Thread: Land Rover dealership blew up my engine!

Originally Posted by Boeing727

such catastrophic failure of all these components.

Most of it will be secondary damage from whatever the original failure was - they wouldnt all fail in one hit

I don’t reckon you will get to know what actually went wrong.

Originally Posted by weeds

I don’t reckon you will get to know what actually went wrong.

I don’t reckon it really matters.

Originally Posted by shanegtr

Most of it will be secondary damage from whatever the original failure was - they wouldnt all fail in one hit

Thanks for the advice, and more importantly are you a RR tech? Just trying to establish what’s genuine and what’s BS.

Can you please qualify your statement that it wouldn’t fail in one hit? Or tell me more in detail what your thoughts are what contributed to this? Much appreciated.

The cranks have been known to fail...
So have injectors...

Once scenario is the injector failed, flooded the piston, locked it at speed damaging the crank.

Once the knocking started there was no point trucking it back - test drives usually only lap the block and by then the engine was already beyond repair.

It matters not, what engine number your vehicle has - can you be sure it even has the factory paint on it?
If you knew how imports are resprayed / touched up from delivery damage you’d be stunned (ALL import brands).
They’ll just drop the engine out, fit a shiny new one and you can continue on just like normal...

And come time to sell it you can do just that, sell it, no detriment to your sell price - which will be impacted more by condition, age, trolley dents, upholstery wear etc.

Perhaps boing 727 should read Diggers thread. He might then be counting his blessings.

Originally Posted by Tombie

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It matters not, what engine number your vehicle has - can you be sure it even has the factory paint on it?
If you knew how imports are resprayed / touched up from delivery damage you’d be stunned (ALL import brands).
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LOL! explains all the egg shaped condoms in the lot next to the depot where I work.
Some old car holding yard housing Mitsubishis of various models, that changed hands recently.
Now it looks like Hyundais. Maybe a thousand cars .. all covered in a white condom looking cover.

Originally Posted by Tombie

I don’t reckon it really matters.

Correct, but be nice to know......