I saw a LR4 billowing white smoke from both its tailpipes today.





And so it begins...

 

Could have been seafoam

 

I wanted to say cold start on a cool morning......but then I saw your location

 

Maybe they elected a new Pope.

 

Was it a V6 or V8? Our Discover 4 V8 has been epic so far. (40K miles)

 

I'm not sure what engine, though it had dual exhausts if that tells you anything.

I didn't think about seafoam, but that's a good point.

Also, head gaskets can be killed by bad ownership, so the manufacturer may not be at fault. So far, everything I've heard about the LR4 is positive.

 

Facts

Land Rover; Discovery; 2003; SE II
87k miles. Been sitting in the drive way because it keeps crapping out. Again, only 87k miles.

Ford F-250 7.3 international diesel. 4 wheel drive AND 2 wheel option. 1997 model.
Almost half of a million miles.
Monthly routine service and that's it. No break downs.
I have pulled hundreds of cattle with it, hay bales, dirt, aggregate, heavy equipment. It has been a work horse and 100% reliable.

As for the disco? Well, I bought it used 4 months ago. It had 83k miles on it at the time. 2 weeks after a bought it, the check engine light started blinking and the engine began to bog down. Actually, the list of problems is longer that it is worth typing here.
I've been reading through a enumerable amount of posts on here and I have come to a conclusion the Land Rover/Range rover product is crap...absolutely CRAP.
So, tomorrow we are going to have a fiesta out on the ranch... beer, tannerite, a POS DISCO, and plenty of guns and ammo. Oh, BBQ as well. Anyone who lives close enough here in south Texas that wants to come, bring yourselves on over. Hurry though-it is not going to take much to blow a heap of aluminum and plastic to hell.

 

That's too bad. Did you do your research prior to buying your '03? My Range Rover Classic has 250k on the original engine and my 109 has just shy of 190k on its engine (
200tdi)
Rather than trash the car, if the interior and body is in good shape, I'll take it off your hands sight unseen. Drop me a pm.

Every car has its challenges, my mom just had to force ford into accepting the return of her piece of crap Focus. 6 months old, 4 of which its been in the shop, 2 new clutches, replacement fuel tank, replaced ECU and alarm system.

I agree that by 2003/04 the motors in these were crap, but smarter folks than me are now manufacturing crate engines which address the fragilities. Honestly, my D2 has been the most reliable car I've owned in 20 years of car ownership, it's also the only used car I'd bought. It took about 6 months to undo all the damage and bodges from previous owners but now it's been great.

 

It's also worth pointing out that Ford builds Land Rover's current generation of engines.