Sounds about right , but to be honest I would spend the £8k on another landy and sell urs for parts
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Sounds about right , but to be honest I would spend the £8k on another landy and sell urs for parts
£8KIs that not more than the car is worth? Swan Vestas and a can of accelerant come to mind.
snap, would sell the current landy for spares, can get a good chunk of change when breaking them and indeed put the £8K towards another landy
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A lot of us DIY.
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That’s my other option, was advised the 5.0 Petrol is a better model, is that right
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It's having the space to part them out.
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I'd put the £8K and the money from breaking it towards a decent 4 x 4
And for sure it would not be any JLR product
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They are all trouble
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There’s nothing like driving one when it works though
Alas I don’t know I’m afraid
but the other members here will be able to guide u better ref other engines , trying to think what engine has the chain tensioner guide issue , where the tensioner broke the chain guide
must admit I have a D3 and is my favourite so far
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The 5.0 Petrol has that issue at 2k a pop but compared to fuel pumps, turbos etc on the Diesel engines
I'd put the £8K and the money from breaking it towards a decent 4 x 4
what would u have instead plse
cheers , they put like a dimple on the tensioner guide didn’t they , to stop the tensioner ram from breaking it
must admit I like the D3 4.4 petrol engine , the one from jag
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Another Pajero maybe, but more likely a 5 year old Kia with 2 years to run on the 7 year warranty even a Dacia Duster but no way a JLR product of the last 10/15 years.
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My 90 leaked oil needed few pints every tank of fuel. Ran like that for 10+ years. Sometimes I didn’t have the correct oil so would put anything in.
Yes anything
Chainsaw oil was available as was olivio
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Brake pipes fail early on the newer models. Seems Land Rover used really **** steel after the financial crash.
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It seams JLR have put replace after so many years on the service list the same time as the fluid, they must have used best chineseum steel and thinner.
The ones on my Cortina lasted forty odd years i think some are still original but on the list to be done as there older than me
just
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The brake pipes on my MR2 are 36 years old and rust free. Not sure it's Chinese steel but as TATA own JLR it could well be Indian steel.It seams JLR have put replace after so many years on the service list the same time as the fluid, they must have used best chineseum steel and thinner.
The ones on my Cortina lasted forty odd years i think some are still original but on the list to be done as there older than me
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The brake pipes on my MR2 are 36 years old and rust free. Not sure it's Chinese steel but as TATA own JLR it could well be Indian steel.
Well one thing it sure was not high quality British steel
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Until recently, TATA owned the British steel industryWell one thing it sure was not high quality British steel
