Originally Posted by
DazzaTD5
*Unless things are very different in the U.K most failed engines don't actually break the crankshaft. (i would have thought heat stress in Australia is far harder on engines)
*Out of over 30 engine replacements now I have had 2 that broke the crankshaft.
*I have had some incredibly damaged engines, where conrods have melted, conrods punched through the block, conrods that have jammed between the crankshaft and the block, conrods and crankshafts that had turned blue, none bar 2 have broken the crankshaft.
*The V6 split crank design has always been rubbish, search and you will find that broken crankshafts on V6 engines is certainly not a unique thing to Land Rovers.
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