Yes best route as above used motor one you can hear running, have seen prices of 8-10k for exchange

Blimy mate sounds like little end/big end but hard to work out from videos, pretty sure it's not broken crank, might be cheaper repair at this point good luck all the best

Thanks mate, short block is the trickiest part to get right just take your time and be methodical But I think doable for most people Don't take notice of blogs that over complicate That's what we have machine shops for Yes mate with the box to lift in 300+kg Wow D4 engine had a quote gulp ...

Fitted today 2010 3.0L XF jag can confirm straight swap over identical apart from butterfly's, breather in correct place, needed nothing more than a clean, fitted with 2.7 gasket all good Bought millers as per your recommendation thanks mate

Timing done, fitted vacuum pump, primed motor through oil filter until oil ran out of turbo feed, cam chain tensioners pumped up, put about 2L ish in, did fuel pump pulley and belt, and breather tube, turbo arrived now primed and fitted started fitting oil supply rocker covers tomorrow decided...

Fitted cams, seals and timing pulleys, have just done cambelt. Just going to fit vacuum pump and can prime the oil using millers, before fitting rocker covers, will use a catch bottle for turbo feed, still have intercooler to flush, everything else clean and ready, reconditioned turbo on way

Fitted other head and turbo oil supply pipe, exhaust manifolds, made my own removable spacers, nipped up all other bolts and removed Fitted crank pulley now bolts arrived (see picture of how quickly costs spiraling) spent ages cleaning oil residue from intercooler and breather pipework just...

Hi all sorry have a question, cleaning rocker/air box and noticed loose butterfly's have found these in the inlet of the cylinder head luckey it stopped before valve, other box not so bad but a weep around filler neck, question 306dt seems identical have measured and compared apart from...

Your right, answer should have been of course

These were fitted to believe it or not, a new crankshaft or was nearly new I suspect a recent rebuild crank needed just a polish and is back in another block with kings, don't hold me to this as am not sure Mains caps were not the fight they normal are Was it assembled dry and not primed crank...

Absolutely but changing oil well on time helps this too, what you guys think did this would love your opinions on a wet day, removed few days ago believed to not have done much see first shell sorry one missing but was similar condition

Managed to fit left head today, complete with new litters well oiled and in place was going to do right but had other jobs pending so ran out of time, yes the dust plugs are McDonald's sauce tubs, shame you have to cover so much of this engine up as is fantastic looking engine.

Not changing oil has big effect too

Yes mate is called calculated crush, all bearings fit in this manner, bearing of multiple layers called a sputter bearing new word I learned the other day Lol when the bearing gets enough grip on the crank they will spin regardless of notch

Spot on Kermit

Thanks mate, rebuild cost mounting though about £1500, rear seal came today fitted and shrinking as we speak, breather box first tab under seal housing and tube doesn't fit after head is on, found a piece of thick wall tubing machined at one end did the job fitting oil pump seal elring seal...

Sorry mate thought was talking about cam belt as lynall had mentioned opening up cover, but would still be extremely careful of running

No don't take belt off any of the pulleys is what is called an interference engine would be a disaster, would reccomend as lynall said remove cam cover look at cam pulleys, looking deeper with this engine is quite involved cam cover and rocker covers are about as much as you can do without...

Not sure its crank snapped but as suggested above do not run it, needs investigating, drop the oil have a look for bits, as suggested check cam pulley

Not sure it's genuine karcher but just clips on some models it seems