Northern, Baron, Kurt - Cheers for the last few posts. Cheered me up a bit. Hope to pick it up next Saturday.

Does anyone know if the 2.7 TDV6 pistons/connecting rods fit the TDV8 engine?

Apologies for the delay - have been away
The warranty company would not cover the engine failure [not LandRover]
The engine was carefully maintained and, yes I had to pay for it myself. What value is a Range rover with a busted engine.....?
I only responded to the original post because the question was "had anyone heard of such a failure"

I have several friends with TDV8s - tow have done a higher mileage than I have without major problems. If you have a full service history get the Land Rover extended warranty. I doubt if there is any difference between the sport and the rr engines btw

I've just been on the phone to the garage earlier today, so far they have found the left side turbo seized solid and the right side has loads of play in it so that's knackered too. Now they are going to strip down the block and see if it's done any damage to the engine.

What's the chances of bits of turbo been ingested into the engine if the right hand turbo still spins but with play on the shaft and the left hand one been seized solid?

I don't know the answer to that. I suspect only if you had a dynamic failure not if it had "just" seized
I had a report done on my failed turbo and the functioning turbo by:

Turbo Dynamics Headquarters:
20-21 Somerford Business Park
Wilverley Road
Christchurch
Dorset
BH23 3RU

+44 (0) 1202 487497

see their web site

contact is Tom Russell and they were excellent and clearly very expeienced

Some good news this morning...there doesn't appear to be any damage to the engine block or pistons following a full strip down. The Cylinder heads are been sent away to be pressure tested to see if they were causing the crankcase to pressurise and then skimmed to be refitted. Will keep this thread updated so it can maybe help someone in the future...

Good news. Please for you.

Just as a note, the tdv8 was never offered in the gulf states, now to a large degree why would they as petrol is cheaper than water.

But I was informed that during testing the even on the FFRR the engine packaging just couldnt provide the required cooling for the testing that was run (such as blasting up and down some dunes for a bit, then parking on top of a dune, HVAC on full blast and then putting a blanket on the bonnet and leaving it running for a good while (heat soak and hotspots etc) .....

So, I also let the turbo/oil cool off, on any engine having had a reminder at Eastnor for letting a td5 Defender stall while driving 'with passion' in Clenchers during refresher training .... I always allow 10-15 seconds depending on usgae and external temps etc

Average temperatures for say Saudi Arabia and inland WA are roughly the same ( fuel is bit more expensive mind ) and you largely only get Desisels here , so Land Rover must have some confidence in the cooling but i do get a guilty smugness knowing my engine can't lunch on its turbo's and it is said that Spurts eat more turbo's than Fatties because of lack of space and heat build up. 2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

Another update, it looks like what caused it is the oil pump failing so they are replacing that along with 2 new turbos. It burnt a valve out due to oil filling one of the cylinder heads and it also did a head gasket on one side as well. Hoping to get it back at the end of this week with a bill for just shy of 4k...better than a new engine I suppose!

One of the few times when a £4k bill seems like good news

Good ish news, did they strip the bottom end as well, just as a thought if they have got it in that many pieces it may be worth asking them to replace wearing surfaces on bearings and anything at the top end which shows any signs of wear whlst it is apart, pretty much a reconditioned engine then...... There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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SKOT wrote:

PM me if you want the Indy's number. He has fixed a few of these now and probably has some tips to share surrounding diagnosis and solutions.

Depends where you are in Cambs but I know a good indie Cambs/Norfolk border who look after a lot of L322's. Approved LR service agent so even new vehicles under warranty can be serviced by them but labour charges are considerably less!!

I'm in the far southwest of Cambs but a good Indy is worth traveling to! At the moment, the only recommendation I have had from a reliable source is for a guy up in Bury Lancs so your recommended Indy is a little nearer and details via PM would be appreciated.