Need Some Advice. Fix/Keep or Sell?
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Need Some Advice. Fix/Keep or Sell?
I've got a 1999 Land Rover Disco 2 with an engine knock. Low oil pressure is the cause. It's been in and out of 2 shops being misdiagnosed and improperly handled. The second shop, a quality shop, replaced the cam and lifters, the butcher shop did oil pump gears and timing chain and I did the main/rod bearings myself, (I'm no mechanic and this very easily could have been done improperly). I paid $7k for the truck and overall, I've got $10k into the rig after paying for repairs.
And independent Rover shop said that they would diagnose for a couple hundred dollars, but they're 3 hours away. Best case is about $500-700 if it's rod/main bearings or $7500 for a newly rebuilt engine replacement. I have the money for the engine replacement, or I could pick up a 1993 Land Cruiser with factory lockers for $8000 so that I have another rig to drive while the Rover is in the shop. If it needs a motor, I park it until I can save, (6 months?).
Would you buy THIS LAND CRUISER, and have the issue diagnosed and possibly fixed for under $1k or fix the Land Rover once and for all to be a daily driver?
I could also buy Land Cruiser and try to sell the Disco 2 at a great loss with a knocking engine. I'll likely be picking up the Land Cruiser Thursday if it comes to that.
Thoughts?
And independent Rover shop said that they would diagnose for a couple hundred dollars, but they're 3 hours away. Best case is about $500-700 if it's rod/main bearings or $7500 for a newly rebuilt engine replacement. I have the money for the engine replacement, or I could pick up a 1993 Land Cruiser with factory lockers for $8000 so that I have another rig to drive while the Rover is in the shop. If it needs a motor, I park it until I can save, (6 months?).
Would you buy THIS LAND CRUISER, and have the issue diagnosed and possibly fixed for under $1k or fix the Land Rover once and for all to be a daily driver?
I could also buy Land Cruiser and try to sell the Disco 2 at a great loss with a knocking engine. I'll likely be picking up the Land Cruiser Thursday if it comes to that.
Thoughts?
Last edited by ruining; 02-26-2013 at 03:22 PM.
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Yeah. The rods and mains were showing copper. The mechanic that worked on it, who I really do trust, talked a lot about how carefully he inspected the rocker arms. When he finally told me the oil pressure, he mentioned the numbers for cold idle, cold 1500, warm idle, warm 1500 rpms. They were all within spec except for warm idle was around 7-10 psi.
I'm going to buy this FJ-80 tomorrow and that will give me a chance to park the Rover and take a step back to think about what to do.
I would let the Land Rover go for $4k right now. It's not even in my name yet, so that's about $1000 out of pocket to sell. I'd be getting $3k out of $4k.
I'm going to buy this FJ-80 tomorrow and that will give me a chance to park the Rover and take a step back to think about what to do.
I would let the Land Rover go for $4k right now. It's not even in my name yet, so that's about $1000 out of pocket to sell. I'd be getting $3k out of $4k.
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You have a lot in the Rover. So I would pull the motor out. Strip out the crank, pistons And rods. Take the crank to a reliable engineering shop and ask them to check the wear on all the bearing journals.. If need be regrind the crank down to 0.010 under size. You could go to 0.020 then get new journal bearings to suit. A new set of piston rings would also help. Hone the cylinder bores as well. Use a honing tool for the cylinders.
You will also need to get a new oil pump. When you assemble make sure you clean,blow,flush out all the oil galeries to get rid of any crud/metal shavings. Can't see any other way to fix your Rover unless you can source a good engine for the same cost of the rebuild.
You will also need to get a new oil pump. When you assemble make sure you clean,blow,flush out all the oil galeries to get rid of any crud/metal shavings. Can't see any other way to fix your Rover unless you can source a good engine for the same cost of the rebuild.