Back in a landy

Evening all,

Having owned a couple of L322 TD6’s in the past I’ve ended up with an l320 which has come to me in payment in lieu of a debt for some building work I’ve done fir a chap in my village.
He’s heading off to the states and asked if I’d be interested in taking 2010 l320 HSE 3.0 141,000 miles which I’ve agreed to.
I collected her today and everything seems to work…. In his ownership if roughly 4 years he’s replaced the battery, alternator, 2x rear shocks, a couple of coolant hoses, air compressor, 2x front callipers and 1 rear wiper motor. Other than that it’s just been usual consumable parts used in services.
The only issue I can find is the rear drivers side door doesn’t unlock from the key, when I manually unlock it from the inside it opens and then can be opened and closed as normal until it’s locked via the key again.
These things are selling for 12-14k over here in Ireland depending on condition.
I’m seriously considering keeping it.

Am I nuts?

3.0l with 141k on it? sell it. Tomorrow.

Graculus said:

3.0l with 141k on it? sell it. Tomorrow.

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I would have thought these engines would be well able for 200k miles??

They should be, however original design constraints by PSA mean they are a 'when' not 'if' with respect to crank failure.
In fairness, hard worked examples with the correct specification of oil used do fare better than low use or cheaply serviced examples.

Graculus said:

They should be, however original design constraints by PSA mean they are a 'when' not 'if' with respect to crank failure.
In fairness, hard worked examples with the correct specification of oil used do fare better than low use or cheaply serviced examples.

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Thanks for the info….. is it worth replacing the crank shaft as preventative maintenance? Expensive?

No idea of cost - but there are a lot of sharks in that pool... I'm sure others with experience can recommend places. I've used Turner Engineering in the past.
One thing is becoming evident though, once a crank has failed it seems to catastrophically weaken the CGI block, leading to a second failure, sometimes 6-18 months later. If you're intent upon keeping it, then I'd have it rebuilt before, not after issues.

Thewilbury said:

Evening all,

Having owned a couple of L322 TD6’s in the past I’ve ended up with an l320 which has come to me in payment in lieu of a debt for some building work I’ve done fir a chap in my village.
He’s heading off to the states and asked if I’d be interested in taking 2010 l320 HSE 3.0 141,000 miles which I’ve agreed to.
I collected her today and ...
I’m seriously considering keeping it.

Am I nuts?

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Of course you're bloody nuts. No-one sane would own one. Enjoy it while the money lasts.