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wslr
Member Since: 21 Feb 2010
Location: Somerset/Devon
Posts: 39
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Just wanted to ask around as local Franchised Dealer and TOPIx has no reported issues, but I had a vehicle in the other day which had a crack or what looked to be a crack along the bottom of the sump from the oil drain plug.
To be honest, to me it just looked like the usual poor manufacturing you come to expect these days, but I thought I'd ask around to check from the owner's experience. It is a late 07MY.
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 20th Sep 2010 9:00 pm |
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NoDo$h
Member Since: 02 May 2006
Location: Finding new and exciting ways to milk badgers.
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Nope. Defender sumps are a different matter. You'd have to properly drop a D3 to sump it. Or perhaps drive along a grass verge and hit a mile marker hidden in the nettles  I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
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| 20th Sep 2010 9:06 pm |
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DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
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| Re: TdV6 Cracked sump issue? |
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wslr wrote:
To be honest, to me it just looked like the usual poor manufacturing you come to expect these days,
Really  ...book in a tour of Ford's Dagenham Diesel Centre and I think you might just agree to take that back.  21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 20th Sep 2010 9:56 pm |
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wslr
Member Since: 21 Feb 2010
Location: Somerset/Devon
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I'm sure Ford Dagenham Diesel Centre is a model of perfection. Having to deal with Land Rover imperfections pretty much every day I've become quite negative. I'll refrain from saying how I feel in the future.
NoDo$h - Yep, I read the Puma sumps are iffy. I can't see this particular sump being an issue - It is a few years old now. As it originates from close to the drain plug it could possibly be a tech induced stress fracture. It certainly hasn't taken any trips off road to find a hidden mile marker  I just promised the owner I would ask around and let him know and quote on a replacement. Thanks for the comment.
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| 20th Sep 2010 10:51 pm |
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NoDo$h
Member Since: 02 May 2006
Location: Finding new and exciting ways to milk badgers.
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No worries. Easily done when in any 4x4 though. The amount of times the "lesser mortals" in their suicide boxes assume that I am actually in a hovercraft and can therefore drive over culverts, rocks and dead dear hidden in the grass on the verge.....  Mrs Do$h just brings her 90 to a screeching halt in the middle of the road and looks on, trying not to laugh, as the twonks get a taste of their own medicine. I'm not that brave I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
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| 20th Sep 2010 10:57 pm |
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DG
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wslr wrote: ....possibly be a tech induced stress fracture. .
Those techs with their spanners eh Not attempting to deprive you of your opinion ...just thought it was a bit of a sweeping statement 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 20th Sep 2010 11:12 pm |
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Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
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wslr wrote:
NoDo$h - Yep, I read the Puma sumps are iffy.
The Puma sumps themselves are fine, its the quality engineering and testing that goes into putting a new engine into a car, and not noticing the propshaft was fouling the sump My D3 Build Thread
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| 21st Sep 2010 6:49 am |
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