The inlet manifold was due to arrive at the Land Rover dealer last Thursday 6th Oct.

My garage rang them Friday, the part hasn't arrived and now they state they have no idea when it will.

That's seven weeks that the car has been off the road, absolute joke!!

Steve.

Maltings are a Land Rover dealer and have them back in stock:

https://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAP...spheader=1

Ballot your garage to buy from Maltings instead. It could be back on the road tomorrow afternoon (which imo i would have done from day 1 and just paid myself)! £500 is worth it just to have your car on the road then take the argument back up with whoever provides the warranty. 2015 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 SDV8

Thanks for the info Gary.

I just rang Maltings and they are also out of stock.

The dealer has agreed, from day one, to pay for the repair so the financial aspect of this issue has never been a problem.


Cheers,

Steve.

Maybe they were looking at the old part number?

The ebay item I linked shows they've got 2 in stock but the item numbers are for the L405 and L494 but the item says it fits the L322 engine also. 2015 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 SDV8

I think the fella I spoke to might well have done. I've just tried calling them back but he must be busy. I'll try again shortly.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272916567335?ch...ArEALw_wcB 2015 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 SDV8

That's not the part Gary. think that's the plenum chamber. The part I need is the nearside inlet manifold.

SETDV8, how clean/dirty was your old inlet manifold inside?
We know the intake is very dirty after EGR inlet, but interesting how fahr? You remove the manifold, so what can you say?

SETDV8 wrote:

That's not the part Gary. think that's the plenum chamber. The part I need is the nearside inlet manifold.

here are the part numbers for my recent nearside inlet Manifold replacement (with an updated part for the manifold)

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The part arrived, out of the blue, last Tuesday. Got the car back on Friday and all is well.

I've only driven it locally so far but I'm off to Heathrow tomorrow morning to pick up my son and daughter in law so it'll have a proper run.

I'd forgotten what a joy it was to drive, having said that, my circumstances will be changing in the near future so I may be selling it. For now though I'll enjoy it!!

Thanks again to everybody who contributed to this post with advice etc.

 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

AJGalaxy2012 wrote:

The usual culprits are the 4 x short hoses on the inlet manifold or a cracked inlet manifold. Look for sooty deposits around the inlet manfold or get a high pressure smoke test done.