Thread: 2015 TDV6 Snapped Crank

Originally Posted by discorevy

Ford now have made a truck spec 3.0 litre while at the same time managing to distance themselves from an inferior Land Rover product ( spin doctor genius right there )

the fords let go as well...

i have 2 customers that have experienced it...

Originally Posted by discorevy

The bad design I was referring to was more to do with fitting what is essentially an engine designed for a car and putting it in a vehicle that should have a truck spec engine

While I partly agree with this, it’s not entirely correct. I worked for Audi for over 4 years, and we never had one Q7 fail like this. Yes, they weren’t immune from problems, but the original Q7 was a comparable weight, power, and performance (from a different style vehicle, yes). And with the same 6 or 8 speed ZF behind the engine!

Simply saying the engine is too highly strung for the car is a bit of a cop out. It’s either a design flaw or a manufacturing fault that’s being covered up big time

Originally Posted by incisor

the fords let go as well...

i have 2 customers that have experienced it...

Yep the V8 diesels are a known to fail engine in all the big F series trucksters. The body also easily unbolts like a Discovery 3, Discovery 4, I believe its a Ford idea (the body off design, not engine failures).

Originally Posted by M005

Got someone looking at it next Friday, but trying to move the process on a bit quicker given Christmas is looming.

How could service / oil filter affect it, assuming genuine parts & sufficient oil ?

It will be interesting to hear the result. Could it be a timing belt or tensioner issue?

Originally Posted by Pippin

It will be interesting to hear the result. Could it be a timing belt or tensioner issue?

Not likely on the 3.0 but it is possible.

Originally Posted by incisor

the fords let go as well...

i have 2 customers that have experienced it...

Be interesting to know if it's the same spot ,but being under warranty, I guess we wont find out for a while.

Originally Posted by Pippin

It will be interesting to hear the result. Could it be a timing belt or tensioner issue?

Oil doesn’t last forever, we all know it ages and breaks down. High temp and loads degrade it further, faster. In a diesel it get saturated with soot (mainly carbon) very quickly too. All significantly affecting the oils ability to do its primary job in reducing friction between moving metal parts.

Changing frequently (10,000km or less) with a high quality and specced oil and doing a pre oil change engine flush every second oil service or so will definitely help in my view...

The top end valve train of these engines are pretty good, excluding the plastic manifolds. Yes if the belt or chains fail its a mess but in the context of this thread (crank failures), there have not been cases I've heard or read about where a top end failure has led to crank failure.

Originally Posted by Eric SDV6SE

The top end valve train of these engines are pretty good, excluding the plastic manifolds. Yes if the belt or chains fail its a mess but in the context of this thread (crank failures), there have not been cases I've heard or read about where a top end failure has led to crank failure.

There have been a few on the disco3 UK forum where even a gentle “piston meet valve” event has seen the top end repaired only to be followed later by a bottom end failure. It’s always a risk. If you whack a valve hard enough to damage the valve and/or supporting infrastructure you are bound to introduce a pretty severe shock load to the spinny bits.