Garage wrecked my Range Rover engine… please help
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The Wookie said:
Sorry but the guy isn’t giving you correct info, this happened to my old man a split second after starting his 2014 RR 5.0 SC, absolutely destroyed the engine, seized solid and it wasn’t even idling.
Unfortunately it’s just bad timing (no pun intended) with a known fault on these engines. It could have gone at any moment and arguably bad luck on the second garage’s part frankly that it happened in their custodianship.
Frankly I’m surprised it was running badly before it went, Dad’s one was on similar mileage and was running perfectly right up until it turned itself inside out.
You could argue that it was unwise to run it given garage 1’s report (assuming they knew), but if you drove it there I can understand why they might think it warranted further investigation before they billed you for work that didn’t need doing and didn’t fix the fault.
Not sure OP will get the benefit of this, given they decried PH and all who dwell within back on page 1. Unfortunately it’s just bad timing (no pun intended) with a known fault on these engines. It could have gone at any moment and arguably bad luck on the second garage’s part frankly that it happened in their custodianship.
Frankly I’m surprised it was running badly before it went, Dad’s one was on similar mileage and was running perfectly right up until it turned itself inside out.
You could argue that it was unwise to run it given garage 1’s report (assuming they knew), but if you drove it there I can understand why they might think it warranted further investigation before they billed you for work that didn’t need doing and didn’t fix the fault.
Edited by The Wookie on Saturday 29th June 21:58
I think that if a mechanic tried telling me that the valves were smashed by someone turning the engine backwards I'd be slightly suspicious that I'd accidentally wandered into the local loony bin not a garage.
For a mechanic to try that level of bulls
t on the OP must be a lady of have been assumed to be one by the pisstaker.
For a mechanic to try that level of bulls
t on the OP must be a lady of have been assumed to be one by the pisstaker. Giantt said:
Surely real problem here is...£28k owing on 2016 car?
The V8s are still trading around £30-£35. One would think that with all the frothing media coverage about how they're all being stolen and no one wants them they'd be £10k but I suspect the media might have been over blowing things which would be very unusual for them. Edited by Giantt on Saturday 29th June 23:47
Lots of questions, of course.
But I do wonder, after the stories we have heard on here over time about Range Rovers, is why anybody takes the chance of car breakdown roulette with a JLR product, almost anything from Jaguar or Land Rover, Range Rover.
Buy a nice Lexus instead. You know it makes sense.
But I do wonder, after the stories we have heard on here over time about Range Rovers, is why anybody takes the chance of car breakdown roulette with a JLR product, almost anything from Jaguar or Land Rover, Range Rover.
Buy a nice Lexus instead. You know it makes sense.
Alickadoo said:
Lots of questions, of course.
But I do wonder, after the stories we have heard on here over time about Range Rovers, is why anybody takes the chance of car breakdown roulette with a JLR product, almost anything from Jaguar or Land Rover, Range Rover.
Buy a nice Lexus instead. You know it makes sense.
One could rationalise it by appreciating that the U.K. is a nation of both gambling and finance addicts so the ultimate buzz is to go balls deep on a used JLR product. An act that delivers sheer excitement every day, never knowing if that day is the day all six numbers come in in the turn of a key. But I do wonder, after the stories we have heard on here over time about Range Rovers, is why anybody takes the chance of car breakdown roulette with a JLR product, almost anything from Jaguar or Land Rover, Range Rover.
Buy a nice Lexus instead. You know it makes sense.
But the reality is that they are lovely cars and available with a V8. The medja loves to over hype the issues but the factory lemons do tend to reveal themselves within the first three years so there are a few key things one can do to mitigate some of the risk such as paying full attention to every little bit of service history from start to finish, checking the postcodes of previous owners/MOT locations. Insurance remains sensible if you aren't abandoning it on the street or in view of the street in an area where one's neighbours like to harvest spare parts without permission. You also want to have a good indy locally and be willing to have some work done before problems arise rather than waiting until after. Personally, the one thing I categorically wouldn't be doing is getting one if it required excessive financing as that just screams a shortage of funds to fix and enjoy and if money is that tight then there are probably far smarter things to be doing than bumbling around in £30k of debt, insurance loans and doing 20mpg.
