Picked up the D4 SC

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Originally Posted by INter674

I can't understand why the wife takes so long to shop..

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Women don't shop in the conventional sense of the word. They browse and buy what's on the list merely because they happen to be in the shop.

Martin

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Originally Posted by INter674

Engine is Ford based so lots of use in other makes and so they say it is reliable. Main issue is water pump failures...now resolved. Plastic coolant line fatigue causing minor leaks and supercharger coupling rattle at high ks. All easily fixed by a home trained LR mechanic like me!

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I'm looking at a low kms 2015 D4 SCV6 at the moment - are there any other known issues? The US forums are talking about water hose failures and not the pump itself. Cost to fix?

Been a long time since INter674 has been online to tell us how good the SCV6 is.

The RRS SCV8 had timing chain issues which are allegedly very expensive to replace so the SCV6 may have the same problem.

Just means you would want to be proactive to replace the timing chain and tensioner/guides if it starts to sound rattly before it fails.

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Originally Posted by DiscoDB

Been a long time since INter674 has been online to tell us how good the SCV6 is.

The RRS SCV8 had timing chain issues which are allegedly very expensive to replace so the SCV6 may have the same problem.

Just means you would want to be proactive to replace the timing chain and tensioner/guides if it starts to sound rattly before it fails.

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US forums say that it's just the SCV8 with the timing chain issue, and prior to 2014, so that shouldn't be a problem.

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Originally Posted by DiscoDB

Been a long time since INter674 has been online to tell us how good the SCV6 is.

The RRS SCV8 had timing chain issues which are allegedly very expensive to replace so the SCV6 may have the same problem.

Just means you would want to be proactive to replace the timing chain and tensioner/guides if it starts to sound rattly before it fails.

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Friend at work has the SCV8 in the RR. He said it cost him 14k to get the timing chain(s) done. Ouch.

very interested in scv6 anyone else had one ?