TD5 Discovery2. Hole in rocker cover!

This site contains affiliate links for which LandyZone may be compensated if you make a purchase.

skirabb

Member
Posts
63
Location
Hertfordshire
Hi everyone,

So driving along normally, under acceleration there wasa kind of "fffert" noise then lost all power and won't restart.

Got recovered home and upon further investigation found a hole in the rocker cover! See the photo attached.

I assume the timing chain has given up and tried to escape? Any thoughts? I haven't had time to much more diagnosis than this.

53 plate, 160k miles

Cheers
Ash

IMG_20200127_210223_872.jpg
 
Hi everyone,

So driving along normally, under acceleration there wasa kind of "fffert" noise then lost all power and won't restart.

Got recovered home and upon further investigation found a hole in the rocker cover! See the photo attached.

I assume the timing chain has given up and tried to escape? Any thoughts? I haven't had time to much more diagnosis than this.

53 plate, 160k miles

Cheers
Ash

View attachment 199090
It looks like either the chain let go or the chain tensioner has gone.
You should pop off the cover and investigate, may be a bit late but dont try and spin it over until you find out.
 
Have you taken the rocker cover off? Wondering how many pieces the camshaft is in?

Have you had anything done in that area recently?
 
Have you taken the rocker cover off? Wondering how many pieces the camshaft is in?

Have you had anything done in that area recently?

Haven't had time yet, first job for the weekend.

No work recently, possible rebuild of some sort 100k miles ago but no details on that.
 
so if i've got lucky and its not damaged the valve train or pistons, can i take the timing cover off without removing the head or sump? anyone done this before?
 
Last edited:
so if i've got lucky and its not damaged the valve train or cylinders, can i take the timing cover off without removing the head or sump? anyone done this before?

It looks like you still have some bits of rocker cover missing in action, I would be wanting to do a full strip down to check everything before running it again. Head off, it's not a major drama to do.
 
The bolts we use cost £36 a set, gaskets are normally £35-40 depending on which one you are using.
Take a tip and buy good quality bolts and gasket, I bought OEM ones which came in a blue box, and ended up doing it twice.
Bought some German made bolts which were fine.
Used an elring gasket.
You can take the alloy cover off (the one which is broken) and take a look it may help you to size up the job.
 
thanks for all the advice :)

yeah any recommendations on good quality parts are very welcome. not interested in saving a few quid and re-doing it!
 
Take a tip and buy good quality bolts and gasket, I bought OEM ones which came in a blue box, and ended up doing it twice.
Bought some German made bolts which were fine.
Used an elring gasket.
You can take the alloy cover off (the one which is broken) and take a look it may help you to size up the job.

The gaskets we use are Reinz or Elring. The bolts come from BG Automotive. Definitely not a blue bag job!
 
Back
Top