Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
Injectors don't dilute oil. Rings and bore wall manage that for you.
16th Sep 2017 8:31 pm
3disco
Member Since: 23 Sep 2010
Location: devon chardstock
Posts: 504
Local dealer to me fitted new engine under warranty which failed at a later date due to leaking injectors,landrover refused second claim saying that they should have been overhauled at the same time,not sure if it was still under warranty or not!
16th Sep 2017 8:47 pm
D&G
Member Since: 29 Jun 2017
Location: Charente 16480
Posts: 3483
DSL wrote:
Unfortunately seems to be a complete lottery, not one I'll be participation in from now on. As soon as I can't get a decent warranty for my D4 she'll be gone.
It will be a sad day when that happens Del.An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.” ― Millard Fillmore
2006 Disco 3
Gas Gas 300ec / Gas Gas tx249 / Bandit 1250
XR 650r / Pajero 2.8 Lifted and Safari Snorkel-gone.
16th Sep 2017 8:58 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
Can't blame him tho '. You gotta have trust in a car. I wouldn't have one for my daily runaround if I was honest.
16th Sep 2017 9:05 pm
hugeviking
Member Since: 08 Jun 2010
Location: cotswolds
Posts: 1482
How do you know if you have leaky injectors
Andi.
16th Sep 2017 9:11 pm
galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525
don't see why you cant create an "indent" on the main bearing caps only...if half the shell is held the other half cant rotate surely
16th Sep 2017 9:15 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
hugeviking wrote:
How do you know if you have leaky injectors
Andi.
My leaky injector was smoke everywhere out the bonnet and front arches.
16th Sep 2017 9:17 pm
hillbillypop
Member Since: 11 Jun 2017
Location: Isle of Islay
Posts: 66
3disco wrote:
Do you really want to weaken the bottom end even more with a new hole and possible stresses caused by fitting a dowl which if it moved even slightly would score the crank or fall out,l think that although some engines might be flawed the designers that made them were not complete fools and if it needed a dowel would have fitted one,just my opinion.
I don't see it weakening it as it is trapped by the top part of casting and shell therefore there will be no leaks
at present it runs like a sweety I have no confidence in this immaculate piece of design after joining this forum! I should have joined before wasting my cash
As for the manufacturer here's your answer what stops the shells revolving nothing! Wow that's really clever. Therefore if they are that clever then it must be deliberate.
16th Sep 2017 9:18 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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D&G wrote:
DSL wrote:
Unfortunately seems to be a complete lottery, not one I'll be participation in from now on. As soon as I can't get a decent warranty for my D4 she'll be gone.
It will be a sad day when that happens Del.
I might have a fiendish plan. I bought the one on the right from my folks when they bought the one on the left. Unfortunately they didn't take the hint about going for Waitrose Grey but white is growing on me. If that goes ahead it'll be my 18th and prob last LR. Now that will be sad.
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PS And she has been washed since that pic was taken a year ago. Once!!
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16th Sep 2017 9:24 pm
hillbillypop
Member Since: 11 Jun 2017
Location: Isle of Islay
Posts: 66
galwaygreen wrote:
don't see why you cant create an "indent" on the main bearing caps only...if half the shell is held the other half cant rotate surely
My point intirely I'm not talking a dowel from a b&q kitchen just enough to stop a shift and so keeping the oilways clear got to be worth a try and a Hellaffa lot cheaper than a new engine
16th Sep 2017 9:26 pm
galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525
I was thinking along the lines of the old style indent rather than a dowel
16th Sep 2017 9:27 pm
3disco
Member Since: 23 Sep 2010
Location: devon chardstock
Posts: 504
Certainly will be smoky and not very economical.
16th Sep 2017 9:31 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
galwaygreen wrote:
I was thinking along the lines of the old style indent rather than a dowel
We used to call them lock grooves a long time ago... When we used to fit them anyway.
16th Sep 2017 9:44 pm
hillbillypop
Member Since: 11 Jun 2017
Location: Isle of Islay
Posts: 66
galwaygreen wrote:
I was thinking along the lines of the old style indent rather than a dowel
That's the way it should have left the factory I'm talking easiest way underneath a set of ramps in my back yard.
Got good engi erring sheds and plenty tools but just no garage and winters coming
16th Sep 2017 9:44 pm
3disco
Member Since: 23 Sep 2010
Location: devon chardstock
Posts: 504
galwaygreen wrote:
don't see why you cant create an "indent" on the main bearing caps only...if half the shell is held the other half cant rotate surely
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smoke everywhere out the bonnet and front arches.
If that goes ahead it'll be my 18th and prob last LR. Now that will be sad. 
