The vehicles, not the engines

 

Pretty sure that 99-04 Discovery 2's curb weight is roughly the same.

 

I was actually referring to a DI vs a DII's weight. Guess I should have put more info in that post. But for my own S.A., I looked it up (and yahoo autos is NOT to be disputed!)...

Curb weight:
99 = 4,465
04 = 4,630

You're probably right, that's really not much of a difference on a vehicle like this.

 

Is that a 99 D1 or 99 D2?

 

DiscoMike said: " The 4.6 has a little more power but drops more sleeves and has the same possible head gasket failure."
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How is it that the 4.6 "drops more sleeves," when they have a shoulder, part of aluminum block, at base of each sleeve, effectively preventing the sleeves, liners, from moving down---I know for fact that shoulders are there, because I have inspected them myself! The only way a sleeve could move downward would be to have a sleeve break out one of these shoulders, and I don't see that happening any time soon. I have heard some people say that the sleeves, sometimes were not pressed all the way down against these shoulders, but I have examined several blocks, and found not a single sleeve not down hard against shoulder.

 

 

Never heard that before. There are plenty of people here with evidence of slipped liners on 4.6 blocks.

 

So just so I understand.. The main culprit for slipped sleeves is overheating.. Yes?

Typically that s due to improper maintenance.. Yes?

 

Nope, it's inevitable.

 

So how in the heck can you justify buying one of these? I've driven them, loved em, but jeez, it sounds like both engines are doomed to premature failure!