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Datatek
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Or any RR with a V6 diesel by the look of things.Or an l322
Not just the RR. The discos and jags suffer the same.
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OK, avoid all vehicles with that engine.
Or buy them from an auction
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Made a few bob in yesteryear buying from auctions, doing up and flopping. Was known as cocking and blocking. Buy from one auction do up and sell at another. But you never buy a none runner unless you 100% know what is wrong with it.
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Wow it’s great hearing all these comments on this engine, boy how I wish I’d looked this up cause I was told by LR to avoid the 2.7 and go for a 3.0 instead as it was much improved I would have bought the V8 or V8 SC for defo.
Know where ur coming from with the older models, but indeed with the modern motors and them being so complex and ending up with a possible money pit couldn’t agree more of not buying a non runner
However really feel for the op and fingers crossed hasn’t caught a cold with it
Funny enough heard it the other way round , the 3.0 is worse than the 2.7 ref cranks snapping
Alas and not wishing to sound brutal ur are where u are , ur right ref the V8 , heard a lot of good things about it
Where all rooting for u that it’s something simple
Also great shame the auction wasn’t more forthcoming in being abit more honest
Ur find this forum extremely helpful
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Why would anyone want to swap a snapped crankshaft for another OEM when they are the ones snapping?
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Indeed , many don’t bother and just fit a complete engine out of a jag, just have to swap all the ancillaries over inc the sump etc
As a side note the engine is also fitted in the ford territory and they resolved the issue
never heard an issue with the TDV6 fitted in the Citroen’s , but alas no good for the D3/4
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I think it is something to do with the shell bearings. Both Disco and RR are heavy compared to the Jag or Ford or Citroen.
Indeed, shell casings spin blocking off the oil ways
Don’t know if you’ve ever seen this report
https://www.disco3.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/23856/D4_russian_doc.pdf
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So even after it became common knowledge that these engines could and were spinning their bearings leading to engine failure, why then didn't JLR own up to the problem?
Talking about weight, was shocked to find out just how much they weigh in.....more than the D2 even with its ladder chassis and beam axles.
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It's a common fault on the jags too. Lots of reports of s-type engines dying at 20k miles if you look back through old forums.
Pity really as its a fabulously smooth and powerful engine.
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No but it explains a lot. That's what happened to my mate's D4. The guy who bought it is a mechanic from up north and he says he sees about 3 a week with the same engine come in with the same fault.
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Modern design has gone to pot, too many university educated bods with no practical real world experience making mistakes that an earlier generation would think are stupid.
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Oh ain't it so. You should have seen some of the dickhead graduates Bae took on and fast tracked to supervision. Made your eyes water just listening to them.
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My late friend (John) often lamented that the post-grads sent to work in his Engineering shop could operate Solidworks to design something, but what they often designed could not be built in practice.
I think the term he used was "All the gear, but no idea!" and that they were effectively useless at precision engineering.
I think the term he used was "All the gear, but no idea!" and that they were effectively useless at precision engineering.
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My old dad you to say "all brains and dam all common sense"
The politicians made a big mistake getting rid of apprenticeships.
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