Hi

My apologies as I'm sure this topic has been discussed many times.

I have just put a deposit down on a RRS 3.0 sdv6.
Now I'm getting cold feet i go from believing all sdv6 engines are going to go bang inevitably to thinking the problem is over hyped!!
What's the opinion here?

Thanks

If i had to use one word - then like so many criticisms of JLR products - overhyped.
Hundred of thousands running around with mega miles and happy owners.

An awful lot depends on it's previous life. Well loved, regular oil changes and they should last as well as anything else, but it is true that they don't cope with neglect as well as, say a Toyota.

So with all such things, history is king. 2021 L494 D300MHEV Autobiography
2019 Discovery Sport D180 HSE

Thanks.

I've driven many other contenders and nothing made me 'want' it like the Sport!

I nearly bought one for 26k but decided on this one for 17k in my mind it means i have 9k for any probs!

I bought mine eighteen months ago and although I've had to keep spending on it, I wouldn't change it for anything other than another one. Hopefully, another £2,000.00 I'm about to spend on it will be the last for a while.

I was stupid though, I bought mine privately and never had it properly checked over before I parted with my cash.

Before you part with your cash, make sure you get it thoroughly checked by someone who knows them.

Well, I'm buying it from a specialist land rover dealer/repairer He is doing a main service and fresh Mot and 3 months warranty with him. S o hopefully i should be sound at the moment. Of course warranties are hard to come by for vehicles of this age.

It definitely is overhyped, but it is a concern… unfortunately. Service it, warm it up and cool it down properly. You should be fine. L494 SVR
L316 Defender 110 USW.

It's an issue just like the older 2.7TDV6 had an issue with crank bearings spinning. Did/does it happen? Yes. Is it as common as reading forums/problem pages/youtube/etc., would have you believe? No. Is there anyway to tell if a particular vehicle is going to fail? No. Just you either go with it and try not to worry or you go elsewhere.

There's plenty else on a RRS to worry about, frankly.

Mine's on 167k miles and so far, so good (hoping not to jinx myself!). Serviced annually when the MOT is due (as I don't currently do more than 16k miles a year so an annual is all it needs) with items fixed as required in between. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Had mine for over 8 years and still loving it and don’t want to replace it with anything else as nothing else compares to it in my personal option. I knew nothing about the crankshaft issue with this engine until a year in and read all the horror stories online It made me get an aftermarket warranty just in case the worst happened. I cancelled the after market warranty last year as the premium doubled to almost £2K . I get mine serviced every year at MOT time and as it’s a 3rd car it does about 4000 miles per year if that but still gets serviced as per LR schedule. It also goes to a LR specialist who came recommended on this forum and they certainly know everything about these vehicles. Like everyone says on here keep it well serviced and done at a specialist and enjoy the car and don’t worry about what could happen. If you google any car these days you probably wouldn’t buy any of them as people only talk about the bad things not the good things

I am on my 3rd RRS now. First 2 were 2.7L diesels, single turbo. Now it's a 3.0L twin turbo.
No major problems other than the 2nd car needing a new suspension pump at 230,000km. Current car had a broken throttle body (see my separate post) at 140,000km. The latter wasn't really a breakdown, but a gentle & slow limp home.

I use a high quality synthetic oil, changing every 5000km, Motul or Liqui Moly.

Timing belt, tensioner and camshaft oil seals changed out every 125,000km with original LR parts. I'd always renew a new original oil pump (original and latest version) at the same time. Yes, the L320 V6 engine already has had 9 oil pump revisions to date.