Puddin Head
New Member
Hi all. My GF has a 2019 Discovery Sport which has been having some issues with its idle for the last week or so and I'm trying to determine if it is something I'd be able to easily fix myself.
Little back story: The car had an oil leak about 3 weeks ago so I brought it to a mechanic who told me he couldn't do the work since he wouldn't be able to reset the car's computer when he was done and advised I take it to the dealer with the suspicion that it was a rear main seal leak. Dealer finds the problem to be a plug just above the rear seal (gave it an odd name that I can't think of right now) and fixes the problem for about $1000.
We get the car home and, within a day or two, it starts racing at idle or stalling out. Bring it back to the dealer and they send us the following diagnosis:
First thing that strikes me is that they discovered that their own guy hadn't tightened the battery lead before giving it back to us after the oil leak fix. Anyhow, here are my questions:
1) Does the comment on the P0444 EVAP emission system suggest a problem that needs to be fixed?
2) Is there any chance that they pulled the crank case to do the fix on the oil leak and damaged the PCV valve or any other part that would lead to the leak they discovered now that I've brought it back to them?
3) Car is currently at the dealer so I can't get a look at the engine and I can't find any pics on line, but how is the swap job for the PCV valve cover on the 2.0L i4 engine? I've seen videos suggesting that the V8 is an easy job, and I've seen a thread here that suggests that the swap on the V6 turbo is more of a pain. How about the 2.0? Is the valve burried or accessible?
Long and short of it, I don't want to pay another $1000 for this, particularly if there's a chance that the dealer's mechanic broke it during the fix they did just a few days before symptoms began. If I can fix it myself, I will, but I'd also like to know how much of an argument I need to be making about the possibility that the problem with the PCV assembly may be their fault. If the consensus here is that it is very unlikely that it got damaged during the oil leak fix, I'll let it go.
Thanks in advance for any help with this!
Little back story: The car had an oil leak about 3 weeks ago so I brought it to a mechanic who told me he couldn't do the work since he wouldn't be able to reset the car's computer when he was done and advised I take it to the dealer with the suspicion that it was a rear main seal leak. Dealer finds the problem to be a plug just above the rear seal (gave it an odd name that I can't think of right now) and fixes the problem for about $1000.
We get the car home and, within a day or two, it starts racing at idle or stalling out. Bring it back to the dealer and they send us the following diagnosis:
First thing that strikes me is that they discovered that their own guy hadn't tightened the battery lead before giving it back to us after the oil leak fix. Anyhow, here are my questions:
1) Does the comment on the P0444 EVAP emission system suggest a problem that needs to be fixed?
2) Is there any chance that they pulled the crank case to do the fix on the oil leak and damaged the PCV valve or any other part that would lead to the leak they discovered now that I've brought it back to them?
3) Car is currently at the dealer so I can't get a look at the engine and I can't find any pics on line, but how is the swap job for the PCV valve cover on the 2.0L i4 engine? I've seen videos suggesting that the V8 is an easy job, and I've seen a thread here that suggests that the swap on the V6 turbo is more of a pain. How about the 2.0? Is the valve burried or accessible?
Long and short of it, I don't want to pay another $1000 for this, particularly if there's a chance that the dealer's mechanic broke it during the fix they did just a few days before symptoms began. If I can fix it myself, I will, but I'd also like to know how much of an argument I need to be making about the possibility that the problem with the PCV assembly may be their fault. If the consensus here is that it is very unlikely that it got damaged during the oil leak fix, I'll let it go.
Thanks in advance for any help with this!
