I found mine is in the range and am wondering if there is anything that can be done to fix the problem without replacing the engine. My good friend who is helping me work on it builds engines and I'm just hoping something can be done so he could do it for me. Was hearing a noise earlier in the week that I feel may be tied to this. No engine or oil lights on yet. TIA

 

Im sure people will tell you just to keep an eye out for the light and when it comes on, pull it over and have it towed to a shop and replace the oil pump..

But I was thinking it would be cool if someone could find a simple way to tie the light into one of the buzzers.. door ajar, lights on, whatever, just connect wire A to wire B and wire C to wire D and vwalla, an audible alarm for the oil pressure..

 

The dealer obviously knew about this when they sold it to me and I'm 100% going to give them a few words tomorrow. There is no way a rover dealer should sell a car with a defective engine. I think it is ridiculous the warranty doesn't fix this. I'll probably be somewhere far away and broke when the engine blows.

 

Do you actually think that Rover, now TaTa is going to mention this sort of a potential issue to a prospecting buyer?????????????????
There is nothing you can do but wait for what might happen.
If you start to see the oil light stay on longer at start up, hear internal engine noises of see the light come on at a stop sign, then go do a 4 point oil pressure test to verify the pumps condition.
If it is starting to fail then you replace the pump and front cover assembly and see how long you can keep a replacement pump going.

 

Mike should I do anything extra to help the pump last? I'm already going to do the engine flush and put royal purple synthetic in. They claim that adheres to engine parts so hopefully if the pump fails and the light comes on it won't blow up before I can turn off the engine. Rover seriously tried to act like they didn't know what I was talking about when I called to ask them why they sold me a faulty vehicle and claimed it was a certified used rover. Absolute crap imo that they'd do that. I guess they are having to become cheats in this bad economy. Any certain weight you'd recommend for the oil? Is 5w30 fine?

 

There is nothing you can do, this is an alignment issue between the block and the oil pump.

 

Actually, for someone in the vin range and with a decent amount of miles, you could be proactive and replace the oil pump. Then you can feel warm and fuzzy for at least the amount of miles you already have. So, if you have 70k and are really concerned, replace the pump and don't worry about it until you hit 140k. Although, I would not do it, as your oil pump may never go and it would be a waste of $$$. It is insurance, how much are you willing to pay for piece of mind. If you do the work yourself, how much is an oil pump, probably around $500. Anyone have the hard cost?

If mine goes, I will simply dump the truck and get something that was not a POS the day it rolled off the assembly line.

 

Damn so even a guy that builds engines can't realign them? This is horrible. He could probably rebuild it if it blew and he told me he would research the problem. He remade a ford 4.6 that he said had a problem that sounds similar to the discovery's.

 

Some were not aligned right, and some were. The alignment pin is in the block, and you would have to re-machine the block. It could be done, but for most people, a new shortblock is cheaper. Sometimes putiing a new oil pump on fixes it, but for $500, the front covers get a little pricey..