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• New Engine

• Well, I cycled in to the dealer (no courtesy cars available) to pick up mine with new engine in. All done under "goodwill" ie JLR repaying the dealer. So far so good but only done about 20 ...
rb1965 Replies: 46 Views: 26890 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 1st Dec 2020 3:46 pm Subject: Car back with new engine

• New Engine

• given the experiences outlined here I'm not sure a 2nd hand engine is a great idea... dunno how the franchised dealer system works in Malawi, could your supplying garage not help or was it bought priv ...
rb1965 Replies: 46 Views: 26890 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 5th Nov 2020 4:25 pm Subject: New Engine

• New Engine

• Just been into the garage this morning today - after the additional testing the replacement engine under goodwill has been approved and the parts ordered. Not a stock item so god knows when it will b ...
rb1965 Replies: 46 Views: 26890 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 2nd Nov 2020 12:25 pm Subject: New Engine

• New Engine

• Can't remember off hand... might have been the dealer, might have been JLR writing. I will have look at correspondence file but may not have kept. Nothing on email just done a search
rb1965 Replies: 46 Views: 26890 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 24th Oct 2020 4:30 pm Subject: New Engine

• New Engine

• I stupidly turned down the extended warranty because I thought £1k pa was extortionate. Now I know why it was so high... should have figured the logic... it's high because it would be needed...
rb1965 Replies: 46 Views: 26890 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 24th Oct 2020 4:24 pm Subject: New Engine

• New Engine

• same situation. this is latest from dealer...
  
  "The car is still booked in for Monday, no parts have been ordered yet as FRED have rejected the engine replacement request.
  They want even furt ...
rb1965 Replies: 46 Views: 26890 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 24th Oct 2020 2:03 pm Subject: New Engine

• New Engine

• Hello all,
  Just a small question... Are these engines that are having issues the petrol or diesel 2l versions? If petrol, is it the P200, P250 or P300.
  
  Only asking as my wife has the P200 in her s ...
rb1965 Replies: 46 Views: 26890 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 20th Oct 2020 9:15 am Subject: New Engine

• New Engine

• I regret not getting the SD6, although I have averaged 36mpg before these problems with the SD4, which I think is pretty good for such a big car, I think the bigger smoother engine would suit it bette ...
rb1965 Replies: 46 Views: 26890 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 20th Oct 2020 9:12 am Subject: New Engine

• New Engine

• Thanks 🙏
  MD are suffering from a huge amount of warranty work and I have heard quite a few “technicians “ have left Helstone Garage Group which puts pressure on bookings.
  If their employees ...
rb1965 Replies: 46 Views: 26890 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 20th Oct 2020 9:02 am Subject: New Engine

• New Engine

• Hi all my car is 3.5 years, 2.0L, 40000 miles. Diagnosed firstly with VVT solenoid failure, that fixed the warning light and some but not all symptoms, now told that "loss of compression" m ...
rb1965 Replies: 46 Views: 26890 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 19th Oct 2020 5:43 pm Subject: engine failure