[RoverFan]

Also, I don't have a scanner to read the codes. Maybe I should invest one.

Don't buy a scanner, seeking one that is cheap. You need to be well informed, by getting a scanner that will scan for ALL codes, with details about what needs to be done, by you or by a third party. Scanners are valuable tools, don't waste your money buying junk that may tell you little.

 

[RoverFan]

Hi , I have a 2016 Evoque with a crack in the manifold and will need the turbo replaced with it. Would you mind sharing where you found a cast manifold/turbo for $1K? I also need a due pump and catalytic converter. Thank you! Kathy @ camphalifax@gmail.com

Don't buy a scanner, seeking one that is cheap. You need to be well informed, by getting a scanner that will scan for ALL codes, with details about what needs to be done, by you or by a third party. Scanners are valuable tools, don't waste your money buying junk that may tell you little.

Don't buy a scanner, seeking one that is cheap. You need to be well informed, by getting a scanner that will scan for ALL codes, with details about what needs to be done, by you or by a third party. Scanners are valuable tools, don't waste your money buying junk that may tell you little.

When you have a turbocharger defect, you generally don't need the complete turbocharger; you need only the exhaust manifold that is part of the turbocharger. Don't buy a Rover exhaust manifold, because they crack, like yours probably already has done. Instead, buy a CAST IRON exhaust manifold, which bolts right up to your turbo. Cast ion manifold will not crack like original "mickey mouse" Rover ones do. A cast iron one will crack only if someone tightens the bolts so tight, that their tightening causes the cracking. Regarding the turbocharger itself, there is little to wear out on them; they have a rotor with shaft riding on brass bushings (the bushings wear), but bushings can be replaced for only a few dollars (they need to be pressed in----have auto machine shop do it for you). The terrible expense comes from the extensive labor getting the old one out, and putting the new one in, mostly because getting at the turbocharger/exhaust manifold is terribly difficult to gain access to (it is between the firewall and the inner side of engine, terribly tight quarters for working on). However, I would never ever pay anybody $10,000 dollars to do that work.

 

[RoverFan]

When you have a turbocharger defect, you generally don't need the complete turbocharger; you need only the exhaust manifold that is part of the turbocharger. Don't buy a Rover exhaust manifold, because they crack, like yours probably already has done. Instead, buy a CAST IRON exhaust manifold, which bolts right up to your turbo. Cast ion manifold will not crack like original "mickey mouse" Rover ones do. A cast iron one will crack only if someone tightens the bolts so tight, that their tightening causes the cracking. Regarding the turbocharger itself, there is little to wear out on them; they have a rotor with shaft riding on brass bushings (the bushings wear), but bushings can be replaced for only a few dollars (they need to be pressed in----have auto machine shop do it for you). The terrible expense comes from the extensive labor getting the old one out, and putting the new one in, mostly because getting at the turbocharger/exhaust manifold is terribly difficult to gain access to (it is between the firewall and the inner side of engine, terribly tight quarters for working on). However, I would never ever pay anybody $10,000 dollars to do that work.

NOTICE TO ALL EVOQUE, DISCOVERY, LR2 OWNERS: I just received in the mail, a card saying that if you own Evoque years xx to xx Land Rover Discovery Sport years xx to xx, Rover LR2 years xx to xx, you may be eligible for money from a class action lawsuit, etc. etc. With the Evoque, it is speaking about the cracked exhaust manifolds on the turbocharger, so STAY TUNED. I own a 2015, included in the vehicles involve. I never had trouble with the cracking, but prior owner did, and he put on the uncrackable CAST IRON exhaust manifold.

 

[RoverFan]

Yeah I got the notice yesterday as well. Mine cracked at around 51k miles and I replaced it myself with the cast iron manifold.

IMPORTANT NOTICE, REGARDING CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLDS: Long Form Notice at www.turbochargersettlement.com or telephone them, toll free at 1-844-717-4074, or email them to info@turbochargersettlement.com. Deadlines for claimes at www.turbochargersettlement.com.

 

[RoverFan]

Yeah I got the notice yesterday as well. Mine cracked at around 51k miles and I replaced it myself with the cast iron manifold.

Anybody who has known anything about car engines, etc., over he past 100 years, know that CAST IRON exhaust manifolds have been used on cars since forever, with no problems to speak about. Leave it up to Rover engineers to screw it up, trying to weld cast iron strips onto stainless steel exhausts, causing cracks in the welded areas. The English Rover motor company has made vehicles for close to 100 years too; in early years made some outstanding examples, of very high quality vehicles, BUT in recent years, due to repeatedly selling the company to foreign firms, only to gain English control of the company between sales, and engaging in other questionable practices, have resulted in the present situation: Terrible quality control, and engineering mistakes. It is as if Rover lost all of its former credibility, lost much of its former engineering know how, even resorting to using cheap Ford engines, etc. It is as though Rover forgot all it once knew, and have just started over in the manufacturing of vehicles. Since the early 1960s, I have had Rover and Land Rover/Range Rover vehicles, but I am now tired of the newer junk.