Real Life Fuel Economy SDV8

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Originally Posted by SBD4

Welcome back to LR ownership Craig. You've done it in style! How does it feel to be back in one again after the Jeep (IIRC you moved from the D4 to a Cherokee)?

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Hi Sean,
Ended up selling the D4 because of a surging problem that no one could fix.
Went to the Grand Cherokee which has been a great vehicle to be honest, but definitely not Range Rover comfort and quality.

Cheers, Craig

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Originally Posted by Bails

They are great with the SVD 8 although I am getting a fault atm high pressure fuel sensor. Away from home so just resetting with my code reader. This has occurred before but after checked by dealer not been back for 6 months.

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The fault is a design fault with the SVD 8 Turbo as it turns out. The oil supply will leak into the Turbo control unit causing fault codes and in my case chucking a DPF failure code. Car was flatbed to dealer in Tamworth. Search turned up this has caused a design change to the turbo oil feed , although LR only fix if failure occurs by the look of it. This will be the third turbo fitted to my car , and lucky it happened under warranty. Downside is there are no parts so car off the road for 6 weeks. I hope they add six weeks to my new car warranty ? Any SDV 8 owners might be warned and ask for the fix before the car s out of warranty as it is an expensive exercise.