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Tragic Engine Failure on Discovery 5 2.0 sd4

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karansav

Member Since: 05 Nov 2020
Location: Malawi
Posts: 1

Tragic Engine Failure on Discovery 5 2.0 sd4

About 10 years ago i had the Disco 3 with endless problems- it ended up in the garage for 2 years. i eventually sold the car and swore never to touch a Land Rover again. After about 8 years I stupidly decided to get a 2017 SE 2.0. I live in Malawi so had it shipped here. On the way from the port it appears that there was a massive oil leakage and the engine seized! Of course it was a few months out of warranty and of course LR could not give a care since the warranty had just expired.

I now need to ship out a replacement engine and I am looking for any reliable supplier of second hand or refurbished engines. Any help would be much appreciated. We dont have a dealer here so have to do this by myself really.

5th Nov 2020 2:06 pm

Red Merle

Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441

Ouch, that’s a bad start to your new car.

Unfortunately I can’t suggest anything other than “have you posted the same question here:”

https://disco5.co.uk/forum/ 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄

2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)

5th Nov 2020 7:58 pm

davidhem

Member Since: 21 Feb 2013
Location: Kenilworth
Posts: 710

2009 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Galway Green

You can try contacting Tim at alltrack 4x4, I know he buys in new LR engines, he may be able to help, he is very nice.

https://www.alltrack4x4.com/ David

5th Nov 2020 9:23 pm

smoke4k

Member Since: 21 Oct 2020
Location: Chippenham
Posts: 50

2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Bonatti Grey

I wonder if there's any chance the shipping company damaged something underneath when loading the car. Lots of japanese import cars back in the day would come off the boat with crushed frame rails from being forklifted - doubt that'd be the case nowadays but you never know..

8th Nov 2020 8:25 pm

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