Bodsy wrote:

you wont get the parts needed. LR dont release them to anyone other than the specific company that re-cons them for them. Additionally they are also slightly overbored with new pistons etc.

RRSTDV8 wrote:

Is the 3.6 not being used by anyone anymore? Wow. It's quite scary that a relatively new vehicle could be laid up for weeks waiting for a part to be reconditioned.

@simple1 - has the dealer removed your engine and got it ready for shipping to the recon guys? Or are they waiting for a replacement to become available before removing yours? Seems to me that if there is a shortage of ready-to-fit recon engines around then they may as well recon yours and give it back to you.

A few words of warning to all bullet proof 3.6 TDV8 owners Get rid before your vehicle becomes worthless should your engine go BANG!!!

Ady, I was thinking something similar. Certainly, if I have a turbo fail then I think I'll be selling the vehicle as soon as the turbo is replaced... 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

If this is the case with these engines, then for the engineers in the know, this could be a great buisness oportunity There are a lot of 3.6 range rovers out there.

I know engines are rebuilt, but at what point does it become beyond economical repair? Taking mine as siezed solid, it will require rebore new pistons, rods and certainly crank ground. New camshafts and possibly heads. That's way beyond 6 grand in parts alone. Add vacuum pumps, cam followers, valves and rest of long shopping list and you get about 18 grand by my maths at retail prices. Hairy scarey
Looks like I best SORN it for a while as due taxed  2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

RRSTDV8 wrote:

Bodsy wrote:

you wont get the parts needed. LR dont release them to anyone other than the specific company that re-cons them for them. Additionally they are also slightly overbored with new pistons etc.

Sounds like an illegal restriction on trade on LR's part.

My thoughts exactly

No wonder it's costing so much  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Week 8 and still no engine nor an ETA for one.
Yet again, Land Rover have managed to destroy any faith placed in them  2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

8 weeks waiting for parts when they are built in the UK is ridiculous  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

It's flippin mad, but as LR keep telling me, the V8 is so reliable that there are simply no core engines being retuned for "re-manufacture".
By the time my own is rebored it will be a 4.4  2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

Or.... they have so many blowing they can't keep up with demand  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

It used to be possible to see on parts system, what the turnover of each part was. System has now been modified so that parts dept can't see this info any longer. Simply says whether parts are in stock in either Solihull or Liverpool. My contact at Executive Office, in hisweekly late Friday email assures me he is on the case and chasing daily.  2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

simple1 wrote:

It's flippin mad, but as LR keep telling me, the V8 is so reliable that there are simply no core engines being returned for "re-manufacture".
By the time my own is rebored it will be a 4.4

Rebored to 4.4 will be fine so long as it also gives you a performance improvement - otherwise it'll just cost more to run for no benefit. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

As our cousins across the pond say, "there's no substitute for cubic capacity". Say it with Texan drawl and it sounds impressive.
Realistically it will get +10 pistons adding 80 cc to its 3.6 only upside to remanufactured engine is the block won't be green so should be better than a new engine  2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