530DA E39 Self Destruct

jabuk wrote: To clarify the failure, the high pressure fuel pump was leaking diesel in to the sump. When the sump reached a certain level (takes some time) the mixture was drawn up in to the intake via the turbo. The engine then ran on its own engine fuel mixture, at maximum rpm, and would not shut down. Within 3 minutes the engine was a write-off.

Any see Top Gear last night?

Their 330D doing the Britcar 24Hr at Silverstone had exactly the same problem after a turbo failure at 44,000 miles. Obviously not an isolated incident.

M3Nally wrote: Sporty1, Yes I saw it, they did have the problem but placed the blame on the methanol additive used in the fuel for wasting the seals.

Don't believe that for a moment as there grew SFA in that fields, which incidently is not far from were I live.

Rhys wrote: Blimey.. hope all goes right in the end. Was thinking about a disco at one time but the turbo issues put me off - same with the 5.. Good luck

Never hard off any probloms with the Disco turbo's ? and I a avid land rover fan

Landie Turbo problems?

Well the Landie we used for site, you could drive into the site compound, switch off the engine, walk into the site huts, sit down and still hear the turbo run.

No oil to the bearings and the red hot turbo is still spinning. 

They are a time bomb waiting to go off.

Not enough people know to let the engine tick over before switching off.

Andrew

bmw1066 wrote: Rhys wrote: Blimey.. hope all goes right in the end. Was thinking about a disco at one time but the turbo issues put me off - same with the 5.. Good luck    Never hard off any probloms with the Disco turbo's ? and I a avid land rover fan

I could tell you a few Discovery horror stories. I wouldn't have one given and that's not just because I hate 4x4s

I know a bloke who's wife has had 3 Discoveries Diesels in a row and all of them have had serious problems ranging from gearboxes going bang to head gaskets blowing. The latest one was bought brand new and has still had issues.

My sister has a landrwover freelander that is three years old and just outside of the new car warranty. Recently the window mechanism in the drivers door failed so she went back to the main dealer who told her that the window runner had rusted away due to water ingree and would need replacing. When she questioned if this should be covered by landrover they said no. For a just over 3 year old car to be suffering from such problems is, IMO, totally unacceptable.

I went on a work team building event once that included some off road driving in ladrover defenders. The guy who ran the offorad centre told me that no other 4x4 could do what a defender does, however he also told me that they break down quite lot and that unless you need to do a lot of serious off roading a japanese one was a better buy. Oh and he used to work for landrover, taking new customers out to show them what their new car could do etc.

Lots of cars have problems, my ford focus is a perfect example, however I suspect that the reason you may see more fords and vauxhalls with problems that other makes is down to how many there are. There are litterally 3 times more focuses in my work car park than any other single make of car let alone model.