Range Rover Sport Engine Failure

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I'd like to find out where in GP I can go to get my engine rebuilt at a reasonable cost. It's a 3.0 litre Diesel 2012 model.

The car has been out of maintenance plan and warranty for a while now. Engine bearings failed at 170,000kms and Land Rover quoted me R313,000 to rebuild the engine.
 
Try asking on 4x4community.co.za
I am sure you will get a comprehensive response.
 
FiestaST said:
R313,000 quoted?! Holy ****!
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Cost me R100k "on paper" to have my Triumph rebuilt for similar failure of which I seem to remember about R75k was parts.

Of course in reality Triumph sponsored the parts and dealership much if the labour do the real cost to me was R5k or so as the bike was only 3 months out of warranty.

The reality is that these are all inflated "Motorola" type charges to make you feel like they have value. But much like medical aids if those didn't exist it wouldn't be near as astronomical.

Of course I never got a quote from a third party to compare but I bet it would be less than a 1/3rd.

Half the problem is that they quote everything related as new because they simply don't repair nor really check existing parts.
 
Ford quoted me R28 600 to replace the clutch on my ST. Pressure release bearing failed at 125K km's. I had it repaired for R8500, using original Ford parts. Go figure. Everything was replaced, seals, clutch plate, slave. the works.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Cost me R100k "on paper" to have my Triumph rebuilt for similar failure of which I seem to remember about R75k was parts.

Of course in reality Triumph sponsored the parts and dealership much if the labour do the real cost to me was R5k or so as the bike was only 3 months out of warranty.

The reality is that these are all inflated "Motorola" type charges to make you feel like they have value. But much like medical aids if those didn't exist it wouldn't be near as astronomical.

Of course I never got a quote from a third party to compare but I bet it would be less than a 1/3rd.

Half the problem is that they quote everything related as new because they simply don't repair nor really check existing parts.
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I'm also thinking that a 3rd party would be able to do the job at a 3rd of the cost.

On their quote the is an item (donor refurbished engine) that cost R172k

I wondered if this is normal to get a donor engine instead of just replacing the parts in mine?
 
Drifter said:
Ford quoted me R28 600 to replace the clutch on my ST. Pressure release bearing failed at 125K km's. I had it repaired for R8500, using original Ford parts. Go figure. Everything was replaced, seals, clutch plate, slave. the works.
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So I'll definitely just go get parts and go to a 3rd party
 
You can start going around for prices on bearings, pistons, crank shaft, rings, gasket which would all have to be replaced.

Go aftermarket to someone like Alert motor spares. They sell good quality products. Get the parts yourself.

Get a good private mech fix and sell asap. You're looking at 30 to 40k if you do it this way.
 
WaxLyrical said:
You can start going around for prices on bearings, pistons, crank shaft, rings, gasket which would all have to be replaced.

Go aftermarket to someone like Alert motor spares. They sell good quality products. Get the parts yourself.

Get a good private mech fix and sell asap. You're looking at 30 to 40k if you do it this way.
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Sweet
I had already mentally prepared myself fot about R100k

If I can get away with such a low number it would be perfect
 
TDV6 engine?
If it is, this engine has known crank shaft problems.
Tackle LRSA.
 
I'll see come out as more cost effect between a rebuild and replacement with a refurb.

But what is saddening bid that JLR have known about this issue for a long time and never got bothered about doing a recall of some kind for a fix.

Considering how much you spend on the initial purchase it really does not give one confidence to want to stay with the brand
 
WaxLyrical said:
I suppose and I think it's going to cost more as most parts can only be sourced from the agents and Rovers are not cheap.

Engine replacement might be on the cards.
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Yeah I would also have looked at just replacing the entire engine rather than a rebuild.

If one could be found.

In the case of my Triumph it was bizarre to me that Triumph don't produce spare engines at all.

Where my bike took almost two months to get sorted a mate with a BMW had an engine swop done in two days.
 
WaxLyrical said:
You can start going around for prices on bearings, pistons, crank shaft, rings, gasket which would all have to be replaced.

Go aftermarket to someone like Alert motor spares. They sell good quality products. Get the parts yourself.

Get a good private mech fix and sell asap. You're looking at 30 to 40k if you do it this way.
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Lol, dude this is 2012 LR, you don't rebuild the engine with cheapie parts from Alert, they probably won't have most of the parts in the first place and the labour involved means you don't want to do this job twice.
Spliffcat said:
TDV6 engine?
If it is, this engine has known crank shaft problems.
Tackle LRSA.
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Was the vehicle always serviced by Lr agents?

If it was I'd also recommend trying to get them to fix at as it's a known issue.

Seems like that's the story more and more these days you pay an absolute mint for high end cars that are borderline less robust than a Chana/Chery/what what made in China, on a big premium V6 engine like this the sub assembly should be absolutely bullet proof.

There are yards full of LR discovery and RR in Sa that have bust cranks/uneconomical to fix and are otherwise just about mint.
 
Stay away from British made beemers. OR go the Toyota engine swop route.
 
WaxLyrical said:
You can start going around for prices on bearings, pistons, crank shaft, rings, gasket which would all have to be replaced.

Go aftermarket to someone like Alert motor spares. They sell good quality products. Get the parts yourself.

Get a good private mech fix and sell asap. You're looking at 30 to 40k if you do it this way.
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R30k to R40k?

Yeah, I don't think so. Closer to 125k.
 
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