One of the calamitous events for current interference engines is timing failure - massive damage that is often not cost effectively recoverable. I like that the 2.0 turbo engine has a timing chain (generally more reliable than a belt) however there is apparently a design problem that is associated with the VCT sprocket - see attached linky below

Land Rover Evoque - Engine Problem With Timing Chain Sprocket - Atlantic Motorcar

Is there any data on the failure rate of this issue (is it so low that its negligible risk?). Has anyone with the 2.0 T engine acted on this issue pro-actively?

I live in a remote area and I am planning on taking my car to the LR specialist shop soon - 3 hours away - so am establishing a 'list' of jobs. Noise from the engine is akin to a loose sack of spanners. Thinking seriously about just getting a Subaru.....

 

Check out freel2.com for the Freelander2, sister to the N/A LR2. I don't know how many 2.0 Turbos were sold in N/A but there are likely many more sold in the UK and Europe. Most of the most active members currently here on the LR2 forum have the 3.2 Volvo si6. Other syb forum members have not directly 'chimed in' yet.

 

Hi Thor - thx for your suggestions - yep I use FREEL2 - gr8 site - actually I am British but live in N/A. Due to the cost of fuel in the UK when the FL2 (LR2) was being sold in the UK (2008 to 2015), 99% of them are diesels (TD4).... so no significant petrol vehicle data available out of the UK unfortunately..... Incidentally things have changed massively in the UK as now nobody buys diesels as they have been (will be) banned from town centers etc due to air pollution concerns.... LR now produce their own petrol engines so moved away from EcoBoost approx 2017 (Evoque & Discovery Sport)

Cheers
Jim

 

nope. just “reactively” . LR replaced the engine.

But I like you have raised this thread. I never thought of a 4 cylinder engine as a long term “keeper” before. Operative word, “before”.
But the 2 cylinder diesel in my boat is going on 40 years old, lol. And she rumbles every bit as well as 30 years ago.

With the install base of ecoboost engines, surely there is some momentum on this theme somewhere. And so the research starts…
beginning with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_E...010–2015) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_...,_LF-VE,_LF-VD)

 

Hi Guy - check out the other thread listed below (research so far)

https://landroverforums.com/forum/lr...ileage-111578/

Within the thread there is a link to an article that references the 'install base' of 2.0 ecoboost engines - the article essentially assesses the engine to be 150k mile life....... after that wear and tear will likely start to cause significant failures....

Thx
Jim

 

Well, I’d better start spoiling her.

 

Sometimes people forget that our machines are running on and lubricated by the literal crap left over when dinosaurs up and died and turned into pools of goo. A little engineering and chemistry to give our cars a hand is not uncalled for.

 

Somehow the 4 cyl in my acura TSX is doing just fine at 185k... it's the sport version of the standard honda engine, and I do get on it a little bit. Conventional wisdom on that motor is 300k with proper TLC.

But agree that a 4-cycl in larger truck/SUV is just going to have to work pretty darn hard day in and day out. Especially a turbo.

 

Well, that really depends on how you drive the vehicle and on what terrain it is being operated.