Member Since: 31 Oct 2012
Location: behind the sun
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as far as i know, blocked oil ports will lead to
seizure of bearings, e.g. piston bearing, main bearing
or crankshaft bearing. finally seizure of any of those
bearings should lead into cracking a piston rod, which
means also a massive engine damage,
but not in cracking the camshaft itself.
it scares me to see those pics.
*knock on wood*
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26th Mar 2014 6:56 pm
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B16 KJR wrote:
Don't you think you are being a bit alarmist, after all my crank is fine so I don't see how this one can be broken, has it been verified by at least 6 different independent engineers that its actually broken or is that only your opinion
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26th Mar 2014 7:15 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20823
Robbie wrote:
I thought there had been a brace of failures due to the shells rotating, blocking the oil ports?
Or have I missed a key point?
The engine in my pics Robbie, the main and big end bearings were all perfectMy D3 Build Thread
Member Since: 19 Aug 2012
Location: cornwall
Posts: 3
broken crankshaft
Have a broken crankshaft on 2008 disco 3 - am in cornwall and don't trust engine refurbishment companies 300 miles away! Is there any point in contacting Land Rover as the 7 or 8 grand I'm being quoted is a new car to me but at the moment it's a pile of metal wort nothing - Any suggestions please?
7th Jun 2014 11:37 am
Woolmeister
Member Since: 26 Mar 2007
Location: Chandler's Ford
Posts: 3463
Sorry to hear this.
Yes, definitely contact Land Rover. Not sure if you have seen this but might be worth a read and might also be worth getting in contact with "Pete@LandRover" on here to see what can be done.
Worst case scenario? You become a victim of the mysterious "Enhanced Customer Handling Procedure".
Good luck,
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7th Jun 2014 11:44 am
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
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It may be worth contacting LR. They recently released a new bulletin, highlighting an "enhanced customer experience" or similar, on cars with bottom end issues
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