Disco 2 TD5 Oil pump bolt

neilly said:

@Bobdog , Yes the light should come on immediately, as there would be no pressure, not sure why you have it as a question.

All the results of this failure mode I have read about appear to be lackof oil causing engine failure. not damage due to the chain rattling around. At the edn of the day a fubarred engine is just that. If it is a concern then remove the sump and check it.

Cheers

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Bobdog said:

If the light came on and you immediately pulled over and switched the engine off, surely it couldnt cause too much damage

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andy85 said:

Just for the record it is possible without dropping the crossmember,I had no choice but to succeed this way.If you jack the body up you have just enough room to fit the gasket and clean out the sump,bit of a chew but not impossible by any means.

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andy85 said:

Because I'd undone all the sump bolts and the pan was down.
Then I tried and failed to remove the crossmember bolts.

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Bobdog said:

Its just a question as i wondered if its happened and people havent noticed. If the light came on and you immediately pulled over and switched the engine off, surely it couldnt cause too much damage as there would still be residual oil in the engine. Point being, (from what i'm reading here) if the oil light comes on and you know there's oil in it, there is a high chance that the bolt has fallen out.

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neilly said:

@Eagle13


This one then........https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/td5-oil-pump-gone.273895/

Interesting how there are a couple of comments ref the turbo failing..........But turbos are not that expensive for a recon unit.

Cheers

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Eagle13 said:

This happened to mine at less than 100k on clock .... I have a thread on here from last year luckily I noticed the light and didn't do any major damage... although when repaired the turbo went not long after.... 1 year on still going strong at 110k

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