Long post alert!
So then, back in 2009 I wanted an RRC, but I wanted diesel. I couldn't find anything reasonable at all that was also affordable so I thought about a Discovery instead... I'd never really been drawn to the Disco a lot of which was down to the interior (previous experience was limited to the 200 series) but one was advertised for not bad money fairly close which was in a colour the wife approved of
A few hours after the phone call and I owned a 300tdi.
Then passed very nearly 5 completely uneventful years with it. It needed nothing more than routine servicing and a new battery (which was the only time it came close to letting me down).
Then, of course, that changed.... Back in January I was merrily heading to a job when I stopped moving forward. I suspected the cambelt, the recovery guy suspected the cambelt, even my dog suspected the cambelt. So after getting towed home the rocker cover and shaft came off and I found these:
So the 88 got pressed into service and the Disco got put on the 'to-do' list. Last week, I got to 'D' on the list
Still, it's only 8 months...
Timing cover off, this was inside:
Not the best start, but it could be worse - and worse it got...
That's right, everything in the timing case is ruined... "But how does a belt failure cause all that damage?" I hear nobody cry - in short, it doesn't.
What does cause all that damage is a 'Land Rover Specialist' replacing the cambelt.
Yay, free tool!!
To be continued...........................
So then, back in 2009 I wanted an RRC, but I wanted diesel. I couldn't find anything reasonable at all that was also affordable so I thought about a Discovery instead... I'd never really been drawn to the Disco a lot of which was down to the interior (previous experience was limited to the 200 series) but one was advertised for not bad money fairly close which was in a colour the wife approved of
![discoclean.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi834.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz267%2Fpdg555%2Fdisco%2Fdiscoclean.jpg&hash=f1ac52b8cdf56921dfc9e881f86a0fe9)
Then passed very nearly 5 completely uneventful years with it. It needed nothing more than routine servicing and a new battery (which was the only time it came close to letting me down).
Then, of course, that changed.... Back in January I was merrily heading to a job when I stopped moving forward. I suspected the cambelt, the recovery guy suspected the cambelt, even my dog suspected the cambelt. So after getting towed home the rocker cover and shaft came off and I found these:
![PICT0968_zps10c63312.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi834.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz267%2Fpdg555%2FPICT0968_zps10c63312.jpg&hash=950f32b446dd352efb3f91e83e7640c4)
So the 88 got pressed into service and the Disco got put on the 'to-do' list. Last week, I got to 'D' on the list
Timing cover off, this was inside:
![b3Owhma.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fb3Owhma.jpg&hash=637909438d687d04e9558e1f60f881c2)
![ehpZvsZ.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FehpZvsZ.jpg&hash=68856f384f790569d72390ce33c2ebb0)
Not the best start, but it could be worse - and worse it got...
![BecAnra.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FBecAnra.jpg&hash=8ac33108bfe8d6acd0cc1b73be8e3171)
![BOKTeBC.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FBOKTeBC.jpg&hash=322ab1df4fad66c9f808054deb5a34aa)
![iXZx7LK.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FiXZx7LK.jpg&hash=b7fd0c0f14f4bcbccf68f2bdb84e5df3)
![KX4Mqcg.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FKX4Mqcg.jpg&hash=6f254de4cab1f128d5fae5a45ca4ba70)
![YZmBE95.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FYZmBE95.jpg&hash=e111aa51f0d1fb8a1acab6cf21163149)
That's right, everything in the timing case is ruined... "But how does a belt failure cause all that damage?" I hear nobody cry - in short, it doesn't.
What does cause all that damage is a 'Land Rover Specialist' replacing the cambelt.
![vY7yoXr.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FvY7yoXr.jpg&hash=a35eac5bc43dd9726170e41aecedad22)
Yay, free tool!!
To be continued...........................