Nodge68 said:

You're scrapping a £12k+ vehicle for a £4k engine?
Those maths don't add up.

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steviebacon said:

Ok Ill put this in context.
I purchased the car 18 months ago on finance. 12k
I have just finished paying the car off (2 months ago) lump sum payment.
car has been serviced regularly and stamped in the book.
I am about to buy a house, so the idea was to chop the Disco in for something smaller and less juicy, 1 to save some pennies, and as I am now no longer doing any long distances and 10 mile round trip to work and back would be doing the car no favours.
The book price offered by garages around here for trade in is between £4000 and £4700.
so my maths are as follows.
Engine = £4000 + whatever parts are needed to go along with. + labour (car is currently sitting on a neighbours farm with the mechanics shed next door)
Thats without taking the engine apart to confirm what is wrong say another £500 there
so already im at a guaranteed £4500 + labour+ extras .
say £1500 ballpark so we are at £6000 . for a car that books at average £4500 around here..

so from the info I have available the maths do work.

as for stripping it back and selling it, I would make more than the scrap value just on the towbar alone.
I am going down to have a chat with the mechanic today see what is what .
If I had time/space then it would make sense to slowly strip it back and do it all myself.
time currently is at a premium with my work load. Space is something I do not have myself so would need to find / beg / borrow a shed somewhere to sort it all out.

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Nodge68 said:

Stick it on Ebay, as you'll get the trade in price as it is.

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steviebacon said:

I was just looking at the lion engine from a previous post.? surely they aren't the same engine in all the car listed?
DIN-rated motive power & torque outputs
180 kW (245 PS; 241 hp), 450 N⋅m (332 lbf⋅ft) – Citroën C5, Citroën C6, Peugeot 407, Peugeot 407 Coupé
180 kW (245 PS; 241 hp), 500 N⋅m (369 lbf⋅ft) – Jaguar XF, Land Rover Discovery 4, Range Rover Sport
190 kW (258 PS; 255 hp), 600 N⋅m (443 lbf⋅ft) – Land Rover Discovery 4, Discovery 5, Range Rover Sport
202 kW (275 PS; 271 hp), 600 N⋅m (443 lbf⋅ft) – Jaguar XF, Jaguar XJ, Range Rover
221 kW (300 PS; 296 hp), 700 N⋅m (516 lbf⋅ft) – Jaguar XF, Jaguar XJ, Range Rover Velar, Jaguar F-Pace
225 kW (306 PS; 302 hp), 700 N⋅m (516 lbf⋅ft) – Range Rover Sport, Discovery 5

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Jasonmichael said:

Just been reading this post (as I can't do much else with my recent back op) and I saw this interesting video on Youtube about a chap whose D4 had a snapped crank. Surprised it ran I bet the company who repaired it for him are minted!!!! Looked at their Facebook page, Jeeez they must be raking it in with the amount of engines they repair!!!

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