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First ever landrover
- Thread starter lylesmith
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frostythor
Accelerating Away
you could always go for one of these
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And ?
lylesmith
In Fourth Gear
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You get to do another in 6 months...Passed
lylesmith
In Fourth Gear
Yup scary stuffYou get to do another in 6 months...
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lylesmith
In Fourth Gear
Mick would you ever buy a landrover with a new engine in? (Taken out of another)? Been offered one by a friendExcellent
It wouldn't worry me but make sure he puts the new engine number on the V5 and gets it changed at the dvla in his name before you buy it.
A new engine?
Do you mean a replacement from the scraper or new from land rover?
I have seen posts about 2016 Discovery's getting new engines from JLR yet the vehicle is end of life...
As already mentioned, it depends on a number of things like what you know about the replacement engine and what you intend to do with the vehicle in the long term, eg. keep it or sell it?
Plus 1 , as an alternative seen others fit the Jaguar 2.7 engine , along with swapping bits over from the old Land Rover engine
another issue is so called engine builders , plenty that have been ripped off , think for a decent recon people are paying around 5k
another issue is so called engine builders , plenty that have been ripped off , think for a decent recon people are paying around 5k
u saying that about the 2016 engines seen people pay between 10-12k for a new engine
lylesmith
In Fourth Gear
Yep and then more on top of that.
Why would you fit a new engine into a vehicle that at 8 years old built in the modern way is end of life...?
I've seen 6 year old discos on the ramp that are absolutely rotten.
indeed as u rightly say, no point spending approx 18-20k by the time its all been fitted
my next disco will be a petrol as heard alot of good things about the engines , being the 4.4 and 5.0 N/A , however a 2012 D4 5.0 are still fetching 30k
alas the ULEZ isn’t helping the situation for the none compliant diesels, hoping I can at least keep my 2005 going for as long as I can after all the hard work I’ve put into it
assume it’s the same for many others that are in the same situation of not being able to afford 10k + replacements
A big 8cyl engine is what they are supposed to have in not a stupid 2.0 4 cyl wound out so tight it goes pop at 60k miles...
they also sound really nice , lol
talking of the smaller engines I see the 2.0 are also having a lot of problems , also hardly hear any snap crank issues in the Jags / Citreon that have the TDV6 and SDV6 fitted
amazed that JLR still won’t admit they have issues with these engines
think the best engine I ever had was my petrol 2.6 in my old series 3 safari , never let me down once come rain or shine
with the more modern landies it seems the petrol 4.4 and 5.0 are best of the bunch out of all of them
at least the chassis‘s on the D3/4 are extremely good , however have seen rotten sills but that seems where side steps are fitted causing a water trap and behind the rear plastic wheel arch liners where mud is allowed to build up
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Disco is big , heavy and 4wd it requires a strong engine.
The big old 4.0 V8s are strong along with the Tdis but they kind of lost there way after that,sure the td5 was ok but it will always vibrate itself to death.