New 3.0 engine installed - video

[GregMilner]

*Sigh* - a bit disappointing when LR send you a brand new engine and the techs dirty it up with all the dusty peripheral bits off the old engine (well, if you count 31,000km as 'old')

After a week in the shop with the body (and everything else) off, hopefully I'll get it back in time for the weekend. I just hope when they put it back together there aren't any spare nuts and bolts left lying around:-)

RRS new engine - YouTube

[Graeme]

I just hope when they put it back together there aren't any spare nuts and bolts left lying around:-)

No worries, just save them for next time!

[john_paul_128]

Amazing view with body off, thanks for sharing!

[jb747]

Pity you didn't have a time lapse camera....

[GregMilner]

Yeah, would have made a great video. Gordon (the service manager, with whom I'm now on first-name terms, we have each other's number on speed dial - never a good sign) just called and said I should have the car back this afternoon.

He said all the left-over nuts and bolts are in a snap-lock bag in the glove box. I hope he was kidding.

[games1]

Hi Greg

Hope all goes well with this motor. Also have found the service agents here in WA pretty helpful.

Regards

George

[GregMilner]

I agree George. Gordon Wales at Barbagallos Service - fantastic service, they bend over backwards. He just phoned to say my car's ready. Yippee.

[thomasb]

is this part of your ongoing smoking exhaust issue ?

[Slunnie]

He said all the left-over nuts and bolts are in a snap-lock bag in the glove box. I hope he was kidding.

Classic!

.... because you know if he was a professional he would have thrown them in the spares bin!

[GregMilner]

is this part of your ongoing smoking exhaust issue ?

Yep. Got the car back today. It evens smells like a new engine. And (thankfully) no more blue smoke out the back. (Well, it's early days)
All power to Land Rover's massive, ever-increasing profits. They certainly didn't quibble about giving me a new engine. In fact it was their idea. Got to love that.
Now the dilemma: do I take advantage of the fact it's got a new engine inside a 31,000km old car, sell it like that and buy a new one with 2012 specs, or drive it for another 18 months - by which time the engine will only have done 15,000km max - and wait for the new lightweight RRS due in early 2014?

It's a tough one....if they were going to fit the new RRS with the 4.4 engine and 8-speed ZF gearbox it'd definitely be worth waiting for...