I had a timing jump a few months ago and it turned out that the engine in my 2014 Land Rover LR2 had internal engine damage.

There is a technical service bulletin that mentions the symptom and repair which appear to match my situation. Land Rover Canada , along with the dealership ended up covering a good portion of the $15k repair....I've never seen a technical bulletin that mentions the engine as one of the parts to be replaced.https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/20...49082-9999.pdf

 

What was the cause of the engine damage? According to the technical bulletin, the problem is caused by using fuel less than 91 octane, which is stunning.

 

My understanding is that the problem was that a timing jump occurred and valve was stuck open. The engine had no compression. This is a 2.0L interference engine which can fail if there is a timing issue.

 

Coincidentally, the very same thing happened to me. The crank shaft was seized as well. I am religious about keeping fluids changed and allowing for a proper warm up before pressing the engine. This did happen in February on a morning where we were hitting -40C.
Land Rover came to the table with a new engine... no questions asked.
Quite happy with the service but was very surprised this happened at only 102000 KMs.

Let me add that during the repair, a cracked turbo was found and some deteriorated tie rod ends. They looked after that pro bono as well. I am immensely impressed.

 

Let me also add, I got the inline heater replaced as I am never going to ignore that heater again.

 

2000 miles with Liqui-Moly MoS2, engine valve train is noticeably quieter, so that can't be bad. It wasn't particularly loud before.

I use M1 5W30, high mileage version for the seal additive.

155K

 

I've been using MoS2 for three oil changes now and I always get compliments for how good my engine sounds. Like a well-oiled sewing machine. It is burning (definitely not leaking) about a quart every 2-3,000 miles or so but that's normal IMO. Just added a seal conditioner additive as well from Liqui-Moly for the most recent oil change less than a week ago. We'll see if that helps.

 

Anything that makes any engine perform quieter can't be a bad thing. It simply can't. BTW, I use the Ceratec in spring and fall oil changes.
EDIT: I had an off and on oil consumption issue about a year ago but, it's gone now and the only thing I did was the vacuum pump rebuild. I also reset the oil service message at the time of change and every two months until the next change. Being a bit OCD I have no idea if it works or not but I still do it.

 

Running out of gas?

 

Not sure I'd want to do that in these LR2s, even the 2008 model. I simply ain't tempting faith!!