Looking for advice on what to do next on my tragic Disco. All started last year when just after a major service it conked out with little to no warning.

Original post here (https://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/cost-turbo-...61125.html)

In summary it had a new turbo - engine rebuild and some other bits.

Since then the car was never quite right and has been in the garage almost as much as out.

- “ticking noise”. It seems louder when cold, strangely more noticeable inside the cars cabin and at around 1500 RPM. Sounds like noisey tappets. Also the engine was sluggish
- Intermittent power loss – randomly full throttle up hill you'd get total loss of power andl - “SYSTEM
ENGINE FAILURE” flashes up on car dashboard for a 3-4 seconds before power is restored. No CEL/engine management lights come on. This was not evident when we first had car back from rebuild as I would never go above 2000 rev’s while on the delicate oil with re-bored cylinders.
- Some smoke on cold starts.

Around this time the CEL did come on and it went back into the garage again for repair was told EGR valve failure. (they refused to blank off the EGR valves - which is fair enough I suppose) but another few hundred quid gone to replace.

At this time I asked them to check the above problems with ticking and tappet noise. The main engine specialist said he drove it personally down to Kent (over 400 miles) with his computer plugged in and it didn't miss a beat. He refused to do an engine compression test or to check tappets.

We had a bit of a fall out and then he said I should be more worried about the suspension as car was not safe to carry my kids. So I paid another £800+ to fix that!

But when I collected Disco - on my way home it had the SYSTEM ENGINE FAILURE and power loss!

At this point I was about £7000 invested in this car.

I was told there was nothing more they could do as their computers could find no fault. I wrote an email explaining my concerns about the tappets or a stuck valve but they said it would show up on the computer. We had a bit of a fall out on phone, and I was told basically to drive it until there was a problem they could fix. This was in February this year.

By March, the car was not running well (idling rough) but no lights on dash, so my wife took it back and was told that if she had driven it any further it would have destroyed engine. It was misfiring, one or more injectors had failed and there was only 1 litre of oil in engine. They then thought we had not put enough oil every month or at all since engine rebuild in 2017.

I reminded them that they had driven 400 miles in January, right down to Kent so would assume they checked it themselves. Also I had checked it when we got it back the last time as my wife drove to Devon (long journey) it was low and I had topped it up.

Unfortunately after initial diagnosis they rang my wife on a bad day and there was a bit of a falling out which I wont go into, her knowledge of cars and her patience is worse than mine (which is saying something) and as they needed more money to investigate and repair the engine. They told her they had only fixed the bottom of the engine not the top as that would have cost a lot more.

I rang them back and they agreed to continue to work on the car (we agreed it is losing oil somewhere) and have come back with following;

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After looking at the car we believe we need to remove the 6 injectors and send them for testing - £432 incl VAT and Labour.
3 options should any of the injectors need replacing
1. Fit new injectors (aftermarket brand) at £395.60 each incl VAT
2. Fit re-manufactured injectors at £260 each incl VAT
3. Fit new Land Rover injectors at £504 each incl VAT
In our experience re-manufactured injectors are not always reliable, but obviously the choice is yours.
Whilst carrying out the above job we will remove the rocker covers, and to the best of their ability inspect the hydraulic tappets - because on lack of oil in the car.

Finally they have agreed to inspect the tappets!

I've heard of Friday afternoon vehicles, but never quite believed it until this car came along! I'm now at the point of potentially paying more to repair a car than I did to buy it!

I suppose the point of this sad sob story is what options should I take above? Are prices ok? Is there anything else I should get them to check. I just want a working family car.
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