My '99 FL needs a new engine (1.8 K-Series) after the usual
coolant-in-oil fault.

LRUK have refused to contribute as I am not the original owner and I
did not buy it from a LR dealership myself (despite car having only
done 29k miles and having full LRSH!).

LR have quoted £2800...has anyone had to have their 1.8 engine
replaced and if so, what did yours cost (parts, labour)?

TIA
Andy

"Dalesgate" <wirksworth@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2eda1b1d.0406210620.4212cef3@posting.google.com...
> My '99 FL needs a new engine (1.8 K-Series) after the usual
> coolant-in-oil fault.
>
> LRUK have refused to contribute as I am not the original owner and I
> did not buy it from a LR dealership myself (despite car having only
> done 29k miles and having full LRSH!).
>
> LR have quoted £2800...has anyone had to have their 1.8 engine
> replaced and if so, what did yours cost (parts, labour)?
>
> TIA
> Andy

Any competent LR specialist can fit you the engine at reasonable cost, the
big part of the cost is sourcing a new engine. There is an article in last
months LRO magazine about fitting other non-LR K-series motors into
Freelanders. You should be able to source a good K-series from a crashed
rover 200/400 which will just need a few bits swapping from your motor to
fit easily. Personally I'd be tempted to try and find a 160bhp version from
an MGF or MG ZS - should go well, but might be a bit revvy for off-road
work!

Dalesgate wrote:
> My '99 FL needs a new engine (1.8 K-Series) after the usual
> coolant-in-oil fault.
>
> LRUK have refused to contribute as I am not the original owner and I
> did not buy it from a LR dealership myself (despite car having only
> done 29k miles and having full LRSH!).
>

This is the usual old Land Rover lame excuse for getting out of their
responsibility for substandard product with major faults. It has been
going on for years and is wearing very thin. When the chips are down,
you are dealing with a supremely arrogant company who will find any
excuse, however weak, to walk away from huge glaring faults.
They took exactly the same stand against Discovery owners who had
warped dashboard tops, as if a service history or the place of
purchase made a jot of difference to the rate of warping!

They built the damned thing and everyone knows it is a design fault,
yet they will not stand behind their product if they can possibly
avoid it. This is shoddy treatment from a shoddy, arrogant company. It
is one of the major reasons for the decline of motor building in the
Midlands. You can take a customer for a fool for so long, but in the
end he goes Japanese [or pick your country] and doesn't come back.

Huw


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