Land Rover oil problems

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by no fear

Dont want to but into your interesting stuff .Midweak i bought 1980 landrover 400 quid 1 month mot left took it over to Bures to organised 4x4 sand pit never done it before had a blinding day very tame compaired to other veterans .I would like some feedback on sites to brouse to see accessories and practicle modifications please

I assume it is a series III - is it 88 or 109???

http://www.chrisperfect.com/

Specialises in stuff to modify older Land rovers.

http://www.landroverclub.net/Club/HTML/Mainpage.php

This is a great site.

My mate had an old ex army 109 - loved it and called it Monty!!! Only needed a good clean off underneath and a spraying with waxoyl - he sold it for double what he paid!!!

[PeterR]

Thanks Codprawn,My new toy will need second hand front spring 40 pound on welding and i think steering will pass the mot so 900 pound i, ve been told i will get .so i think i shall sell and put towards something a bit meaner i.e newer or better condition to spend some time with my ever growing sons who tower over me maybe gain some street cred.I shall check out the sites thanks.

[The Garfish]

Originally Posted by no fear

i bought 1980 landrover 400 quid 1 month mot left

i doo ope dat aynt de wan dat olmic av jus sowld

gArf

[gavin]

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=...androver&meta=

[gavin]

http://www.amanet.co.uk/td5oilpumpfailure.htm


And here

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=...failures&meta=

[gavin]

http://www.carreview.com/cat/automob...5_1524crx.aspx

[Swifty]

So not a fan of Land Rover then...

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by gavin

http://www.carreview.com/cat/automob...5_1524crx.aspx

My God you are so sad - don't you have anything better to do? Why not start posting about Mitsubishi problems - Merc probs - Jeep probs????

You may recall I managed to tow a rather large RIB some distance without even breaking down........

[eupa]

Originally Posted by codprawn

My God you are so sad - don't you have anything better to do? Why not start posting about Mitsubishi problems - Merc probs - Jeep probs????

You may recall I managed to tow a rather large RIB some distance without even breaking down........

This thread still going on????????? - I see they gave you a 'ribbing" on your rib?- wasnt somebody going to eat their hat?? - if I recall

Jonathan

[gavin]

Originally Posted by Swifty

So not a fan of Land Rover then...

Have a look at the thread in its entierity, you will see I compliement Landies, Defenders especially, however thats where it stops, as I tell the truth about their unreliability and their host of mechanical defects, and in general poor engineering, deplorable corrision resistance and costly maintaince.
In various attempts to ridicule what I post I am slagged off, called names etc , a few guys who have Landies and are in Denial, come on here singing their praises etc, but as you can see, apart from insults slung at me , no credible links or evidence has been posted on this thread to sway my feelings about their build quality and reliability, or disprove the links to the various sites I have linked.
People can quite freely read surveys, owners synopsis of vehicle historys, links from the Landy enthuasists sites etc and posts to know problems, and press releases about the flawed td5 engine, released with known defects, and the whole debacle of the Freelander ands its inherrent head gasket failure.
I am only giving you the information, you can make your own decisions.
Codprawn can to his credit defend Landy, but we need proof, not insults

all that does is make me feel that what I am posting is correct and to his dislike.

[Hugh Jardon]

had oil coming out of my loom, all cos landrover did not block off an extra cable running from the loom in the head rocker area, so oil is forced down you loom into all the critical engine electrics...nice


landies have some poor designs and can be quite unreliable, have had 3 so know all about their faults and traits across the 200/300/td5.....but when they go wrong they are usually fairly cheap to fix yourself if you can turn your hand to it

[Kernow Buoy]

I've got 2, an 89 Defender V8 and an 04 Disco 3, The Defender so far in 4 years has never broken down but did need a cab crossmember renewing ( £200 fitted) f/o/s brake caliper and a new radiator, good I'd say for a 17 year old vehicle. The disco 3 has been all but faultless except the dealer servicing in an indicated handbrake fault which he needed 2 goes to get right The D3 quite simply is a superb all round car which nothing else I've driven can match, would I have them again? Too bloody right I would

[randski]

Originally Posted by Kernow

I've got 2, an 89 Defender V8 and an 04 Disco 3, The Defender so far in 4 years has never broken down but did need a cab crossmember renewing ( £200 fitted) f/o/s brake caliper and a new radiator, good I'd say for a 17 year old vehicle. The disco 3 has been all but faultless except the dealer servicing in an indicated handbrake fault which he needed 2 goes to get right The D3 quite simply is a superb all round car which nothing else I've driven can match, would I have them again? Too bloody right I would

But you do have a good local recovery service

[Kernow Buoy]

Originally Posted by randski

But you do have a good local recovery service

You mean Torey Canyon Bob and his Toyoilta?

