Unfortunately

My Discovery was one of the last ones built with the Rover v8. The 4.6 litre engine is a decent size, makes good power and excellent torque, but is a time bomb. Due to engineering short comings, lack of money on Rover's part (they were about broke) and little care in assembly, ALL the 4.6s have short lives. Mine succumbed at 85,000 miles to a dropped liner, killing the engine in a rather dramatic display of steam out the tailpipe on a cold snowy day. It took 15 gallons of water to make it home the last 5 miles to park her till a replacement could be sourced and affixed.

The Pain did not end there. I bought a newly rebuilt engine from Atlantic British, this engine fixes all the problems the 4.6 is known for and is nearly bulletproof. It's a good engine. It was the rip off I was subjected to by the mechanic who did all the work. Book time to remove and replace the engine on my Disco is 15 hours. He charged me 40 and took THREE MONTHS to get the job done. This was not some fly by night guy either, he is a well established foreign car shop here in South Jersey.