tboner
Member Since: 21 Feb 2011
Location: UK
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Makes a change for Land Rover Customer care to actually get something sorted ! well i suppose they did not really until the terminal failure then they have no choice. 
I have found them to be full of false promises on issues with a 2010 RRS TDV8 which in the end i had to hand back   2011 Disco 4 Commercial SDV6
2011 FFRR 4.4 TDV8 The Mother
2010 Sport Autobiograhy
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MrH
Member Since: 08 Aug 2007
Location: Fooked if I know, and who cares anyway
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Suppose I'm next on the list - on the way back from Germany on Saturday I notice a "distinct" puff of smoke on accelerating away from a set of traffic lights in the morning.
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| Sun Mar 27 2011 10:03pm |
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DSL
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Heading here ^^^^ :)
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U been experimenting with different fuels due to the high price of Diesel?? Looks like Bombay Sapphire doesn't work then.  
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| Sun Mar 27 2011 10:09pm |
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MrH
Member Since: 08 Aug 2007
Location: Fooked if I know, and who cares anyway
Posts: 4128
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Nope, just normal DinoDiesel
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| Sun Mar 27 2011 10:26pm |
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DSL
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Heading here ^^^^ :)
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Don't suppose you noticed the prices of said dino diesel on your travels??
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| Sun Mar 27 2011 10:28pm |
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MrH
Member Since: 08 Aug 2007
Location: Fooked if I know, and who cares anyway
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I did - Ranged from 1.19Euro in Luxembourg, 1.41-1.50Euro on the Motorways in France and 1.45Euro in Germany.
I did notice the the Service station we stopped for fuel at on the A26 just before Calais last October was 1.50Euro and the two Shell service stations further up were around 1.42Euro.
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| Mon Mar 28 2011 10:37am |
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BENfromBE
Member Since: 05 Aug 2011
Location: Belgium
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747_JK wrote:Been missing my D4 for nearly 3 weeks now. Was a chance of getting it back tomorrow with the new engine fitted, but the dealer has had to order additional parts (turbochargers) which have been discovered damaged during the engine carnage.
Parts being changed so far, as far as I know, are
* 3.0 litre TDV6 engine
* Torque converter
* Flywheel
* Both turbochargers
It'll be liking having a new car again (hooray!).
Have to say the dealer and LR Customer Services are continuing to be very proactive in updating me on progress with the car. Just looking forward to getting it back now. Currently driving an 09 RRS HSE from Enterprise, which LR sorted for me over Xmas.
Hello,
A friend of mine here in Belgium had the same issue with his RRS 3.0 HSE
As he was "trying" the car on the highway, the engine stops. He called LR assistance : the engine is blocked!
The car had only 48000 km (30000miles) and had run 28000 Km (about 17500 miles) since the last service so a bit more than 2500 miles more than the expected renewal off oil.
as you : new TDV6 engine, new torque converter, new flywheel and both turbochargers. All in all it cost him 18000€ (15700 GBP)
LR didn't want to repair under warranty because the car was remapped, I could understand if it was not a common problem (known issue) but it seems that your car wasn't remapped, isn't it?
The LR dealer took more than 2 months to repair ! I saw the engine and crankshaft was blocked, the oil was run out of viscosity.
Please be indulgent, my english is not as well as I would like to.
Ben
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| Fri Aug 05 2011 9:26am |
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747_JK
Member Since: 03 Apr 2010
Location: Surrey
Posts: 114
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Havent been on the board for a few weeks Ben, so sorry for not replying.
Those were all the bits I had changed on my car after the total engine failure, and it took many many weeks too. However, not sure what you mean about the engine being "blocked". I dont think mine was blocked, it just had serious problems.
I hope he has got it sorted now - although I dont like the sound of his repair bill!!! 747_JK
"I do wish I could take my Land Rover to Moab and Death Valley. My two favourite places in the whole wide world".
2010 Land Rover D4 HSE
2007 BMW 335d SE 4dr saloon
2004 BMW 325i M-Sport Coupe
2002 MG TF 1.8i
1999 MGF 1.8i
1996 MGF 1.8i
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