Well, I've got the car back on the drive and gave it a good clean and chucked it on ebay.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266365321473

I don't think I'm unreasonable in my price given someone with experience could swap the engine and still end up with a car a few quid cheaper. 2013 FFRR Vogue SE

Good luck with the sale Martyn.

They look good in Green, Rare too. overfinch modified

Good luck, what a shame as such a lovely car

SDV8 in my 2018 AB failed after only 40 k. miles. All services done as required. Don’t know what caused the damage, symptoms were knocking noise and metal shavings in the oil.

May guess is its oil dilution, turbo's spin at a very high speed, they need the correct oil wedge and dilution is not a Turbo's friend.
Would be interesting to compare failure rates compared with pre DPF engines.
Some owners it seems, just change the oil once per year.

And didn't JLR change the software on SDV8 so oil service command (dilution) was changed from 7% to 10% dilution, thats almost a 50% change on the previous limit!!!! Of course done to try and reduce complaints of customers receiving frequent oil service commands? 2018 SE SDV8 4.4 Byron Blue

The oil was changed on my car literally the week before so I doubt it was oil dilution in this case unless I had a dodgy injector or something. 2013 FFRR Vogue SE

Oil dilution is more so on the AdBlue cars 16.5MY>

Whats the fault with it Martyn? Hole in the block as you expected or something else? 2020 Range Rover D350 AB
2017 Range Rover SDV6 AB - Sold
2021 Aston Martin DBS Superleggera
2017 Aston Martin DB11 V12 - Sold
2021 Tesla Model 3 Long Range - Sold
2014 Range Rover SDV8 - Sold
2014 Bentley Continental GT Speed - Onyx Black - Sold

I don’t know unfortunately, I don’t have the time or the inclination to dig any further. 2013 FFRR Vogue SE

Cam-Tech-Craig wrote:

Oil dilution is more so on the AdBlue cars 16.5MY>

If you're interested you could try QP Online. they are a specialist for land rover rebuilds and do all the work inhouse.
They are based in the south east. 2017 SDV8 4.4 silicon silver AB
2012 TDV8 4.4 Stornaway Grey AB
2011 TDV8 4.4 Buckingham Blue
2012 VW V6 3.0 Tougreg

So, hopefully the vehicle is now sold, I'm just waiting for the buyer to get in touch.

Whilst removing my bits and pieces from the vehicle I plugged my IID tool in and read the codes, the only code logged for the engine was the below:

PCM-Engine TDV8

P0235-17 (2 Turbocharger/supercharger boost sensor A circuit - General electrical failure - circuit voltage above threshold
( on 06-08-2023 10:39:57 at 82227 mi ) 2013 FFRR Vogue SE

Turbo overspeeding causing power spike? 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

I'm not sure why this was moved to 'My Range Rover' but either way I thought I'd follow up on what was found by the new keeper.

- There was a pretty decent sized hole in the sump caused by a failed conrod.
- The gudgeon pin for the failed conrod was trying escape.
- The block was cracked.
- Both intercooler hoses had alot of oil in them.

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Very interesting, thanks for updating. What have you bought to replace it..?? Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green (Fatty Offroader) Sold
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