Well crap!

[Troy A]

I am sorry to hear this. I'd be equally bummed about this.


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[ktm525]

Thanks for all your thoughts. I will keep the group posted. Just for info...

The body and interior are pristine. Not good or great but virtually as new. Perfect dash leather everything. I have maintained a vehicle like this.

All maintenance has been done as scheduled or early. Oil, air filters every 6 to 8k, with OE oil. Never driven hard.

Just upgraded to heavy duty slotted brakes, suspension bushings new, a/c and trans serviced at 85k, new batteries, changed brakes, PS fluid, etc.

SC coupler, timing chain and coolant fittings on order

Waterpump changed about 3000 miles ago. Wondering if it could be related?

Meticulous maintenance, and not even the slightest warning until the last moment. I am just in shock. Was diligently prepping to go another 120k. Im in shock...and bummed

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That fully sucks, a newer SC model too. Another satisfied Land Rover customer!

 

[DaytonaRS7]

assuming you do a diagnosis, im very interested to hear why there was such an unexpected catastrophic failure.

 

[Quijote]

That sucks, man. If it is in such great shape, it maybe worth something decent with a "new" engine. At the very least you could keep it going yourself. It's all up to the actual cost to repair, of course.

 

[avslash]

I seem to remember mention of a failure mode similar to this years ago.

Basically coolant line ruptures and dumps coolant, no warning on dash because coolant no longer reaching temp sensor and then block gets cooked as a result.

 

[Fuji4]

my money is on a failed crossover

 

[Jimmy Brooks]

Wow. Really shocked to hear about this especially on a scv6. Sounds like you blew a coolant line and over heated the engine and eventually blew the block. If you want to save the car I’d say your best bet is a used scv6, if that’s even worth it. So sorry to hear about this and my prayers go out to you.

 

[DaytonaRS7]

wouldn't a failed crossover pipe cause an overheat issue before other significant failure? shouldn't the temp gauge of showed this nearly immediately?

There is a significant more amount of time between loss of coolant and block failure to the point of oil being spewed around the engine bay. OP says it was only 1/4 mile from 1st sign to complete chaos.

 

[Fuji4]

wouldn't a failed crossover pipe cause an overheat issue before other significant failure? shouldn't the temp gauge of showed this nearly immediately?

There is a significant more amount of time between loss of coolant and block failure to the point of oil being spewed around the engine bay. OP says it was only 1/4 mile from 1st sign to complete chaos.

See avslash post above

 

[Bogwhoppit]

I seem to remember mention of a failure mode similar to this years ago.

Basically coolant line ruptures and dumps coolant, no warning on dash because coolant no longer reaching temp sensor and then block gets cooked as a result.

I'm just wondering if you would even see a low coolant warning light before failure? I know when my water pump main bearing seal failed whilst driving along, I got a low coolant light before anything critical happened. I was able to pull over quick and walk to an Autozone for coolant. Got though almost 5 gallons in the 1/2hr drive to the dealership.