Disco 3 (LR3) Tdv6 oil pump/crank seal.

Guys, a few months ago I replaced the oil pump and belts etc on my Disco.

Yesterday I was gave it an Italian Tune Up, (I do this, normally around once a month) then on the 7 mile journey home I was getting the dreaded bong and a very faint flash of the oil light.

No power loss or smoke, so I kept on going.
Once home I immediately noticed a bad oil leak, from the front of the lump.

My first thought was the crank oil/pump seal.

I replaced this with the Victor Reinz seal (only because it comes with a crank fitting tool.) from Advanced Factors.

So today I stripped her down again and sure enough, the seal has popped out(see photo)....I fitted it bone dry and was very careful.

I’m now wondering why it’s popped out.... too much internal pressure I’m guessing, buy why?

Have a search on the d3/4 forum, have read about it a few times, and it seems you have to have genuine seal and the proper install tool?

Yup. Tomorrow it’ll have a new LR seal. Just hope no damage has been done by running on very little oil.

Jonnymoore1970 said:

Yup. Tomorrow it’ll have a new LR seal. Just hope no damage has been done by running on very little oil.

Click to expand...

Fingers crossed, the bloody things dont hold enough as it is.

All Put back together today with new LR seal, crank bolt and tensioner bolt.

When I emptied the sump only around 2 litres was left......

The oil pump squealed on start up and then once took some Magnatec in, became silent again.....so all good.

No leaks after test drive and the engine is quiet.

Happy days.....now to fix the other one.

Jonnymoore1970 said:

All Put back together today with new LR seal, crank bolt and tensioner bolt.

When I emptied the sump only around 2 litres was left......

The oil pump squealed on start up and then once took some Magnatec in, became silent again.....so all good.

No leaks after test drive and the engine is quiet.

Happy days.....now to fix the other one.

Click to expand...

Hello, how are you, I have suffered exactly the same experience as you, I have lost about 3 liters of oil, only the light did not turn on, and I realized when I returned home, the seal spit out a week after changing it, I myself was ELRING brand, in theory of good quality, and installed with great care.

I have already purchased the genuine seal and the screw, any recommendations for installing it? How did it go after installing the genuine one?