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You are in the same boat as a lot of us as regards only having a driveway to work on, that is where I have to do all my work.. What is massively bizarre is that the bloke who moved in next to us has more LR products than you can shake a stick...

Seems like your in the right hands mate, injector can make quite a clatter fingers crossed its something simple all the best

Do as suggested and remove and cut open the oil filter, if it has bits in then there is no need to go any further.

Hi thanks for the reply - just to confirm exactly what you mean by making sure they don’t try and turn it over? You mean that they don’t start the engine? Asking because some other advice is to listen to the engine to locate the noise. Apologies...

Do you have, or can you get hold of, a stethoscope or even just a longish piece of plastic tubing that you can use to listen closely to the noise and try and locate it more accurately? Or do you know how to "stick it"? I.e. put one end of a...

Sorry to hear that and u have a speedy recovery No probs and happy to help as part of the many other posts Indeed doesn’t take long to remove the oil filter to see if there are any metal shards within it At least then it gives u a general...

Et bonne chance ...

Hi again, thank you so much for offering to have a word with your neighbour! It’s bizarre that we live so close… My French is passable but my wife and kids are fluent, so not an issue. I’m a self-taught spannerist, not massively experienced but...

OK, I'll have a word with my French neighbour who has a great many LR products including like yours and who too is facing a rebuild of his SDV6, we are minutes from the Aude / Hérault border, just south of Mazamet. We know the area where you're...

thanks for the idea - I will definitely do that. Unfortunately since I posted the issue here I have come off my mountain bike and smashed my elbow up, so can’t use my left arm in the short term. I’ll hoik out the filter as soon as I can and post...

JLR will probably only replace engine for you these engines can be saved but is cost and finding someone to rebuild presuming it's not beyond saving best of luck

@Stanleysteamer Can you point this guy somewhere ? Careful now ...

Hi Plus 1 what’s already been mentioned as indeed doesn’t sound right Wonder if it would be worth to remove the engine oil filter , cut it open lay out flat to see if there’s any silver material inside as that also a good indicator if things...

Hi, I'm in France, south east Tarn, but there are a lot of us over here who would be willing to help/advise. Whereabouts are you? Depending where you are there may be independents who would be more willing to help you.

Hi, thanks for the reply, I’m in Hérault (34260) so actually pretty close to you! I’d really appreciate any advice because although I have a great local mechanic, he’s only got a small workshop and I was going to have to take it to JLR Beziers...

Thanks - sound advice! I’ll trailer it to the garage. Unfortunately I’m in France and JLR main dealer is my only option (locals drive Japanese kit). Just to prepare myself, if it’s a big end tap, or a crank, what kind of money would you expect to...

Sound like big end tap, doesn't sound loud enough to be broken crank, but as above dont drive could be a much cheaper fix at this point

Thanks, I appreciate your quick reply. Time to get the wallet out 😞

Do not drive it, get someone to come and check it out, I would suggest suspect crank failure.

Hi, my D4 SDV6 has done 104,000 miles, fully serviced and no previous issues. Recently noticed a ‘clack clack clack’ suddenly coming from the engine and need to diagnose it. It happens when engine is cold or warm, frequency is proportional to...