Tried searching but can't find what I need. Isn't there a range of VINs in 03 D2's that are known to have the engine problems? I was thinking that it was the early ones. I've got a friend looking at one and wanted some advice on it. Thanks.
VIN range for bad 03's?
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Not that the VIN range matters. That was generally for exploding oil pumps, and usually occured in the first 20K or so miles. At this point, I think those that would blow did (although some are still finding broken oil pump gears).
Big issue lately seems to be slipping liners on the 03/04, so....
Big issue lately seems to be slipping liners on the 03/04, so....
ptschram
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SGaynor said:
I have replaced broken oil pump gears on all years of DIIS.
I have seen block failures on all years of DIIs (so far, only DIIs).
AFIRover's wife had three replacement engines in her '04 DII under warranty before they pulled the plug as it needed a fourth replacement engine.
VIN range doesn't seem to matter, changing oil frequently and not overheating seem to be the biggest determining factors.
I wonder how the last engines that were manufactured by Rover will fare?
After Rover Cars shut down, a load of new stock parts went out to dealers in the UK, we bought a new crated 4.0 short engine for our own D2 in 2009. That was a fairly late engine with cross-bolted mains etc, but was in fact a late D1 engine, not a D2 (we found out later when we went to fit the flywheel pickup) The only difference is the pickup housing which is TIG welded in place, we have a replacement to change, one of these years.
It has done 43k miles since July 2009, no issues apart from a very light water loss on the throttle butterfly heater, but we do run with the correct OAT coolant and Chevron 10W-40 diesel oil in the sump. We ran 1100 miles at the weekend to Inverness and back, it ran very well.
As I commented in another post, there didn't seem to be anything equivalent to the oil pump issue in the UK, only a retaining bolt issue for the TD5 oil pump drive gear, which had much the same effect...
Peter
After Rover Cars shut down, a load of new stock parts went out to dealers in the UK, we bought a new crated 4.0 short engine for our own D2 in 2009. That was a fairly late engine with cross-bolted mains etc, but was in fact a late D1 engine, not a D2 (we found out later when we went to fit the flywheel pickup) The only difference is the pickup housing which is TIG welded in place, we have a replacement to change, one of these years.
It has done 43k miles since July 2009, no issues apart from a very light water loss on the throttle butterfly heater, but we do run with the correct OAT coolant and Chevron 10W-40 diesel oil in the sump. We ran 1100 miles at the weekend to Inverness and back, it ran very well.
As I commented in another post, there didn't seem to be anything equivalent to the oil pump issue in the UK, only a retaining bolt issue for the TD5 oil pump drive gear, which had much the same effect...
Peter
