IanD
Member Since: 11 Mar 2006
Location: (Too) close to Paris
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Hi all, long time not here!
Our 06 D3 (In France, 388 000 km!) started making a slight clattering noise (I reckon from the top LH of the engine, but could be wrong). The next day this got worse, and when SWMBO was going to collect the kids from school, she had a massive overheating and engine stop. The car was recovered to an indy, who is recommending an exchange engine at 12k EUR inc labour.
This seems excessively expensive to me, and I am concerned that he's not interested in trying to find another solution. I think there may be two independent faults - the noise and the overheating. We had a lower coolant pipe fail once before, and sincee the engine will still run, I wonder if this has happened again and that the clatter is just unrelated. During the day or so with the clatter, then engine still ran as it had before. Any ideas?
Also I am being quoted 5700 EUR for an exchange engine, plus fitting. Is this really the going rate? I would even consider shipping an engine from the UK to deprive the French rip-off merchants their mark-up!
I've read through a number of threads on engine replacement here, but it seems there's a lot of misinformation and ripping off going on!
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 27th Mar 2017 5:11 pm |
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Moo
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
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Speak to Disco Mikey or Woody32. It might pay to recover it to the UK to be fixed. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner 
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
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| 28th Mar 2017 12:26 am |
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IanD
Member Since: 11 Mar 2006
Location: (Too) close to Paris
Posts: 516
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Thanks, I'll try that. I might at least get some reliable advice!
I had thought of getting an engine sent here, but not really considered sending the car there.
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| 28th Mar 2017 6:33 pm |
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IanD
Member Since: 11 Mar 2006
Location: (Too) close to Paris
Posts: 516
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... oh, and nice to see another old manual D3 owner on here. Ours is 2006, UK HSE spec but LHD manual. No (intentional) mods apart from EGR blanking and bash plate. 388 000 km (241 000 miles) and also Chawton white - I knew white lasted longer!
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| 28th Mar 2017 6:35 pm |
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BrettKaz
Member Since: 11 Nov 2013
Location: Canberra
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Ian,
Out of interest did you recently have your timing belts replaced - for the second time ... you were about due.. at 2x168kms = 336k kms?
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| 29th Mar 2017 12:31 am |
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IanD
Member Since: 11 Mar 2006
Location: (Too) close to Paris
Posts: 516
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They were due to be replaced the week after the breakdown happened 
The noise sounds more to me as though it's from somewhere at the top though. I should have recorded it, but didn't think of that time.
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| 29th Mar 2017 10:05 am |
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Moo
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13879
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Just sent you a PM. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
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| 29th Mar 2017 10:28 am |
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