My '99 FL needs a new engine (1.8 K-Series) after the usual coolant-in-oil fault.
LRUK have refused to contribute as I am not the original owner and I did not buy it from a LR dealership myself (despite car having only done 29k miles and having full LRSH!).
LR have quoted £2800...has anyone had to have their 1.8 engine replaced and if so, what did yours cost (parts, labour)?
TIA Andy
Any competent LR specialist can fit you the engine at reasonable cost, the big part of the cost is sourcing a new engine. There is an article in last months LRO magazine about fitting other non-LR K-series motors into Freelanders. You should be able to source a good K-series from a crashed rover 200/400 which will just need a few bits swapping from your motor to fit easily. Personally I'd be tempted to try and find a 160bhp version from an MGF or MG ZS - should go well, but might be a bit revvy for off-road work!
This is the usual old Land Rover lame excuse for getting out of their responsibility for substandard product with major faults. It has been going on for years and is wearing very thin. When the chips are down, you are dealing with a supremely arrogant company who will find any excuse, however weak, to walk away from huge glaring faults. They took exactly the same stand against Discovery owners who had warped dashboard tops, as if a service history or the place of purchase made a jot of difference to the rate of warping!
They built the damned thing and everyone knows it is a design fault, yet they will not stand behind their product if they can possibly avoid it. This is shoddy treatment from a shoddy, arrogant company. It is one of the major reasons for the decline of motor building in the Midlands. You can take a customer for a fool for so long, but in the end he goes Japanese [or pick your country] and doesn't come back.
Huw
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