Land rover 3.0 V6 Engine Failure !!

[Johnsond]

Hi all

Yet another 3.0 V6 letting go. happened to a good friend of mine in the outside lane on the motorway at 70MPH very lucky to get away with it as lost all power steering  etc . Thankfully under warranty. Another farmer I know with a Disco 4 is now on his second replacement engine both previous having been bottom end failures. Neither of the vehicles were of great age or mileage. Just though id put the pics up as its one of the better rod and block failures I've seen.

[Stihl123]

there has been engine failures on these but then think about the amount of disco 4's you see and keep that in mind.

there is loads on the road so there is going to seem to be more failures than other vehicles

vehicles that you don't see many of, also have failures but due to there being less, failures are going to seem less!!

so with this in mind, are they the as bad as alot make them out to be?

so looking at the amount of these vehicles as a % and the amount of failures of the total amount of disco 4's as a % it probably is the same as most vehicles

landrover sales are only going up all the time so they must be doing something right....

 

confession, i'm a landrover lover... 

 

[Johnsond]

21 minutes ago, Stihl123 said:

there has been engine failures on these but then think about the amount of disco 4's you see and keep that in mind.

there is loads on the road so there is going to seem to be more failures than other vehicles

vehicles that you don't see many of, also have failures but due to there being less, failures are going to seem less!!

so with this in mind, are they the as bad as alot make them out to be?

so looking at the amount of these vehicles as a % and the amount of failures of the total amount of disco 4's as a % it probably is the same as most vehicles

landrover sales are only going up all the time so they must be doing something right....

 

confession, i'm a landrover lover... 

 

Yeah I hear what you are saying I ran a patrol with  ZD 30 engine  for 9 years and took it up to 153 K yet they were supposed to be prone to going bang or so some forums would have you believe.

The Farmer with the Disco 4 was quoted 12k by Land rover for the second engine as it was out of warranty. The tech at the dealership told him they are having the same jobs come in on a weekly basis. Prior to the 4 he was running a  2.7 Disco 3 The son drives a 110 pick up and plays off road with an ex MOD 90 the daughter drives a evoque so id say they too are rather keen on the product. Yeah they are definitely good sellers for sure but that the 3.0 V6 engine has some serious issues, Im sure some more knowledgeable people will comment on what's causing them to let go.

[Stihl123]

yeah i'm just trying to be positive as we have our second disco 4 now... did 88k or something on the first and new one is on 25k

just hoping we aren't going to have this problem! yes, be interesting if anyone does know anything on the what's the course....