dave t Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 at the moment I drive a 300tdi disco but my heart has always been range rovers and after doing some sums about lpg verses diesel and which is the most economical to run I actually worked it out to be lpg on a V8 (well at least its not worse than the diesel) so I am thinking about getting a p38 but having been caught out by the cracked block syndrome before I am a bit nervous to buy another one,. Soooo........which engine is the most likely NOT to crack and is there any rule of thumb that says " if its covered X amount of miles its probably gonna be ok" thanks Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 V8 Engines to suffer from Least likley to most likley: Least likley 3.5. Followed by 3.9 /4.2 next most likley 4.6 most likely 4.0 Do a search there are a number of detailed threads on this subject Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave t Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 V8 Engines to suffer from Least likley to most likley:Least likley 3.5. Followed by 3.9 /4.2 next most likley 4.6 most likely 4.0 Do a search there are a number of detailed threads on this subject Nige Ok I have searched for some more info but cant find anything that gives advice relating to mileage, I sure I read somewhere that if the engine has covered X amount of miles it will probably not crack! why is it that the 4.0l is the most likely to crack? I would have thought that the 4.6 being the most overbored would be the worst thanks for the info Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopi...;hl=yellow+blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traco Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Top hat liners or new Coscast block solve the problem but it's a pricey solution. As to which is best I can't say, opinion seems to be extrehely polarised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintman Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Find one that has already had the engine replaced. They do come up from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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