Member Since: 01 Nov 2014
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 40
Oil pump changed.
I have just had my belts oil pump and water pump replaced for my peace of mind. My Discovery 3 HSE was registered January 2006 and it had the weaker oil pump design.
The garage I used said they had only seen one failure.
My advice is get it replaced and sleep easy until the next Bong from the dash.
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New oil pump & cambelt
19th Jan 2017 12:19 pm
Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
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Got mine done on my 2008, when the belts were changed - only added a small dent to the overall cast and could save thousands £ Iggy/Ieuan
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19th Jan 2017 12:24 pm
RickoD3HSE
Member Since: 05 May 2016
Location: Stockport
Posts: 96
i take it it is a sump off job to do the oil pump swap is it ?
19th Jan 2017 10:27 pm
trailhound
Member Since: 27 Aug 2015
Location: Colchester
Posts: 697
Oh b gger, mine was reg'd in October 05 how do you tell if you have the bad pump?
19th Jan 2017 10:35 pm
JMack
Member Since: 02 Aug 2014
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 1517
RickoD3HSE wrote:
i take it it is a sump off job to do the oil pump swap is it ?
No, the pump is at/near the top area of the engine.
It just adds a short amount of time to the timing belt job, plus the cost of the pump obviously.
19th Jan 2017 10:39 pm
Pete-H
Member Since: 10 Feb 2015
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 169
I had my oil pump done as soon as I purchased my Disco in 2015 upon the advice found on the forum..
Discovery XS Registered Jan 2007 was within suspect time frame of failure.
Got in touch with Flack and he did it...and how lucky was I ..
Small price to pay..
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19th Jan 2017 10:41 pm
JMack
Member Since: 02 Aug 2014
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 1517
trailhound wrote:
Oh b gger, mine was reg'd in October 05 how do you tell if you have the bad pump?
I believe it's '07's that were the worst, but had my '06 changed recently anyway as part of timing belts change, at 210,000(+) presuming it was original. For the cost on top of the belts it is a lot less than a new engine.
19th Jan 2017 10:42 pm
RickoD3HSE
Member Since: 05 May 2016
Location: Stockport
Posts: 96
JMack wrote:
RickoD3HSE wrote:
i take it it is a sump off job to do the oil pump swap is it ?
No, the pump is at/near the top area of the engine.
It just adds a short amount of time to the timing belt job, plus the cost of the pump obviously.
thanks for the reply. i have a brand new citroen/ FoMoCo pump ready for when i do the cambelt job this year but having not seen how pump is fitted i was thinking the sump would have to come off because of how it would bolt up along the bottom mating face ?
cheers ricko.
19th Jan 2017 10:49 pm
trailhound
Member Since: 27 Aug 2015
Location: Colchester
Posts: 697
Yeah, I thought it was 07 and my 05 would be okay until the second time round on the belts. But an early 06 gives me the wobbly's.
Guess that's my dreams pre-loaded for tonight
19th Jan 2017 10:50 pm
JMack
Member Since: 02 Aug 2014
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 1517
I'll qualify my reply by saying I didn't do the job, but was present/close by when it was done, the sump wasn't removed (or all the oil drained) as far as I noticed.
Disco Mikey will be able to confirm.
19th Jan 2017 10:53 pm
Iceman08
Member Since: 22 Sep 2014
Location: Hereford
Posts: 2284
Whats the rough cost for both belts and pump casing?
19th Jan 2017 11:47 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20778
JMack wrote:
trailhound wrote:
Oh b gger, mine was reg'd in October 05 how do you tell if you have the bad pump?
I believe it's '07's that were the worst, but had my '06 changed recently anyway as part of timing belts change, at 210,000(+) presuming it was original. For the cost on top of the belts it is a lot less than a new engine.
And hopefully a lot more oil pressure, sooner after startup My D3 Build Thread
You only need to remove 6 bolts underneath for the Oil pump, 2 short ones that hold the main loom, and four long ones that go through in to the Oil pump casing, no need to remove the sump, or drain the Oil. I am sure I did a How To for this
Flack
20th Jan 2017 10:29 am
Geoff at Drym
Member Since: 18 May 2015
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 584
When I did mine, I put all the bolts in finger tight, and pulled up the bottom bolts first to get a good seal on to the sump gasket, then tightened up the bolts onto the block.
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