Land Rover Discovery 3 Oil Pump Cover

Can anybody give me advice for the cost for a Oil Pump Cover ? I have read that this is a necessity?, I am viewing 57 plate discovery at the weekend.

Also Compressor unit does not appear to have ever been replaced ? is this an issue

Iam new to land Rovers!

Cliffy123 said:

Can anybody give me advice for the cost for a Oil Pump Cover ? I have read that this is a necessity?, I am viewing 57 plate discovery at the weekend.

Also Compressor unit does not appear to have ever been replaced ? is this an issue

Iam new to land Rovers!

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Compressors seldom need replaced unless there is or has been suspension related issues in the past, this is a good sign usually.

Does it need the oil pump cover done? Should this not have been done under warranty?

It would be expensive.

dieseldog69 said:

Compressors seldom need replaced unless there is or has been suspension related issues in the past, this is a good sign usually.

Does it need the oil pump cover done? Should this not have been done under warranty?

It would be expensive.

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Hi,

Iam not sure.....I will look through any past invoices to see if there is any mention.. was wondering what the best thing is to do if there is no mention!?

@gstuart
One for you Gary?

Cliffy123 said:

Hi,

Iam not sure.....I will look through any past invoices to see if there is any mention.. was wondering what the best thing is to do if there is no mention!?

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Check to see if it has had new timing belts, if not then factor them in to the price and have the pump changed at the same time for peace of mind.

brian47 said:

@gstuart
One for you Gary?

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I have seen a invoice for Timing belt replacement at 110,000....it is now on 131,000.

dieseldog69 said:

Check to see if it has had new timing belts, if not then factor them in to the price and have the pump changed at the same time for peace of mind.

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I have seen a invoice for Timing belt replacement at 110,000....it is now on 131,000.

Cliffy123 said:

Can anybody give me advice for the cost for a Oil Pump Cover ? I have read that this is a necessity?, I am viewing 57 plate discovery at the weekend.

Also Compressor unit does not appear to have ever been replaced ? is this an issue

Iam new to land Rovers!

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Hi

As the other guys have said ,

Plus , can highly recommend to have the oil pump cover replaced ,is a must from 2007

Cost are £132 for the part https://www.advancedfactors.co.uk/lr076782-oem-fomoco-oil-pump-27-30tdv6-c2z31680-922725-p.asp

Plse make sure it’s done when front and rear belts are replaced , ensure the tensioners are also done, aux belt , also pays to have the water pump replaced at the same time seeing it’s apart

Garage at the most will be £1,400 for everything to be done , average price is around £8-900

Belts are done every 105,000 miles or 7 x years

Suspension compressors normally fail because of an air leak or the incandescent silica has turned to dust which blocks the filters and prematurely burns them out

Also done a buyers guide which I hope will help

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/buyers-guide.312800/

If u put a shout out on the D3 forum there are some fantastic mechanics who can do the job and come highly recommended

https://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/

Hope that helps

brian47 said:

@gstuart
One for you Gary?

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Thks for the heads up, have answered the OP

gstuart said:

Hi

As the other guys have said ,

Plus , can highly recommend to have the oil pump cover replaced ,is a must from 2007

Cost are £132 for the part https://www.advancedfactors.co.uk/lr076782-oem-fomoco-oil-pump-27-30tdv6-c2z31680-922725-p.asp

Plse make sure it’s done when front and rear belts are replaced , ensure the tensioners are also done, aux belt , also pays to have the water pump replaced at the same time seeing it’s apart

Garage at the most will be £1,400 for everything to be done , average price is around £8-900

Belts are done every 105,000 miles or 7 x years

Suspension compressors normally fail because of an air leak or the incandescent silica has turned to dust which blocks the filters and prematurely burns them out

Also done a buyers guide which I hope will help

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/buyers-guide.312800/

If u put a shout out on the D3 forum there are some fantastic mechanics who can do the job and come highly recommended

https://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/

Hope that helps

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Thank You! I have read through the buyers guide which is fantastic!

So if the belts have already been done then do the pump next time the belts are replaced ?

Cliffy123 said:

Thank You! I have read through the buyers guide which is fantastic!

So if the belts have already been done then do the pump next time the belts are replaced ?

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Hi

Glad it helped , if it hasn’t been done plse get the oil pump cover done ASAP , fingers crossed invoices will show it’s been done

If not plse check out the D3 forum and get one of the guys there to fit it for u

There’s a few of us D3/D4 owners here now so plse feel free to ask

Cliffy123 said:

Thank You! I have read through the buyers guide which is fantastic!

So if the belts have already been done then do the pump next time the belts are replaced ?

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The problem is the cost of an engine swap even second hand will be almost the value of the car at that age, so for the cost of an oil pump and belts you simply cant take the chance.
I tore mine down to do the pump only to find it had been done, gutted I was

Would this be something that would have been covered by a Land Rover warranty ? Recall ?

Cliffy123 said:

Would this be something that would have been covered by a Land Rover warranty ? Recall ?

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Nope as LR in their wisdom dont recognise it as an issue, same as the broken crank/spun shell issue, best of all and you will like this, its not even covered under the official 2nd hand land rover warranty scheme as the 3rd party scheme providers recognise it as a manufactures defect!
The oil pimp casting has been modified a couple of times at least, to beef up the cembelt tensioner mount.

To be fair cranks sanpping are quite rare, but its well publicised
Oil pump failures tend to happen after a cambelt change and is possibly attributed to the mech tightening the bolt to tight starteing the weakening process

I reckon there two main issues, 1 is the oil change interval is to long and 2, the oil quantity is woefully inadequate 5.5 to 6 litres in what is quite a large diesel engine, add in to long between oil changes!

lynall said:

and 2, the oil quantity is woefully inadequate 5.5 to 6 litres in what is quite a large diesel engine

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I never knew it was that small, a 2.5 td5 is 7.5litres on a drain and refill