Thread: D4 MY14 TDV6 misfire

Originally Posted by John97e

Some gentle rocking and careful eyeballing has confirmed that I now have a 2 piece crank.
I bought the car at 80k and turn my own spanners so I'm on my own as far as LR are concerned.
I've been on the phone to all the reputable indies and a few wreckers and it looks like theres no getting out of this south of $22k, thats supply and demand for you. A new long motor fitted is in the mid 40's.
Prelim research at pricing the parts and buying a hoist has me back on road for less than 10 so i will run that option to ground. Then I'll seriously look at going back on the tools full time. With what the shops are charging per/hr the boys must be getting paid well these days- rightly so

Although you quote, turn your own spanners, unquote, if you have a history of your servicing and can show your have competence I'd still be inclined to send a lawyers letter to LRA showing your service history, their Service Bulletins, Jaguar recalls overseas, your low klms etc etc. as it would still fall into the category of "goods not fit for purpose".

Get the turbos cleaned and checked for damage plus other components, but at 120,000 klms you could get away with a "long motor" from a Reconditioner.

For the cost of such a letter I think its well worth a try. Show some inclination towards accepting some sort of pro rata warranty from them. They supply engine, you cover the rest, for example.

LRA would be hoping/gambling that many people don't put the hard words on them in such instances. Don't make it too easy for them!!

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

All the 3L D4 do cranks - even the last 16.5 have done cranks. That said this doesn’t sound like that.

Including D5's with the same engine.