Diesel Range Rover engine gone pop..
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A colleague who owns a 2004 Range Rover seems to have had some kind of oil blockage which has resulted in the engine giving up the ghost. She has been quoted nearly 7k for a replacement engine fitted by a main dealer(!!) and offered £700 for it by the garage if she wants to get rid. Now, as you can imagine she's pretty fed up but thinks (quite rightly) that £700 is daylight robbery.
Surely, it would be possible to get a reconditioned one fitted cheaper, no? If she is adamant on getting rid, I'm thinking of putting in an offer. What do you think would be the max to offer?
Any help is appreciated
Surely, it would be possible to get a reconditioned one fitted cheaper, no? If she is adamant on getting rid, I'm thinking of putting in an offer. What do you think would be the max to offer?
Any help is appreciated
One assumes its a TD6 range rover.
Its a 6 cylinder BMW engine ....normally very robust but can suffer if the engine breathers are not changed at service and the turbo starts consuming the engine oil until it seizes.
The engine is shared with the X5 / 330 530 + 730.
You can normally pick up a 2nd hand one for £1500 minus ancillaries ...but the orginal engine will have them.
So allow £1000 to change ...£1500 for engine and £500 contingency fund ...it sounds like a £3k problem to me.
You need to buy an engine of the same era ...the newer engine has the crank sensor in a different location so the present ecu will be no good.
Its a 6 cylinder BMW engine ....normally very robust but can suffer if the engine breathers are not changed at service and the turbo starts consuming the engine oil until it seizes.
The engine is shared with the X5 / 330 530 + 730.
You can normally pick up a 2nd hand one for £1500 minus ancillaries ...but the orginal engine will have them.
So allow £1000 to change ...£1500 for engine and £500 contingency fund ...it sounds like a £3k problem to me.
You need to buy an engine of the same era ...the newer engine has the crank sensor in a different location so the present ecu will be no good.
budrover said:
One assumes its a TD6 range rover.
Its a 6 cylinder BMW engine ....normally very robust but can suffer if the engine breathers are not changed at service and the turbo starts consuming the engine oil until it seizes.
The engine is shared with the X5 / 330 530 + 730.
You can normally pick up a 2nd hand one for £1500 minus ancillaries ...but the orginal engine will have them.
So allow £1000 to change ...£1500 for engine and £500 contingency fund ...it sounds like a £3k problem to me.
You need to buy an engine of the same era ...the newer engine has the crank sensor in a different location so the present ecu will be no good.
Tx bud. A mechanic mate has said that he would swap them over for about £500 however programming would have to be done by a 3rd party as he doesn't have the gear. Ok, so all I need to get now is a decent refurbed engine. Know of anywhere reputable that can supply or is it just a case of trawling ebay? Any advice you can give with regard to finding a new 'lump'? I'm wary as I don't want to be buying some trashed pos off ebay.Its a 6 cylinder BMW engine ....normally very robust but can suffer if the engine breathers are not changed at service and the turbo starts consuming the engine oil until it seizes.
The engine is shared with the X5 / 330 530 + 730.
You can normally pick up a 2nd hand one for £1500 minus ancillaries ...but the orginal engine will have them.
So allow £1000 to change ...£1500 for engine and £500 contingency fund ...it sounds like a £3k problem to me.
You need to buy an engine of the same era ...the newer engine has the crank sensor in a different location so the present ecu will be no good.
(As you may have picked up, I've never done this sort of thing before and mechanical knowledge is limited to bikes thus far
) 
If I was the owner I would snap your hand off @ 4G, spoke to a friend main dealer today they right them off with the insurer. Let us know the full cost when you get it done if you get that far. Ho & how well it runs when you have finish? & don’t forget while the engines out recondition the box and the oil cooler for the gearbox it will have been over heated you can bet your life on that, sounds like cheap skate servicing gone on through out its life.
The reason they are written off is because customers are too f
king gullble / stupid / rich or whatever. Four grand is cheap as its up to 15 grand up and running.
I had a look around yesterday and can source an engine and box without too much trouble so 3 grand tops should get the car back on the road so buy it for a grand, repair it for 3K and sell for around 15000k ( ok lets say 12k to fair).
Hello 8 grand profit in less than a month
king gullble / stupid / rich or whatever. Four grand is cheap as its up to 15 grand up and running.I had a look around yesterday and can source an engine and box without too much trouble so 3 grand tops should get the car back on the road so buy it for a grand, repair it for 3K and sell for around 15000k ( ok lets say 12k to fair).
Hello 8 grand profit in less than a month
Edited by Stinkfoot on Friday 2nd March 09:30
ok` did you forget £100 per hour labour charge new turbo not forgetting this is old eng/gearbox may last a week are you going to pull it down first and look inside cost again other problems transfer unit final drive unit workshop costs a ramp & tools. The only way is the right way new engine & gearbox away to a specialist. I don’t want it, but how many of you have your own workshop at hand to deal with this kind of work very few I would say. Look on ebay full of back garden unfinished projects.
topguns said:
ok` did you forget £100 per hour labour charge new turbo not forgetting this is old eng/gearbox may last a week are you going to pull it down first and look inside cost again other problems transfer unit final drive unit workshop costs a ramp & tools. The only way is the right way new engine & gearbox away to a specialist. I don’t want it, but how many of you have your own workshop at hand to deal with this kind of work very few I would say. Look on ebay full of back garden unfinished projects.
£100 per hour labour?? 
Where are you going for £100 labour rates?
My local garages are £30-50 an hour, i recon with new engine and full service, inc flushing out the gearbox oils and diffs etc, you could do it all for 3 grand all in.
Are you the seller by any chance?
found this one for your lady friend if I find any more I will put it on this page for you
Tel: 0777 2 555 164
BREAKING RANGE ROVER VOGUE DIESEL 2004 MODEL
PLEASE NOTE: I have diesel parts only!!!
Please RING for a speedy response as not always in the office
I DO NOT have any 4.4 V8 petrol engines ... sorry...
Engine has covered 54K miles, complete with injectors & diesel pump, air-con compressor, power steering pump, inlet manifold, engine wiring loom, viscose fan, alternator & exhaust manifold, all perfect working condition,
well this is one £2500
I am not the one talking £££££££££ profit! if porche man has a power unit get on the phone to them help the poor lady out, I am sure you can let them have it for £1500 delivered with a 50`000 mile warenty? I can but it will cost 7k for me to do it, no brainer your the man.
A.J.M said:
£100 per hour labour??
Where are you going for £100 labour rates?
My local garages are £30-50 an hour, i recon with new engine and full service, inc flushing out the gearbox oils and diffs etc, you could do it all for 3 grand all in.
Are you the seller by any chance?
Where are you going for £100 labour rates?
My local garages are £30-50 an hour, i recon with new engine and full service, inc flushing out the gearbox oils and diffs etc, you could do it all for 3 grand all in.
Are you the seller by any chance?
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