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Several hours later - thank you VERY MUCH for that link, Jason, etc .... we are on Plan C and it is looking 50% more promising .............. watch this space (if you are in France ..) ;)

Thank you for that link, Jason. Plan B in operation but too early to say if anything is budging.......... will let you know as soon as have news, one way or the other .......... :cool:

Just a quick update - Landrover France have now categorically refused to make ANY contribution. Am now on Plan B !!! :mad:

Thanks Jason - you are not wrong about the prices around here! I am going for the full monty at the moment to see how far I can push LRFrance - have managed to find an engine in the UK (but it is on hold for the moment).

Yes, thanks, that's one of the sites I looked at. I will wait for Landrover France's response early next week (or so they tell me) and see how to take it further. I may be a girly girl, but I am at the very least tenacious! :D

That was really useful, thank you. I have read all the associated watchdog, etc articles and have just put in a claim to Landrover France. They are talking about making a "contribution", which I am afraid will not satisfy me after having read that the loclite (or whatever) was FORGOTTEN to be...

Told you I was useless - it is, of course, a TD5. Thanks for the confirmation - it just makes my blood boil to know that it could so easily have been prevented. Next question, has anyone got a spare engine, ideally in France? :D

Hello everyone, i have a disco 2.5tdi 2002 which is sitting in at a main dealer's here in France in need of a new engine, a new turbo and gallons of labour as a result of a screw having dropped from the oil pump and causing massive damage in an extremely short space of time (less than 1 minute...