L322 Anyone want to watch an L322 burn?

ukadamwest said:

oh for sure. I have no more trust in a foreign garage diagnosing a RR fault than I would the guy at a Halfords Autocenter.. or in fact anyone at non indi specialist. a failed engine diagnosis may be something as simple as it's out of fuel. Now this is nothing disparaging to French or any foreign garage.. well it is.. but hey.. a brit car turns up from a roadside rescue, while on a motoring holiday.. you are sir caught by the short and curlies.. the likelihood of a breakdown cover policy giving a whacking great piece of work to someone who is stranded is very high on the probabilities scale.. along with what is a rare vehicle in many countries and viewed by may as a rich person's car.

get it back and have a look !

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The country town I live in, none of the workshops will touch any Land Rover, if your vehicle is disabled it has to go 200 mile south on a tilt tray recovery truck to the nearest LR workshop. I remember a few years back a family on holiday's RR P38 "failed to proceed" with some electrical problem, it sat in a local workshop for about 3 months, before heading out on the truck.
The far North is designated Toyota country, so unless you are self reliant and spanner talented no real point in owning any other than a Tojo.
Beats me why these mechanics cannot deal with Landys, I find them no more complex than most other cars of later years, they seem to think that they are only fixable using black magic, but as always, time is money and I suppose they just can't be ar5ed to play with electronics that they don't understand wasting their time and your money, I call it "they play whilst you pay".

Hi @Pluribus ,

Did the vehicle get repatriated yet? Was the problem as dire as was feared or is there a more positive and happier outcome?
Hoping for the best for you.

Was thinking about this myself a few days ago, hope you got the car back ok in the end and the problem wasn't as bad as sounded.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Range-Ro...260263?hash=item2391efb1a7:g:Q-oAAOSw09xZ80p3

Not good - feel sorry for the OP, sad ending. Looks like the car has been repatriated though.

Time to get rid of it and move on.
Should mention gearbox warranty etc in the listing.

What's it worth as is?

A replacement block should suffice to see her up and running again unless there was valve contact, but that's fixable also.

There's a crank on the bay for £203 ish if anyone fancies the work

It wasn't just the crank though, was it. In Brum, we would call a car like that, a Friday afternoon car, cos all the ones made on Friday afternoon were rushed through the factory.

Col

It seems a little odd that it has failed after a service, not sure how soon after, but could be the tower inside the oil filter housing came out and the filter collapsed or something blocked the oil pickup screen in the sump like a bit of timing chain guide. i wonder if it was flushed when the service was done dislodging some crap and blocking an oil way.
I can't imagine an M62 crank failing without some form of oil starvation.

I don't think it has been positively established that the crank has sheared. If I had the room and a slightly more tolerant wife, I'd take a punt.

Col

The description says potential crank failure so I guess he hasnt taken it to a UK garage to confirm the frogs diagnosis.

From reading what Pluribus has said it would appear the engine was driven without oil pressure until it failed completely, so expect the worst.
If someone had the space and time, a good running Bmw X5 (which has the same engine?) can be picked for less than 2k now, swop the engine over and flog the bmw again to recoup some of the cost and you could have it back on the road for around a grand which would make it a good buy considering the amount of money and major parts Pluribus has already put into it.

Looks like the bmw 5 and 7 series used the same engine as well, so maybe a cheaper alternative to finding a good replacement engine that can be heard and driven before fitting.

Pluribus said:

Looks like I wont be taking that crown any time soon...

Had a reply from Land Rover today. Engines are supplied with a 2 year unlimited mileage warranty. Thats a bust.
Spoke to the insurance company. Mechanical failure not covered. Thats a bust.
Spoke to Motor Legal Claims about helping me get a replacement engine or compo from RAC (I still dont know where the car is...). Only covered for personal injury claims apparently. Thats a bust.

RAC have assured me it WILL be coming back to the UK, once they find out where it is and arrange the transport.

So to summarise:
I have no car
I have no idea where the car is
RAC have no idea where the car is
I have no money to claim from insurance
I cannot claim on my legal cover
I've owned it nearly 7 months and am over £12k in the hole with nothing to show for it.


I'm done.

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Hi sorry to hear about all the problems you have be having, if you still not tracked down the car I might be able to help my French is okay and I have a French girlfriend who would be happy to talk to the garage and find out who picked the car up and may be we can find out where they took it, it might be it has being moved by more than one company but am sure we can get to the bottom of where it is, the engine is another problem all together

Ian M in France said:

Hi sorry to hear about all the problems you have be having, if you still not tracked down the car I might be able to help my French is okay and I have a French girlfriend who would be happy to talk to the garage and find out who picked the car up and may be we can find out where they took it, it might be it has being moved by more than one company but am sure we can get to the bottom of where it is, the engine is another problem all together

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I think the car is back in the UK as its for sale on bay of e

myfirstl322 said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Range-Ro...260263?hash=item2391efb1a7:g:Q-oAAOSw09xZ80p3

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No bids as yet, 2 day's to go.

I'm wondering if it was a good idea for him to post the advert under "all categories".
Try searching "cars" for it and it ain't there, particularly if you set the filter to lowest price P&P.
However, it will come up if you type "Range Rover spares or repair".

myfirstl322 said:

No bids as yet, 2 day's to go.

I'm wondering if it was a good idea for him to post the advert under "all categories".
Try searching "cars" for it and it ain't there, particularly if you set the filter to lowest price P&P.
However, it will come up if you type "Range Rover spares or repair".

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I think if he wants to sell it, he'd have done better to stick it on at a starting bid of 1 pound. I think 2.5k for one that needs trailering and possibly a complete new engine is a bit steep to be honest.

Agreed on that..

A plus point is it's a well composed and written ad, quite rare these days, I hope he doesn't have to deal with too many dicks wanting it for a couple of hundred.

Wazzajnr said:

I think if he wants to sell it, he'd have done better to stick it on at a starting bid of 1 pound. I think 2.5k for one that needs trailering and possibly a complete new engine is a bit steep to be honest.

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The cost of buying it,recovery, engine, labour etc will be more than its worth.

Wazzajnr said:

I think if he wants to sell it, he'd have done better to stick it on at a starting bid of 1 pound. I think 2.5k for one that needs trailering and possibly a complete new engine is a bit steep to be honest.

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i think your right working ones are selling for the same or not much more just type in sold items for similar, shame really