Thread: New Engine or Reconditioned Engine

Welcome to the forum.

Sorry to hear of another engine failure in a D4.

Have a good search on here,quite a few have had the same problem.Lots of info.

If you can sort it yourselves,it’s probably worth doing,but if you have to pay for someone to do it,it’s going to cost something like half the value of the vehicle or more,at a guess.

Good luck with it all

As the fan boys like to tell people, the failure rate of D3 / D4 engines is less that 1%, I'm sure that's comforting to you.

options / notes:
*There is no new engines, the Ford factory in the U.K stop making engines somewhere around 2019 perhaps. (the factory is now a body pressing plant).
*Used engines in AU will cost somewhere round $10 - $15K. (if you can find one).
*A used engine supplied and installed by a trusted workshop will be around $20 - $25K.
*A rebuilt engine from the U.K (freight and import duties normally kill this option, round $3K to freight) might be ok, but consider if there is an issue with the engine you have basically kissed a engine warranty good bye as to send an engine back will cost double in freight.

*A rebuilt engine done in AU, sounds good and prolly is good if you can find a great workshop to do it.
*I have not got any workshop locally to rebuild these engines as I know of a few other workshops that have been stung by a poorly rebuilt engine.
*I have seen on social media of at least one business advertising a rebuilt engine for $11K, but can not find any business details of them, so who only knows.

*If you or anyone else finds a good engine rebuilder, let me and others here know.
*I have just about exhausted any supply of used 3.0 engines. I could find a good rebuilder or (currently) simply don't take on the jobs (better to have no headache than one I can't cure).

The above situation is something I don't wish upon owners. Where is Jaguar Land Rover... busy trying to sell new vehicles.

Dazza

Would the new Ford Ranger 3 litre diesel work?

Originally Posted by chuck

Dazza

Would the new Ford Ranger 3 litre diesel work?

I think thats been answered somewhere else on AULRO.
All the details I have looked at with regards to that engine is that it's different. I believe it is also made in the U.S
From the pictures of that engine I saw a few years ago you can see while it is different it does have some familiar lines to it.

It would take someone with a fat wallet (not me) to buy one and see.
Keep in mind though I believe Ford has already slated that engine to be ended, if they havent already.

I've not looked into the details so it's only me speculating.

Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

Keep in mind though I believe Ford has already slated that engine to be ended, if they havent already.

I've not looked into the details so it's only me speculating.

Even though it was used in D5 up to a couple of years ago?

DISCO3.CO.UK - View topic - LR4 3.0 conversion to 2.7

Originally Posted by Allyoop

Hi all,

I have just been advised my Disco 4 SDV6 HSE 2012 engine is Kaput
My partner very lovingly offered to fi another in for me. Does anyone have any advice on which engines, where to get engines, best way to go about this? We are on the Sunshine Coast QLD
Thanks in advance

As far as I know the largest LR specialist wrecker near the Sunny Coast is British Off Road - The Land Rover spare parts specialists - Land Rovers, Now Wrecking List. IIRC Range Rover Sports of the same era also had the same engine.

There is a place in the southern district of Adelaide that has hundreds of LandRover and Range Rover ‘wrecks’