Member Since: 16 Oct 2015
Location: Worthing
Posts: 50
Soon to be new owner
hi guys ,
I'm Richard, and hoping to become a discovery 3 owner , just sold my 4wd pick up and 7 seat Galaxy so that I can combine the two into one car.
Just been searching through the site and looks great ,very informative and helpfull , I quite sure it will all be very usefull, although I must admit I'm getting a bit scared about the possible faults and costs after some of the threads !
Anybody know of this car on autotrader ? Thoughts on it anybody?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/land...friend_car
Hope the link worked , it's not easy to get a link from autotrader
Sorry if this post is in the wrong section.
Richard
At that mileage, I wouldn't buy it unless it has had a gearbox flush (or two) earlier in life (preferably 75k or earlier). Current: Discovery 3 06MY (55 reg) HSE Auto Zambezi Silver Allisport Fast Road Intercooler, V8 Brakes, Silicone IC Hoses, EGRs Blanked, Remapped, De-Cat pipe, FBHIC
Freelander 2 2007 HSE Manual Tambora Flame
Previous: FL2 56 reg SE Manual Black (written off )
Disco 3 06 reg B7S Manual Rimini Red
Disco 2 TD5 Y reg ES Manual Blue - Chipped
Several Discovery 300 TDis
16th Oct 2015 2:29 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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And if 07MY (56 plate could be either 06 or 07) the oil pump.
At that mileage, I wouldn't buy it unless it has had a gearbox flush (or two) earlier in life (preferably 75k or earlier).
That advice could save you upwards of £3000, ask Aerialmark
16th Oct 2015 2:38 pm
Lynhay
Member Since: 16 Oct 2015
Location: Worthing
Posts: 50
Hi guys ,cheers for the replays, will keep a look out for oil flushed receipts ,DSL do you mean oil pump should of been replaced by now?
16th Oct 2015 2:40 pm
Famousfive
Member Since: 12 Aug 2014
Location: Southampton
Posts: 1821
All, didn't this motor come up a little while ago and members were warned off it for some reason - sure it was the same spec and colour
Lynhay, i'd take a look in the For Sale section on this site - there should be some good, honest and well looked after examples. Good luck with what ever you choose, they are great cars
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Lynhay wrote:
Hi guys ,cheers for the replays, will keep a look out for oil flushed receipts ,DSL do you mean oil pump should of been replaced by now?
Not officially but for the 07MY/EURO4 they lightened them up and as a result many have cracked and failed catastrophically. Have a search for "oil pump failure", open a bottle of vino & have a good long read.
16th Oct 2015 2:50 pm
Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9422
Welcome to the madhouse Rich
As already mentioned, have a look in the For Sale sectipn, I‘m sure there was a 2007 one on here a few weeks ago, as well and a few 05/06‘s Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
Hi guys ,cheers for the replays, will keep a look out for oil flushed receipts ,DSL do you mean oil pump should of been replaced by now?
Not officially but for the 07MY/EURO4 they lightened them up and as a result many have cracked and failed catastrophically. Have a search for "oil pump failure", open a bottle of vino & have a good long read.
How about the 05 model DSL ? Is that something else I have to worry about ?
16th Oct 2015 7:12 pm
RBP
Member Since: 29 Aug 2012
Location: N Yorks
Posts: 1936
Mark - rest easy - it's ok on MY 05. You'll have no further problems after you've fixed the gearbox, honest....
I have an MY 05 54 plate with 130.000 miles on the clock. It's the most reliable car I've ever owned. Got more greif from the wife's Ford Focus poxy thing. What I would say though is the older ones seem to be less problematic but do require more maintenance.
16th Oct 2015 9:44 pm
MGCarr
Member Since: 15 Jul 2014
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 703
At that age and mileage you need to look really carefully at what work it has had done already and who by. I bought an 07 plate SE with all the services stamped in the book about 18 months ago and since then I have done 10,000 miles and spent around £4,500 mainly on parts as I do most of the work myself and I have still got the gearbox and torque converter to do.
These are superb cars but they are very heavy and technically quite complicated and consequently things like brakes, suspension bushes, wheel bearings etc wear fairly quickly so it's best to try and find one where someone else has suffered the costs.
Having said all of the above mine is really quite a nice car now and hopefully the expenditure will settle down a bit.
Good luck with your searching.
1997 Defender 90 for the kids and I to have a go at some competitive off road RTV and Tyro trials, daughter picked up her first trophy over the August Bank Holiday.
Previous Land Rover history
1996 P38 4.6 V8 Autobiography
1996 Discovery TDi 300
1972 Range Rover 3.5 V8
LWB Hard Top Series 3
LWB Truck Cab Series 2A
Not been without a Land Rover for over 40 years - I must need therapy!
I'll second that MGCarr. I have bills for about £6000 which includes labour all for maintenance work the previous owner fail to do. Sometimes full service history doesn't mean that everything thing has been maintained it just means the engines been looked after
Dave
16th Oct 2015 10:12 pm
Lynhay
Member Since: 16 Oct 2015
Location: Worthing
Posts: 50
MGCarr wrote:
At that age and mileage you need to look really carefully at what work it has had done already and who by. I bought an 07 plate SE with all the services stamped in the book about 18 months ago and since then I have done 10,000 miles and spent around £4,500 mainly on parts .
HOW MUCH ?? you know you really arnt helping calm my fears.
17th Oct 2015 12:03 am
MGCarr
Member Since: 15 Jul 2014
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 703
Sorry Lynhay I am just trying to help prevent you making the mistake I made by relying on the service book for the history, and I think d.lundigan is making the same point, just because the previous owner got it 'serviced' ie change oil and filters etc and inspection does not mean they had any of the recommended supplementary work carried out. What you need to see are original invoices with details of exactly what work was done and who by, are they a reputable Land Rover repairer. On my car there was evidence that work had been done in at least one instance to hide a more major fault as the airbag warning light had been cut off the pc board in the instrument panel, tracing and curing that fault and the underlying fault that it had hidden cost me a huge amount of time and around £550. If I can copy and paste from a spreadsheet into this post I will try and add a list of the work I have done as it might give you an idea of what to look out for.
1997 Defender 90 for the kids and I to have a go at some competitive off road RTV and Tyro trials, daughter picked up her first trophy over the August Bank Holiday.
Previous Land Rover history
1996 P38 4.6 V8 Autobiography
1996 Discovery TDi 300
1972 Range Rover 3.5 V8
LWB Hard Top Series 3
LWB Truck Cab Series 2A
Not been without a Land Rover for over 40 years - I must need therapy!
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