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Plenty of Discos etc at auctions rolled etc, some quite new. That's the same place someone else will get their engine to on sell to you.
D3s/D4s etc just get the whole car and swap, at least that is most economical and what I would do to get everything needed then flog remaining parts to get some money back.
I can't speak for Darren , but he is just trying to come up with an affordable solution for his customers and if, like me, he does have some bitterness towards this engine it's possibly a combination of bad design , bad manufacturing quality control and cover up at a corporate level.Quote:
Originally Posted by Discodicky
Such a shame, when they are going well they are a great motor.
Yes I certainly want to look at the two heads and the layout.Quote:
Originally Posted by discorevy
The centre oil cooler/filter assembly is different between a 2.7 and a 3.0. The 2.7 uses a metal gasket between the assembly and the block where as the 3.0 uses a series of orings, but the plastic ancillaries look the same, so that may not matter (Justin Cooper over in tassie is very familiar with the cooler assembly in a 3.0)
Also the sump on a 2.7 uses a engine support frame, metal sump, the 3.0 uses a complete frame/sump assembly, again I'm figuring it will all interchange.
By the time I get to actually try all this, someone on here may well have jumped to it [tonguewink]
Absolutely they run great, just got a replacement engine up and running in a D3 and it just runs spot on in everyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by loanrangie
It's a great sounding engine and when anyone has been around enough of them you can pick any little variation from one engine to the next.
I've said this plenty of times, a Discovery 4 in any form, drives so well on the road, drives so well off the road, in every way they do it all with such elegance and dare I say perfection when compared to any other vehicle in its class.
My Bro has a LC 200 series (mighty?) Land Cruiser, its actually for a great big tank of a truckster drives quite civilised but a Discovery 4 walks all over it in all situations.
I reckon that sums it all up thereQuote:
Originally Posted by discorevy
And in that respect I see & agree with the point.Quote:
Originally Posted by discorevy
To an extent, its not what problems a vehicle gives, its more about how the manufacturer responds to fixing them, and historically JLR gets a 100% FAIL in the pub test!
And its due to the Accountants and senior personnel right at the top being so remote from the coal face they have no concept whatsoever as to the extent the manufacturer's future sales are ultimately affected by bad publicity caused by inadequate support of the product.
However after reading and viewing stacks of material on the engine problems it appears to me that no one has come up with a definite 100% certain reason as to why they fail, and therefore I believe it is being a bit unfair and making a huge call to claim they are a badly designed engine, bad manufacturing etc etc. There are plenty around with well in excess of 300,000 klms which have had no problems whatsoever, so they can't be THAT bad!
.... and why can't the case of excessive klms between oil changes be the ONLY cause??? It's quite feasible.
"My Bro has a LC 200 series (mighty?) Land Cruiser, its actually for a great big tank of a truckster drives quite civilised but a Discovery 4 walks all over it in all situations." Oh dear. This vehicle is what my son drives (or used to) and it took 3 years for Tojo to fix the horrendous oil consumption of the engine and fit a new transmission. Bloody thing wouldn't pull out of his driveway after a week of sitting idle while he was off on site. He had to wait for the trans to build up pressure.
Their explanation for both faults were that "it's a hi-tech engine/transmission"!!!!! WTF
His answer was that his 12 year old RR started first time and pulled away immediately after much longer sitting idle. Plus of course he had to spend thousands having the suspension upgraded so that it could legally tow his boat although that didn't matter in the end as marriage forced it's sale....... I'll say nothing more about that. :(
My name for it was "soft snot" which may have been a bit rude but I liked it. :)
AlanH.
Not the first time for LR,and I doubt its the last.Been going on for many, many years.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazzaTD5
Just read advert yesterday In the free online ex UK Magazine “The Landy” , Issue 82 page 5 , December 2020 .
NWS Motor services advertise remanufactured 3 litre Td v6 engines , also looks like they sell solid billet cranks for the 3 litre TdV6 .
Www.nwsmotorservices.com
maybe worth looking at prices if anyone is rebuilding their engines or wants a replacement or rebuilt engine shipped over ?
Don’t know if they have an Australian agent ?
Hope this may help someone.
Disappointing to hear about a late model disco 4 with engine issue . Hope it’s only a very small percentage of engines with problems compared to how many still on the road . Roll the dice and keep my fingers crossed 🤞.
My Own disco 4 TdV6 standard engine spec , owned for 18 months , Is A My 15 first registered Model and up to 133,000 km trouble free so far , with engine oil changes at 10 k intervals since my ownership . Bought used at 110km from country LR dealer . I am second owner . Love it . Tows Our big SR20 snowy river van with ease . Don’t notice the cub brumby camper trailer behind when that gets a run .
Regards Woodsy