Died on motorway and won't start

bighiggs79 · Sunday at 13:19

lynall said:
Did you fit oil filter first then the cap or clip the filter into the cap then fit as one unit?

Filter then the cap. You line up the filter with the nipple in the bottom, then the cap clips on as you screw it in. Was that right?

Stanleysteamer · Sunday at 13:27

bighiggs79 said:
I've only had it for about 4 months. Last week I replaced the driveshaft, all the discs and pads, new oil filters etc. 3 weeks ago changed the suspension arms and bushes. I've put about £1500 into it in 4 months and now it's worthless. I'm thinking about buying a second hand engine and fitting that. I didn't know about the oil pump. Gutted

Unless you strip it down you may not know if the bits come from the pump or the crank and big end bearings.
I'm inclined to think it is more likely to be the bits around the crank, but then I am not an expert in this model!

Nor in any other!!!

Stanleysteamer · Sunday at 13:33

bighiggs79 said:
I've only had it for about 4 months. Last week I replaced the driveshaft, all the discs and pads, new oil filters etc. 3 weeks ago changed the suspension arms and bushes. I've put about £1500 into it in 4 months and now it's worthless. I'm thinking about buying a second hand engine and fitting that. I didn't know about the oil pump. Gutted

I thought you said you were a novice?
Don't fink so!
(Unless you paid others to do this, of course.)

bighiggs79 · Sunday at 13:35

Stanleysteamer said:
I thought you said you were a novice?
Don't fink so!
(Unless you paid others to do this, of course.)

My friend is a mechanic at VW so we've been doing it together.

marjon · Sunday at 14:25

bighiggs79 said:
My friend is a mechanic at VW so we've been doing it together.

Any mechanic should be able to see/find a broken crank.

I wish you luck, but sorry to say it maybe a costly learning curve.

J

lynall · Sunday at 14:42

bighiggs79 said:
Filter then the cap. You line up the filter with the nipple in the bottom, then the cap clips on as you screw it in. Was that right?

Yes that is correct.

gstuart · Sunday at 15:44

bighiggs79 said:
My friend is a mechanic at VW so we've been doing it together.

That’s very handy u have someone to turn to

When the engines do blow many fit one from an old jag S type and then swap all the ancillaries over including injectors, HPFP etc ,

Few pics as if u ask him I bet he knows about the crank issues, basically the shells spin, cut off the oil supply and bang , the crank snaps

Of the corner breaks off the oil pump, few pics for u showing the modified oil pump where it has the extra casing web

There’s also a modified tensioner bolt as that can fail as well

lynall · Sunday at 16:46

Check with @tyregeezer as he might have some bits/engines.

tyregeezer · Sunday at 18:09

Do have block needs hone or rebore rods and crank
As said above cheaper to buy s type, change belts and oil pump and all your discovery bits

MJI · Sunday at 19:44

Why is this not covered by LR?

This is a manufacturing fault.

Would legal action be worth doing?

lynall · Sunday at 19:48

MJI said:
Why is this not covered by LR?

This is a manufacturing fault.

Would legal action be worth doing?

I think all has been tried over the years, some were successful in the early days.

Then they stroked the 2.7 to make it a 3.0, and guess what?

MJI · Sunday at 20:19

lynall said:
I think all has been tried over the years, some were successful in the early days.

Then they stroked the 2.7 to make it a 3.0, and guess what?

This is why despite being able to afford one, my car has 5 cylinders

lynall · 2025-03-10T06:21:12+0000

MJI said:
This is why despite being able to afford one, my car has 5 cylinders

I think you will find late td5 are worth more than early d3, though even td5 prices are dropping.
Buying any old land rover is the cheap bit, running them is another matter.

MJI · 2025-03-10T06:45:57+0000

lynall said:
I think you will find late td5 are worth more than early d3, though even td5 prices are dropping.
Buying any old land rover is the cheap bit, running them is another matter.

Mine is going in for welding today, and a half chassis

lynall · 2025-03-10T07:15:23+0000

MJI said:
Mine is going in for welding today, and a half chassis

That wont be cheap?

MJI · 2025-03-10T07:28:57+0000

lynall said:
That wont be cheap?

As long as under £5k I will be ok, I managed to save £9k, but since cannot get full chassis done, shoved some into a ISA.

lynall · 2025-03-10T12:22:47+0000

MJI said:
As long as under £5k I will be ok, I managed to save £9k, but since cannot get full chassis done, shoved some into a ISA.

That is twice what my d3 is worth, not the 9k but the 5k!
Is the 1/2 chassis galved?

MJI · 2025-03-10T12:37:32+0000

lynall said:
That is twice what my d3 is worth, not the 9k but the 5k!
Is the 1/2 chassis galved?

Don't think so, but could not find anyone prepared to do a swap for under £10k.

Stanleysteamer · 2025-03-10T13:04:56+0000

MJI said:
Why is this not covered by LR?

This is a manufacturing fault.

Would legal action be worth doing?

According to what I have read they would be decent about it up to about 80k miles and 7 years of age, but after that, nope.

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