Sixsixtysix said:
Op had a similar flounce when they last posted 7 years ago. I don't know they don't just start their posts with "please only tell me what I want to hear".
Here if anyone’s interested. It’s quite funnyhttps://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
The Wookie said:
Sorry but the guy isn’t giving you correct info, this happened to my old man a split second after starting his 2014 RR 5.0 SC, absolutely destroyed the engine, seized solid and it wasn’t even idling.
Unfortunately it’s just bad timing (no pun intended) with a known fault on these engines. It could have gone at any moment and arguably bad luck on the second garage’s part frankly that it happened in their custodianship.
Frankly I’m surprised it was running badly before it went, Dad’s one was on similar mileage and was running perfectly right up until it turned itself inside out.
You could argue that it was unwise to run it given garage 1’s report (assuming they knew), but if you drove it there I can understand why they might think it warranted further investigation before they billed you for work that didn’t need doing and didn’t fix the fault.
Thought the known issue was with the earlier 5.0 engines with the 6.3mm timing chain not the later ones with the 8.0mm chain. The more common problems seem to be to me the water pump and plastic coolant pipes.Unfortunately it’s just bad timing (no pun intended) with a known fault on these engines. It could have gone at any moment and arguably bad luck on the second garage’s part frankly that it happened in their custodianship.
Frankly I’m surprised it was running badly before it went, Dad’s one was on similar mileage and was running perfectly right up until it turned itself inside out.
You could argue that it was unwise to run it given garage 1’s report (assuming they knew), but if you drove it there I can understand why they might think it warranted further investigation before they billed you for work that didn’t need doing and didn’t fix the fault.
Edited by The Wookie on Saturday 29th June 21:58
georgeyboy12345 said:
Sixsixtysix said:
Op had a similar flounce when they last posted 7 years ago. I don't know they don't just start their posts with "please only tell me what I want to hear".
Here if anyone’s interested. It’s quite funnyhttps://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
eldar said:
georgeyboy12345 said:
Sixsixtysix said:
Op had a similar flounce when they last posted 7 years ago. I don't know they don't just start their posts with "please only tell me what I want to hear".
Here if anyone’s interested. It’s quite funnyhttps://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Gordon Hill said:
eldar said:
georgeyboy12345 said:
Sixsixtysix said:
Op had a similar flounce when they last posted 7 years ago. I don't know they don't just start their posts with "please only tell me what I want to hear".
Here if anyone’s interested. It’s quite funnyhttps://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
There's also carpetgate: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Obviously some bits of a carpet kit for a kit car from multiple manufacturers is going to need fettling. No one is going to create dedicated templates for every DAX version over the years let alone all the other Cobra replicas.
Then there is Insurancegate: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
I think they just spend first, research after or the bloke does and then leaves his poor wife to do all the complex stuff.
georgeyboy12345 said:
Did anyone pull her up on “private engineer”, wtf is a private engineer anyway? Why didn’t he fix it?
I'm your private engineer
An engineer for money
I'll do what you want me to do
I'm your private engineer
An engineer for money
And any old V8 will do
LMAO I have an image of an old guy with dirty fingernails in a flat cap lace panties and fishnets… thanks lolI'm your private engineer
An engineer for money
I'll do what you want me to do
I'm your private engineer
An engineer for money
And any old V8 will do
Has this thread been heavily moderated? I can’t see any real meanness to the OP?
DonkeyApple said:
Gordon Hill said:
eldar said:
georgeyboy12345 said:
Sixsixtysix said:
Op had a similar flounce when they last posted 7 years ago. I don't know they don't just start their posts with "please only tell me what I want to hear".
Here if anyone’s interested. It’s quite funnyhttps://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
There's also carpetgate: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Obviously some bits of a carpet kit for a kit car from multiple manufacturers is going to need fettling. No one is going to create dedicated templates for every DAX version over the years let alone all the other Cobra replicas.
Then there is Insurancegate: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
I think they just spend first, research after or the bloke does and then leaves his poor wife to do all the complex stuff.
Seems that way.
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