Same story, different heading, i dont think enough people read this last time. My 1.8 freebie has started to get a bit rattly in the morning but seems fine when its warmed up ( know where im going) after 10 minutes into my journey home the oil light flikered and a slight vibration was felt but before i could pull off the road all hell broke loose. A big end has failed, i find this odd as i thought they all went together, any way its knocked a hole in the block and jammed the motor but before i had chance to dip the clutch it seems to have stripped most of the coggs in the gearbox and the IRD , bent the propshaft and broken two rear diff mounts. Ive had cars with knackered big ends before and this sounded nothing like that, it was a shock as its done 55k with full main dealer history . Ive had about 15 land rover products over the years , series , disco , rangie , but i cant afford this kind of motoring. Any way Merry Christmas to all.