RRS burning oil

gstuart · Jun 12, 2020

lee brotherton said:
thats been mentioned before, I thought there would be somewhere that could fix the engine but I keep getting told it’s cheaper to put another one in, with my luck I don’t fancy risking a second hand one so got a quote for a refurb plus new turbo fitted for £8000

Sounds about right , but to be honest I would spend the £8k on another landy and sell urs for parts

gstuart · Jun 12, 2020

Datatek said:
£8K Is 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

Datatek · Jun 12, 2020

lee brotherton said:
It is yes,

who fixes those kind of faults

A lot of us DIY.

lee brotherton · Jun 12, 2020

gstuart said:
Sounds about right , but to be honest I would spend the £8k on another landy and sell urs for parts

That’s my other option, was advised the 5.0 Petrol is a better model, is that right

Speckydude · Jun 12, 2020

gstuart said:
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

It's having the space to part them out.

Datatek · Jun 12, 2020

gstuart said:
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

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

Datatek · Jun 12, 2020

lee brotherton said:
That’s my other option, was advised the 5.0 Petrol is a better model, is that right

They are all trouble

lee brotherton · Jun 12, 2020

Datatek said:
They are all trouble

There’s nothing like driving one when it works though

gstuart · Jun 12, 2020

lee brotherton said:
That’s my other option, was advised the 5.0 Petrol is a better model, is that right

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

gstuart · Jun 12, 2020

lee brotherton said:
There’s nothing like driving one when it works though

must admit I have a D3 and is my favourite so far

lee brotherton · Jun 12, 2020

gstuart said:
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

The 5.0 Petrol has that issue at 2k a pop but compared to fuel pumps, turbos etc on the Diesel engines

gstuart · Jun 12, 2020

Datatek said:
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

what would u have instead plse

gstuart · Jun 12, 2020

lee brotherton said:
The 5.0 Petrol has that issue at 2k a pop but compared to fuel pumps, turbos etc on the Diesel engines

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

Datatek · Jun 12, 2020

gstuart said:
what would u have instead plse

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.

RangeRoller dt · Jun 12, 2020

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

Grrrrrr · Jun 13, 2020

brianp38dse said:
Was it a LR main agent that said all this was needed as there was a guy with a disco 4 that they said needed new brake pipes as they were 8 years old which is rubbish, is it the engine burning the oil through ware or the turbos as they are known to go.

Brake pipes fail early on the newer models. Seems Land Rover used really **** steel after the financial crash.

brianp38dse · Jun 13, 2020

Grrrrrr said:
Brake pipes fail early on the newer models. Seems Land Rover used really **** steel after the financial crash.

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

Datatek · Jun 13, 2020

brianp38dse said:
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

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.

brianp38dse · Jun 13, 2020

Datatek said:
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

Datatek · Jun 13, 2020

brianp38dse said:
Well one thing it sure was not high quality British steel

Until recently, TATA owned the British steel industry

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