Long post alert!
So then, back in 2009 I wanted an RRC, but I wanted diesel. I couldn't find anything reasonable at all that was also affordable so I thought about a Discovery instead... I'd never really been drawn to the Disco a lot of which was down to the interior (previous experience was limited to the 200 series) but one was advertised for not bad money fairly close which was in a colour the wife approved of A few hours after the phone call and I owned a 300tdi.
Then passed very nearly 5 completely uneventful years with it. It needed nothing more than routine servicing and a new battery (which was the only time it came close to letting me down).
Then, of course, that changed.... Back in January I was merrily heading to a job when I stopped moving forward. I suspected the cambelt, the recovery guy suspected the cambelt, even my dog suspected the cambelt. So after getting towed home the rocker cover and shaft came off and I found these:
So the 88 got pressed into service and the Disco got put on the 'to-do' list. Last week, I got to 'D' on the list Still, it's only 8 months...
Timing cover off, this was inside:
Not the best start, but it could be worse - and worse it got...
That's right, everything in the timing case is ruined... "But how does a belt failure cause all that damage?" I hear nobody cry - in short, it doesn't.
What does cause all that damage is a 'Land Rover Specialist' replacing the cambelt.
Yay, free tool!!
To be continued...........................
So then, back in 2009 I wanted an RRC, but I wanted diesel. I couldn't find anything reasonable at all that was also affordable so I thought about a Discovery instead... I'd never really been drawn to the Disco a lot of which was down to the interior (previous experience was limited to the 200 series) but one was advertised for not bad money fairly close which was in a colour the wife approved of A few hours after the phone call and I owned a 300tdi.
Then passed very nearly 5 completely uneventful years with it. It needed nothing more than routine servicing and a new battery (which was the only time it came close to letting me down).
Then, of course, that changed.... Back in January I was merrily heading to a job when I stopped moving forward. I suspected the cambelt, the recovery guy suspected the cambelt, even my dog suspected the cambelt. So after getting towed home the rocker cover and shaft came off and I found these:
So the 88 got pressed into service and the Disco got put on the 'to-do' list. Last week, I got to 'D' on the list Still, it's only 8 months...
Timing cover off, this was inside:
Not the best start, but it could be worse - and worse it got...
That's right, everything in the timing case is ruined... "But how does a belt failure cause all that damage?" I hear nobody cry - in short, it doesn't.
What does cause all that damage is a 'Land Rover Specialist' replacing the cambelt.
Yay, free tool!!
To be continued...........................