Recent content by p m

Read again, 370kmi. The truck's at 387kmi now.

from the standpoint of average under-axle clearance across entire track.

Before the $76k Grenadier, the choice of LR4 and 385-kmi Classic pushed us to rent a Suburban or a Tahoe or a Wagoneer on a few recent cross-country trips. Wagoneer was the oddest of the bunch - with ridiculous gas mileage (22 mpg on a 2800-mile trip), but it earned nobody's love. Compared to...

I am sure they gave the big boys slightly better stuff; but, since in 2010 LR wasn't even aware of the issue, I don't think early ones had anything different. FWIW, the frequency of 2.7/3.0 diesel crankshaft failures overseas for D3/D4/RRS is about the same.

IIRC, I took the LR4 in for chain tensioners around 155kmi, owned the truck since 17kmi and changed oil at about 5kmi intervals. I don't think one's got ear good enough to hear chain clatter over high-pressure fuel pumps - their sound is dominant, in and out of the cabin. Mine didn't make any...

Chain: I know of two mechanically-inclined and attentive people with well, meticulously, maintained LR4 and RRS, who experienced a timing chain skip - in one case, the engine was done in, and LR4 sold for scrap value. In another, somehow, the engine survived but required about 8k in parts and...

I now have a tally of two 4HP22s going tits up in 95 Classics, both behind 3.9s, one - at 220kmi, another - 370kmi. 32% more torque than a 3.9, in a vehicle that's 12% heavier... What could go wrong?

Basically.... There is no warning whatsoever before timing chains skip in 5.0 (3.0 is the same, for that matter). It runs beautifully, and then in a split second it's not worth its weight in aluminum. I caught a cam-related code in our LR4 completely by a chance - while showing the tester to my...

Links to Facebook almost never work.

You're welcome.

Who's theory is that?

Oh wow. Pure gold.

For the Rover realm, it is more of a question of longevity than survival. Sure it may hang behind that piss-poor V12 and outlast the warranty period.

Sooner or later, the sway bars will come off the Grenadier. The way it takes the highway on-ramps without ever slightly leaning is excessive :) That said, my LWB Classic has both sway bars in place. It still articulates better.

You can probably wrap a sheet of paper around the downpipe and trace it on the cowl.