Thread: TD5 rattle/power loss

Was it a NEW engine or a NEW TO THE CAR engine????.You may have a motor from a write-off installed!!!
Andrew

It was definitely a new engine Andy, not from another vehicle. As I understand it, it was one of the last new ones in Australia, not sure of the accuracy of that, but I'm sure that was a new engine.

If it was a brand new motor EX Land Rover I would be looking into a warranty claim from Landrover themselves,perhaps with the help of your mechanic.30000ks is NOTHING from a new motor.
It may be worth contacting Scouse via PM and see if he can track the engine number for you,it would verify its history.
Goodluck
Andrew

Is it auto? Not a blown flex plate?

Dave

Well, the cause of the rattle has been uncovered. The crankshaft has broken between the No 1 main bearing journal and the No 1 big end bearing. If I can get the photos to attach I'll try to point out exactly where it is, but the reason given to me was that there is a crack in the crankshaft that has separated a small piece of it from the main part. Being that I have neither a mechanic's nor a metallurgist's clue, I have no idea how that happens, or how it could happen, but I'm sure that it shouldn't happen.

The quote given for repair was something along the lines of "we stopped counting when we realised that it would be cheaper to replace the engine".

More learning for me: Has anyone heard of this happening before? Given that I drove for all of about 300m after the rattle started, is it really better to replace the engine than to tear it down and replace the crankshaft?

Apologies for all the questions, but I'm pretty far out of my depth here, and appreciate the chance to ask more experienced and learned opinions before I commit thousands of dollars to this.

Cheers, Chris.

Hi Crackdougall

I had a TD5 engine in my defender replaced by Land Rover under warranty. The new motor had no engine number. I had to take it to the RTA and they had to release a new number to be stamped on the block. The RTA would only release the number after the motor was installed.
The old motor was suffering from lost of power and had trouble going up hills. I was told that it had low compression, caused by cracks in the cylinder block. Land Rover looked after me while my03 defender was off the road, they gave me a D3 to drive.


Mike

OMG!!!!... A mechanic that faces up to his / her responcerbilitys......wonders will never cease .. glad everything turned out mate

cheers