Faulty TD5 Oil Pump Bolt - Update

So the dealers are making $60-$70 per hour over and above what they are paying their mechanics? That is a bloody con. Most mechanics earn between $30-$50 depending on their employer and experience. I know they have to pay them regardless of work, but to be ultimately be paying for hours not directly related to your vehicle is rubbish. Not saying that all mechanics or workshops are rip offs, I have found a few that do the right thing but there are a lot that do not.
On the upside at $110 per hour I have save d thousands in the last 5 years by doing my own work.
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Hi all my name is Adrian and this is my first post. I am the proud owner of a 2001 Td5 Discovery. I have been reading these posts with great interest over the last couple of weeks and have also lost a little sleep.

Yesterday I phoned my Land Rover service department ( Trivett Land Rover in Sydney ) who I must add have been very good to me over the last few years. I raised this issue with the service manager thats a good bloke. He told me that he was aware of a few cars having this problem and to his understanding they were all 99 or early 2000 models, and they had all failed at low klm's. When I told him that I had heard just recently of some bolts failing on cars with over 100,000 klm's he was suprised.

He also said to perform the work correctly he would need to have the car over night as the locktite needed to set for more than 12 hours to ensure it was effective. So if any of you are going to have this work done better make sure the car is left to sit so the locktite can set. Sorry to add another element of worry to this issue but as I feel it is serious I thing we need all the info on this as we can get.

As for me with a Td5 with 106,000 klm's on the clock not sure whether to get the work done this week or wait till my 110,000 service. But thats just me a bit of a nervous nelly. Would be interested to know what some of you others are going to do.

Regards Adrian

I did it...

Last year we had to repair an accident on my car.
In that turn we fixed the oil pump bolt again.

It was fix....

The car had at this moment almost 100.000 Km.


A friend of me told me, that he had a look at a couple of car on the bolt.
Every of these had been fix.

Then he opened his own car...

The bolt was loose...



So my opinion is, it`s the work of 0,5 or 1 hour to open it and fix the bolt new.
Otherwise it might cost a little more...

Fendi

Your friends car with the lose bolt what year model was it and how many klm's had it done?

Regards Adrian

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Originally posted by ak
Fendi

Your friends car with the lose bolt what year model was it and how many klm's had it done?

Regards Adrian

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I`m not sure, but I think it was an `99
Km I don`t know. But nothing did happen, cause he fixed the bolt aigain, before it could drop.

Here`s the Story to the car...:

http://195.177.232.61/reifenpfaff/docs/mod...=view_album.php

He also told me that the bolt Problem only happens to cars up to 120.000 Km. If it didn`t hapen until that Km, it won`t happen later, cause LR had taken some Loctite...

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Originally Posted by Fendi

I`m not sure, but I think it was an `99
Km I don`t know. But nothing did happen, cause he fixed the bolt aigain, before it could drop.

Here`s the Story to the car...:

http://195.177.232.61/reifenpfaff/docs/mod...=view_album.php

He also told me that the bolt Problem only happens to cars up to 120.000 Km. If it didn`t hapen until that Km, it won`t happen later, cause LR had taken some Loctite...

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Wrong. It just happened to mine at 150000km. Engine destroyed.

Anyone heard of it happening to an 2003 TD5 yet ?? :o

Yes you at LR Australia listen to to the people that keep you employed---------fix all your f--k ups at YOUR expence.-roly

Amost 2 years ago I pulled the sump on my 1999 d2 td5 and screwed the oil pump bolt out by hand whew!!! , the engine had just had it 160,000k service . Cheers George

You've got me all worried now.My 5/2003 build D2 TD5 auto has 132,000ks and seems to be fine.It pulls a horse float of 1.5 tons plus a small horse so about 2.2t all up.Though the front prop shaft gave out last July and replaced under extended warranty with a/m one which 'gave out' in October causing play in the transfer case which was replaced out of warranty at $3000.
Couple of questions:- Should I have the oil pump bolt seen to? Presumably LR would have been onto the lack of Loctite and had it fixed on the prod line by then.
And - should the LT230 transfer case front output bearing to the fr prop shaft be strong enought to handle the float?Any known issues with this?
If so then please direct me to the relevant thread.
Regards