Rockslider
New Member
Hi all,
I joined the site just the other day in antispation of picking up my first land rover, a 1989 defender.
I have bought it to tidy up, keep smart, use as a local A-B and some local offroading.
Picked it up from Bradford yesterday with a long journey back to Essex ahead, got 1/4 of the way down the M1 and broke down into the hardshoulder with steam and smoke pouring over both sides of the M1!
Recovery rescued me and immediately identified it as a broken water pump. Got it back to the rescue depot and took it off, it had just come to pieces following the bearings collapsing, this caused the belt to fail, which explains the flashing battery light just before the over heating.
Anyway, its now stuck half way home due to a wrong part being ordered!
When I eventually get it home, its straight into a friends Landy specialist garage for a full oil and liquids service, the installation of many external extras I have purchased etc...
Its running the 2.5td, so in 2-3 years I plan to upgrade to a 200 or 300 tdi, but I want to get life out of this engine for sure.
Folks, please tell me its just bad luck and im not going to have no end of problems !!
Other than having a bad first experience - Great to join a community of people with similar interests! Looking forward to great conversations, useful information and no doubt some new friendships.
Cheers!
I joined the site just the other day in antispation of picking up my first land rover, a 1989 defender.
I have bought it to tidy up, keep smart, use as a local A-B and some local offroading.
Picked it up from Bradford yesterday with a long journey back to Essex ahead, got 1/4 of the way down the M1 and broke down into the hardshoulder with steam and smoke pouring over both sides of the M1!
Recovery rescued me and immediately identified it as a broken water pump. Got it back to the rescue depot and took it off, it had just come to pieces following the bearings collapsing, this caused the belt to fail, which explains the flashing battery light just before the over heating.
Anyway, its now stuck half way home due to a wrong part being ordered!
When I eventually get it home, its straight into a friends Landy specialist garage for a full oil and liquids service, the installation of many external extras I have purchased etc...
Its running the 2.5td, so in 2-3 years I plan to upgrade to a 200 or 300 tdi, but I want to get life out of this engine for sure.
Folks, please tell me its just bad luck and im not going to have no end of problems !!
Other than having a bad first experience - Great to join a community of people with similar interests! Looking forward to great conversations, useful information and no doubt some new friendships.
Cheers!