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M3bobby

Member Since: 21 May 2018
Location: Sleaford, LINCS.
Posts: 857

This will be one expensive fix if your shipping it to LR! If your shells have been chewed up the crank is likely beyond recovery now. There have been reports of the engine snapping the crank and still running on 4 cylinders which could give you metal particles. You could try a magnet on the particles to see if it’s steel.

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21st Jan 2020 8:41 am

Kelstevens8

Member Since: 19 Jan 2020
Location: Taranaki
Posts: 11

2011 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Alaska White

Just used magnet and nothing from the filter took to it, is this a good sign? Super exp at landrover but at the moment it’s worth nothing, if fixed I’ll have something to sell....which I will pretty bloody quick.

21st Jan 2020 9:13 am

Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26776

Possibly the lack of oil killed it. If it was jacked up at an acute angle to change the tyres (possibly with the engine running to keep the suspension up?) it may have sucked air.

Get another engine is probably your best bet if salvage. You have Ford Territory engines over there and one of your chaps fitted one a while ago.

21st Jan 2020 9:17 am

Kelstevens8

Member Since: 19 Jan 2020
Location: Taranaki
Posts: 11

Thank you, I feel it has something from being jacked up and getting the new tyres. Just don’t understand why it had not prompted for more oil. Would you use a territory engine in the car personally?

21st Jan 2020 9:22 am

bembo449

Member Since: 14 Jan 2020
Location: Gainsborough
Posts: 256

id be astounded if just changing a tyre caused the problem , its well documented the disco3 is a ticking time bomb when it comes to this sort of failure and considering these 4x4 have a baffled sump for going to silly angles for off roading then the tyre theory holds no water in my eyes

21st Jan 2020 9:26 am

Kelstevens8

Member Since: 19 Jan 2020
Location: Taranaki
Posts: 11

Fair call, it’s a disco 4 if that makes any difference.

21st Jan 2020 9:32 am

bembo449

Member Since: 14 Jan 2020
Location: Gainsborough
Posts: 256

not really pal , its heart wrenching but these engines fail for no real reason other than poor quality build materials

21st Jan 2020 9:37 am

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