Thread: 3.0 TDV6 broken crankshaft / engine rebuild

It looked so peaceful until you removed a piece of the crank, disconnected from the other piece

Araldite sticks to steel if you prep it right.

Originally Posted by BradC

Araldite sticks to steel if you prep it right.

I don't think it will hold a crank together though .

Just wondering why you didn't take the body off? You spent 3 days getting it out with a remarkable effort. A workshop can get the body off in about 4 hours making the engine removal so much easier. Wondering more out of curiosity.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

I don't think it will hold a crank together though .

You don’t think?

Originally Posted by akovach

Just wondering why you didn't take the body off? You spent 3 days getting it out with a remarkable effort. A workshop can get the body off in about 4 hours making the engine removal so much easier. Wondering more out of curiosity.

A brother recently removed the body from his RRS using a friend's 2-post hoist which took him 3 full days.

Originally Posted by akovach

Just wondering why you didn't take the body off? You spent 3 days getting it out with a remarkable effort. A workshop can get the body off in about 4 hours making the engine removal so much easier. Wondering more out of curiosity.

Because doing DIY the car will need to be out of action for possibly a very long time finding parts and once body removed using a hoist you are in an awkward position what to do with it. Even pushing the engineless hulk back into a corner of the workshop might not be possible for months. At least this way it’s in a place it can stay.

My experience is it’s about a 4-6 month process allowing for parts sourcing shipping and all associated phaffing around.

Hopefully you’ll paint the block British Racing Green and go the full experience ha!

Hello to all.
So I bought a Disco 3 TD V6 which had overheated and I was advised by all to steer clear of rebuilding the engine.
My thoughts were if you can build and put together an engine, surely you can rebuild it so I did. I had to resleeve the block, new pistons, rings bearings, heads done, new belts and turbo. The whole job set me back in South African Rands 130k.
The point of this message is to check the cylinders for cracks. We nearly missed it. Crank was fortunately not cracked.
Regards