I have a 64 reg. Puma, warranty ran out just before xmas.. Has just under 7000 miles on the clock.. less than 200 running hours.. As luck would have it, broke down 100 odd miles from home, at night and during red weather warning.. long story.. There was no warning just a godawful clanging from the head and complete shutdown of engine.. Anyway AA took Landie back to my local garage, who plugged it in and it came up with low fuel pressure in the rail.. They reckoned injector failure or valve breaking in cylinder and due to the low mileage etc. they advised that I should take it to main dealer in hope that LR would consider helping with the repair. Main dealer Service Engineer advised me that LR wouldn't help because there was evidence of contamination in the fuel.. when asked to explain he said the fuel looked cloudy and that it felt slimy between his fingers.. I only ever fill up at my local garage, I haven't filled anywhere else for at least 2 years, it's a small village and I would have heard if there was a fuel problem with the local supply..
Can you guys give me some advice here.. is it possible for contaminated fuel to just blow this engine without warning? Has it been heard of? Is the Dealer waffling, can they be trusted, is it a get out clause? Is there any way that this damage source can be accurately diagnosed? I can't find anything in this forum compatible..

If the warranty has expired you are a bit stuffed if you expect a contribution from JLR. Have you sampled the fuel yourself to see if it is cloudy? All diesel feels slimy to me, after all it IS oil. The Puma fuel system is all electronic controlled including the fuel injection timing. Your problem might simply be a faulty sensor (there are several on the fuel system) or a faulty injector (likely in my opinion). They are not cheap and have to be programmed into the engine management system, it is unlikely that a non main JLR dealer will have the tool and software to do the programming. But probably and hopefully not a catastrophic engine failure. Time to bite the bullet .

Thanks for the reply, I can't test diesel, vehicle is in dealers. I'm between a rock and a hard place.. there are plenty of places have the capability to do these repairs. I am not kidding myself, this is not a sensor, something has broken inside what sounds like cylinder no3 and has most likely destroyed the engine.. LR is not heartless (I think) if damage is proven to be engineering fault I would expect that their goodwill policy would extend here.. but I know Dealers don't like doing complimentary or warranty work as they are only paid at half the extravagant price we (joe public) pay.. so problem is; do I have Dealer carry on with repairs? possibly at an exhorboront price, and appealing to LR on their findings.. or do I take the vehicle to a reasonable alternative LR specialist to do the repairs.. either way it will be expensive. Decider 'is the damage down to fuel contamination?' which in my heart I don't believe, or is there something else broken here that is an engineering fault.. This is why I am appealing to this forum for your experienced views..

Are you a member of The AA ? ........They can examine the engine and do an engineers report which would be helpful if you end up taking Landrover to court

Thanks Moron,

This is a line I hadn't considered.. Will get onto it tomorrow..