Newbie - Disco 4 pre-purchase advice...

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Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

The secondary turbo replacement drain parts were less than $100 if I recall and took me a couple of hours of faffing on the ground trying to get the starter/alternator out (can’t remember which) to fit. Shouldn’t cost a grand!

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I recall seeing another member or two post that it was in the high 900s-$1k fitted. That may have been dealer pricing.

Always cheaper if you can do it yourself of course. That goes for all the above pricing.

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Originally Posted by DieselLSE

Good points AlexRS4. However, the OP is looking at 2013 to 2015 vehicles, so almost certainly the 8 speed ZF. There's still no steel pan for that and probably never will be. Yes, by now any car he's looking at will be due for a transmission service. $770 should cover it.
There's no way he'll find a 100,000km vehicle with the belts done, but the 2013 build vehicles are certainly becoming due and the OP needs to factor that in.
Good advice re water outlet, check the plastic one regularly.
I understand the oil pooling issue was corrected in the 2013 on 3.0L engines. Happy to be corrected.

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Some of the early 2013 builds did not have the altered turbo drain fitted and therefore suffered from the smoke issue (gee its impressive on a cold morning!). According to the relevant LR Bulletin the last of the VINs suffering the issue was DA676456, anything after that will be fine.