[bedajim]

Wish I'd got a Land Rover

But no a nice new Nissan Navara and during the first six months it's had

new prop shaft as possible problems with it falling off

new transfer box, they tried to fix the sensors in the old one 6 times

new prop shafts as the old one's could of fallen out ??

rear lights failing, put down to the tow bar electrics being a mess (dealer fitted)

gaitor around the gear stick split and replaced

rear tail gate not locking on both sides and fitted off centre(now locking but off centre) best they can do

drivers door locks as and when but not a known fault so it has taken weeks to get the dealer to order the parts and last week they had it for a day only to tell me on collection that the wrong parts had been sent from Japan service manager's advice was" I should check the doors after locking the car on the key fob"

but best of all four new cooling fans as they keep hitting a bracket on the rad and smashing.
This was finally traced to the radiator not being in the bottom fixing holes which was my fault as I had fitted spot lights to the front????
Despite the fact they had had the car on 4 occasions for over six days in total and each time it left they said it was 100% I had to pay £566.00 before they would release the car and I never did find out why I would remove the rad to fit spot lights??

but on the bright side my mate has got a nice shinny 350z convertible and my Nissan has been a dream compared to his

But we can confirm all five of the local dealers are 100% t*****s in shinny suits

[Richard B]

If the dealer can't fix it, sounds like you may have a strong case for formally rejecting the vehicle.

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by bedajim

Wish I'd got a Land Rover

But no a nice new Nissan Navara and during the first six months it's had

new prop shaft as possible problems with it falling off

new transfer box, they tried to fix the sensors in the old one 6 times

new prop shafts as the old one's could of fallen out ??

rear lights failing, put down to the tow bar electrics being a mess (dealer fitted)

gaitor around the gear stick split and replaced

rear tail gate not locking on both sides and fitted off centre(now locking but off centre) best they can do


But we can confirm all five of the local dealers are 100% t*****s in shinny suits

I wonder if Gavin will now search the net all day long for problems with Nissans and keep telling the whole world not to buy one? Don't think so somehow!!!

[eupa]

if you dont wanst to pay out the bucks and need something that does'nt breakdown---- get a KIA SORENTO - tows 2800 kgs as well, and is extremely well built. mine is at the 40000 mile mark and never seen a garage.

jonathan

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by eupa

mine is at the 40000 mile mark and never seen a garage.

Do you not think it wise to get the oil changed?

[Lostboy]

Originally Posted by Kernow

I've got 2, an 89 Defender V8 and an 04 Disco 3, The Defender so far in 4 years has never broken down but did need a cab crossmember renewing ( £200 fitted) f/o/s brake caliper and a new radiator, good I'd say for a 17 year old vehicle. The disco 3 has been all but faultless except the dealer servicing in an indicated handbrake fault which he needed 2 goes to get right The D3 quite simply is a superb all round car which nothing else I've driven can match, would I have them again? Too bloody right I would

I'm glad you like the D3, particularly as I was keen to like it when I was looking for a good tow car/family lugger/allround toy. I drove the D3, XC90, X5, Cayenne, RR Sport and a few others before buying my VW Touareg and I'm afraid that if you can't match anything to your D3 it's simply because you haven't driven much else. The Cayenne/Touareg is as capable off-road (unlike the XC90 and X5 and yes I have driven them off-road in comparison) and is FAR better on the road than all of them. Mine is also more economical than the D3 TD6, faster and better VFM (£10k more for the equivalent D3 spec and servicing costs of nearly double that of the VW despite VW dealers uplifting their prices for Touareg servicing). It ended up being a no-brainer!