P38 Cold Idle Issue

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Advice please

570 miles after having the engine/flywheel/clutch swapped at a Land Rover specialist for a low milage unit. My flywheel has now gone again. Rattling like hell when you set off and turn the engine on and off. It just suddenly went driving home. One little rattle putting away and then next time I pulled away that was it awful.

it’s a well known specialist (I won’t name and shame yet). Who did it as a cash in hand job but still a decent bit of money.

I’m aware it being a cash in hand job ive no real consumer rights. But morally I think they’ve sort of ****ed up. As if they’ve not even checked the flywheel they’ve put in.

where do I stand? I’m going to find up tomorrow and politely explain. But this isn’t a back street garage it’s a well established specialist in a very very affluent area

getting to the point now where I’m sick of the car and looking at 200tdi pickups (the eventual plan anyway as I hold a US nationality as well as U.K. and can import Tax free)
 
I would have fitted new clutch and dmf with engine/gearbox out. Very much false economy not to. Not helpful with your position but don't know how you'd stand.
 
I would have fitted new clutch and dmf with engine/gearbox out. Very much false economy not to. Not helpful with your position but don't know how you'd stand.

the one installed on with the new engine was on 100k and the clutch on 5k. Assured by them it was a solid unit.

honestly on any other car or my 65” Chevy I would spend the money. But on a car that’s never worth more than a grand it’s hard to justify a £900 flywheel
 
the one installed on with the new engine was on 100k and the clutch on 5k. Assured by them it was a solid unit.

honestly on any other car or my 65” Chevy I would spend the money. But on a car that’s never worth more than a grand it’s hard to justify a £900 flywheel
100K a dmf is ready to fail
 
Someone on LZ fitted a solid one some time ago, a decent engineering shop could make one for a lot less than a dmf

I think I’m at the point now looking at realistic projected spending and condition of the car. That if some deal isn’t made with the specialist to put this right when I ring up tomorrow. That it’s just getting driven until it’s scrap.
 
I think I’m at the point now looking at realistic projected spending and condition of the car. That if some deal isn’t made with the specialist to put this right when I ring up tomorrow. That it’s just getting driven until it’s scrap.

I’ve got to get my Chevy back on the road. At least I can justify the money on that!
 
See what the guy that did the job says, cash in hand jobs reflect more on his reputation to locals than the stealer jobs, he may well look after you.


I’m really hoping so. The experience with the garage was 100% positive. Family run, seem to have a very loyal customer base. Very much enthusiast run.

I’m hoping that we will be able to work something out. If it had been a few thousand miles I’d of been thinking fair play just one of those things. But 500miles just screams it wasn’t even looked at
 
I’m really hoping so. The experience with the garage was 100% positive. Family run, seem to have a very loyal customer base. Very much enthusiast run.

I’m hoping that we will be able to work something out. If it had been a few thousand miles I’d of been thinking fair play just one of those things. But 500miles just screams it wasn’t even looked at
Not easily possible to see that the bonding on the rubber is about to let go.
 
@Datatek is this dmf only on automatics?
Or does the manual have one? Do they fail through wear and tear or would something else cause it to fail like bad engine or gearbox?

@Nialox hope you get it sorted mate?
 
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