2.5 dse engine.
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im curious 2, wonder if there is major differences in engines that have been serviced religiously and ones that just get left alone. From posts that i have read if you just change your water pump evry couple of years and only replace parts with originals and not cheap copys then i dont think you would go far wrong! lets see what everyone else has to say!
I don't think the majority of us willingly but 'cheap copy parts'
Most of the big online LR parts specialists don't make it very obvious that you are buying a pattern part, even the prices are not too far away from a main dealers for a lot of items.
But sometimes I think that the main agents are racketeers...
I bought a bolt from my local LR main agent recently, about an inch and a quarter long, nothing special, except for the fact that it alone holds the camshaft sprocket in place, the price.......£7.73! what would you think it cost to produce? I would guess less than 10 pence.
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£7.73 for a camshaft sprocket retaining bolt how much is the engine damage going to cost if it it shears? it doesnt seem so dear when you look at it like that
£7.73 for a camshaft sprocket retaining bolt how much is the engine damage going to cost if it it shears? it doesnt seem so dear when you look at it like that
I totally agree with you, hence the reason I bought the bolt and didn't use a pattern one or re-use the old one, but we are being taken for a ride with the prices!
Take a look in the showrooms, sumptuous leather sofas, better carpet than my house!!, who's paying for it? the chumps that pay 75k for a new HSE and us buying parts!!!!
The bolt will be of a specific tensile strength and your 10p bolt may not be up to it! do you feel lucky for the sake of £7 odd!!?
Sometimes you just have to take it on the chin and keep smiling! The right bolt should only be £1 though!!
Sometimes you just have to take it on the chin and keep smiling! The right bolt should only be £1 though!!
