to great to me.
*Regardless of "oh less than 1% failure bluh bluh", big comfort if you happen to have a Disco 3 with a failed engine and are now faced with a hefty repair bill.
*I've never done so many engine changes through failures on any one model. (I know a VW mechanic, he says the exact same thing about diesel VW engines).
*AND yes there is no doubt plenty / some / whatever that do high km's and dare I say trouble free.

*Meanwhile my days are being filled with Disco 3 and Disco 4 repairs.
*Yet another Disco 4 with a cracked inlet manifold, much to the dismay of the owner.
*There was a point where I thought perhaps the D4 was a much improved vehicle over a D3, this is quickly disappearing.

Fortunately LR has published a helpful guide book now on these issues. Available online and in all good bookstores. Perfect Xmas gift.

I have only had broken oil pumps and ruined engines through belt breakages, no crank breakage yet. Got 2 here at the moment, and 1 towed back to the owner as he STILL owes money on it, and it is economically unviable to repair for him.

It is one thing above all, a heartbreak for the owner.

J

Originally Posted by justinc

I have only had broken oil pumps and ruined engines through belt breakages, no crank breakage yet. Got 2 here at the moment, and 1 towed back to the owner as he STILL owes money on it, and it is economically unviable to repair for him.

It is one thing above all, a heartbreak for the owner.

J

Yes I've had a few of them, "still owe money on it".

Thats actually the worse part, owners doing the right thing, servicing, looking after it, or just bought it. Then failure, I try to forget the amount of devastated owners that suddenly have no vehicle for their daily drive, transporting family etc.

Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

Disco 3, used low mileage engines fitted expect round $10,000

Thanks mate. That is a very big reduction from some years ago and what some have paid so good to know. Still a lot of coin relative to the vehicle value and you are singing up for another potential heartache. Anyway plenty of threads about this and plenty of issues so anyone who does their research and still purchases at least knows what they are dealing with. And that's the main thing. Cheers

Originally Posted by ozscott

Thanks mate. That is a very big reduction from some years ago and what some have paid so good to know. Still a lot of coin relative to the vehicle value and you are singing up for another potential heartache. Anyway plenty of threads about this and plenty of issues so anyone who does their research and still purchases at least knows what they are dealing with. And that's the main thing. Cheers

And Dazza does it very well - no shortcuts here!