My son used to work as an engineer at JLR (Gaydon). These Ingenium engines were failing in huge numbers. At 7 years old you have zero chance of getting anything from JLR - these cars have an 8 year design life. Either stump up the cash for a new engine or scrap it. And don't buy another JLR product - I'm astonished anyone still buys their cars.

Edited by Rerepo on 09/11/2021 at 09:02

From what you have said above seems like your local reputable dealer investigating the issue drained the and removed the filter. Most likely to examine the oil and filter for debris.Then forgot to re fill, started the engine, seized it then quickly passed it on the Land Rover Dealer to give you the bad news.

I can't see how you would prove this easily.

It is possible that this might have happened at the garage and you are right, it is not going to be easy to pursue this....

Edited by LandRover1 on 09/11/2021 at 18:36

This must be very disheartening for you.

However, to the community represented by this forum it will not be a surprise. It is regular advice to steer clear of the brand second-hand unless a warranty is in place for some time after purchase.

I'm sure that not every LR dies after four years, but if there's an engine-related problem out of warranty it will be an expensive repair. It's a gamble and best avoided unless your pockets are deep.

Re the "reputable garage" that received the car as a basket case, I'd guess they are slightly more likely not to notice a missing oil filter (is it easily accessible?) than they are to remove and forget to refit it,, but I have very little experience of reputable garages.

I suppose any 'mechanic' may have a momentary lapse of concentration which may cause such an incident, which is the kind of thing that makes a garage 'reputable' or disreputable.

My Pug 207 went to the nearest such place to me for its regular change of oil and filter last April, because they had done a good job at short notice 18 months before. This time they chose not to use the grade of oil I had asked for, and failed to replace the engine undertray without telling me. However I immediately looked under the car to check they had replaced a CV boot which had failed the MoT, so I noticed. They grumpily (and clumsily) refitted the missing undertray, and have been deleted from my preferred suppliers list - by making themselves disreputable.

If the car has a full JLR service history then this needs to be at the dealer irrespective of the £295 charge as there might be some goodwill payment. If you have had it serviced outside the JLR network then chances of goodwill is almost zero. It's not unknown for oil to be sent off for professional analysis, in case the wrong spec has been used.