Member Since: 14 May 2019
Location: New Malden
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Philip1972 wrote:
Assessor has been out today.
He dismantled the oil pump-all OK no wear.
He checked the big ends-all OK, no wear or anything else.
So he agreed that the snapped crankshaft had been the cause of the engine seizing.
He will submit his report and let us know, but verbally and off the record, he said there is no reason why they won't approve this.
He suggested we would have an answer by Monday/Tuesday, so fingers crossed.
I am pleasantly surprised at the speed this is progressing, I had thought it would take much longer.
Tim Fry are chomping at the bit to get the engine and everything else ordered.
I really need to put a list together of things I want him to check/lubricate while he has the engine out....
Maybe not so interesting to you now, but did the WD guy submit his report to you? Interested to know the root cause of the failure. Seized engine - but what caused it? Blocked oilway? wrong oil? etc etc65 plate D4, Corris grey, dark grey/black interior. 66k miles
17th Sep 2019 10:44 am
Philip1972
Member Since: 10 Mar 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1072
Had a call from the garage yesterday morning and car is almost ready (probably Friday).
He has been using it for a few days as a shakedown to check everything. I asked how the new engine was, he said absolutely lovely, really really nice.
He also told me that it is one of the nicest Discos he has ever driven, no rattles or knocks-he was genuinely surprised. I feel very happy about that, as I do look after cars and have spent time and money on the upkeep.
I have a personal bill of about £900, which is for 2 upper rear suspension arms, full complete front to rear brake pipes and a new battery.
I think his personal report has made the decision for me to keep it. This guy has years and years of experience, and I do listen to his opinion.
So I decided that the Disco stays and the Range Rover goes. I popped an advert on FFRR.com at about 10am, and by 6pm a guy from there had come and driven it, paid and taken it away!
I loved the RR, but the Disco is newer and now has a warranty on the engine, plus everything else has been done. I will save up a bit and buy a Full Fat supercharged next year, as a second car.
I will do another update when I have collected and driven it.
By the way, the garage are gobsmacked by Warranty Direct. They have never had such an easy transaction and dealings with a warranty company.
10th Oct 2019 11:03 am
ianm27
Member Since: 02 Jun 2016
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 2154
Great result Philip and hope you have many, many years of fun now Uncle Ray's spare wheel protector
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10th Oct 2019 11:12 am
robpenrose
Member Since: 12 Jan 2016
Location: Surrey / SW London
Posts: 2136
Do you know where the lump came from in the end?
Glad its all worked out reasonably well for you in the end
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10th Oct 2019 11:19 am
Philip1972
Member Since: 10 Mar 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1072
Its an LR lump.
10th Oct 2019 11:31 am
robpenrose
Member Since: 12 Jan 2016
Location: Surrey / SW London
Posts: 2136
Nice. Is that what WD always replace with, or did you have to fight for it? It looks like your garage isn't a dealer, so just interested to find out what they normally do if your car ends up at an Indy.
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10th Oct 2019 11:35 am
Philip1972
Member Since: 10 Mar 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1072
The indy "normal" choice is to use a second hand lump out of a crashed car. They dont trust re manufactured engines and of course the customer is usually paying, so they try to keep the cost to the customer as low as possible.
Warranty company asked for a quote for "new" engine, not allowed a used engine if claiming from them. Garage looked at all options and after comments on here, I pushed for a LR engine. Disco Mickey was helpful, by saying that a new LR engine was no more than a re manufactured one, so I pushed for that (although they were happy to what I asked, so no real pushing required.)
10th Oct 2019 11:41 am
betty02
Member Since: 09 Jun 2014
Location: Wakefield
Posts: 133
Great news! Out of interest how much is WD on a D4?
10th Oct 2019 11:58 am
Philip1972
Member Since: 10 Mar 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1072
I bought the warranty at 71000 miles, and did a rolling contract at £66 a month.
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and hope you have many, many years of fun now 
