I bought my first one when I was 18 and took it to the shop for the first couple years because it was under warranty, than once the warranty expired I had to learn to fix it myself because it seemed like it was $2000 every time I took it in. I downloaded the RAVE manual and started learning. Mind you I had no mechanical experience. With the Rave manual and help from gracious members of this site I have done about every thing possible to my Disco's. I have owned 5 since my first one and keep a totaled one around for spare parts for the three I currently own. My wife liked driving mine so much she had me build her one and we sold her new mercedes. A downside to learning how to fix these things is now my sister bought one and I get to fix her's also. I guess I am saying, if I can learn how to diagnose and fix these things, any "mechanic" should be able to do the same. Also, tell them you are cutting their checks and shut the hell up and fix your Disco. J/K...Kind of.

 

Damn, great story! I had envisioned my ownership would be like yours, but in reality not even close. I had my truck looked at a LR specialist that actually fixed my rear main and transfer case leak after my guys tried 2x and it still leaked. Before I had him redo the leak, I asked him to look into the engine tick. His diagnosis today is a slipped liner. I did not authroize him to do teardown because I can have my guys do it. My question is can the liner be slipping but not have any of the usual symptons (overheat, loss of coolant, misifire with any of the cylinders?) I will get the truck back and have the cylinder heads removed for inspection. How much does it cost to rebuild the engine? I also read some people were able to get the cylinder resleeved? A used motor in the Sacramento area is averaging $3100 +. I will call a few machine shops tomorrow to get more info. But I need get this thing fixed!

 

We've had 3 disco's and loved them all. My 96 and 99 didn't give me any real trouble, even after 100k miles from both. Now my 04 has engine noise @ 60k which might be the end for me!

 

Have you tried replacing your mechanics???




Don't want to work on something this easy to work on? I'd rather work on a Rover than most other vehicles, they're pretty simple!!!

 

I'm starting to think all late Discos have a tick.

My advice is to get over it and keep driving.

 

easiest thing to do is just remove the valve covers anyways.. I takes like nothing..

 

actually, on later Disco's it's a little work, the plenum is in the way, and the SAI... but that's not all that bad, the intake is only six bolts and a little clearing the way of wires hoses, etc. maybe an extra half hour or so. Just did mine a couple weeks ago to check everything out. (my tick has a Disco as well)

I'm guessing the 98 is quite a bit easier???

 

Funny, that's what a couple of my mechanic friends have said too. My buddy who is a Rover mechanic actually said, "It's not ticking, that's just how old these old Disco's sound...as long as it doesn't get worse, keep driving it..."