Wow - I was convinced you were certifiable when you said you were going to press ahead and get the different engine in. Bravo 👏

They really are sickening . The sdv6 isn’t much better. This is why I love my 400bhp ipace that I can abuse and never have that engine worry again.

So this is how you end up in a padded cell with a straight jacket 😳

You’ve done to much to sell it now

My heart goes out to you. I have just had the same problem with a Jaguar XE. I had the engine bored out to +.5 mm and fitted oversized pistons. I did 60 miles and seized solid. Getting the torque converter of is a real task. I have not got the car back on the road yet.

I just had the engine replaced in mine with a new one from Jag - they paid for it. The second turbo destroyed itself at 65k miles, the first turbo had grenaded at 54k miles... I got it back a week ago, it's now got a 1 year warranty on the engine, but I will be selling it well before then....

I really hope you will keep the vehicle and upload new videos (positive, in the sense that the vehicle is in good shape and serves you well). These videos are nice to watch. Thank you!

this is the pistonheads thread - right? (didn’t realise i subbed !!)

Fantastic work to strip down and refit the new engine. Sounds fine to me. I have an XF 260 180 hp. Sounds the same. You must be very proud of yourself. Well done!

There should be a lip on the casting that locates in the slot in the liner to stop it dropping or rotating. Seems to have been machined off. Bound to fail. Amazed it lasted 10K miles.

Great work man, been keeping up to date on the thread, watching the vid really conveys the situation you have managed to somehow get through again and get back to where you wanted to be 🥳

Hi, good luck for the future, keep us uptodate please. Many thanks from Nr Chester

It’s so sad JLR build so of the worlds best looking cars , but can’t make a reliable engine now . Good luck for the future

I'm stunned at the failures those engines are having. The quality of design and manufacturing has hit rock bottom IMHO.

It could have been your injector spray pattern not been correct or incorrect piston clearance, that's a lot of heat to do that

Liner not fitted correctly. That's unfortunate.

There a renowned ball ache be done with it but a Merc or and Audi diesel

I recon I know what happened to your engine it happen to me years ago. You got the head skimmed but they took too much off without recessing the valves. It will run but is noisier than normal just like your then all of a sudden catastrophic failure

Chevy small block and manual handbrake is my suggestion

Custard or it didn't happen😂 , you`ve got some patients i`ll say good work ( long time lurker ) read whole thread 👍