Thread: How many k's is too many on a diesel?

as said before buy cheap and get the work or do the work on it and then you know what is done

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

as said before buy cheap and get the work or do the work on it and then you know what is done

or get a good one that doesn't need the work done in the first place?

parts and fixing is expensive...

true but sometimes even the good ones turn out to be not so good

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

true but sometimes even the good ones turn out to be not so good

and that would be a sad day indeed

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

our 1996 300tdi 227k and it seems pretty good the transfer is due for work though

My 96 is at 224. You must be working yours harder! I have some steering work to do and as mentioned earlier where I used to get 10.5 l/100k now it's crept up to 11.

Listen about this gasket and head thing, I heard that tdis are never quite the same after the head's been off. Admittedly I think they mean after the head was off coz it was cooked but I feel like keeping it intact for as long as possible and just take good care of cooling system. Am I wrong?


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Mine ticked over 434,000k's today driving back from across the trans line hunting camels,the rear drivers side brake stone guard broke but other than that she's humming. Pat

I August 2009 I paid $13K for a 96 Def 110 wagon with 202K on the clock although the odometer over reads by 5%. Problems I've encountered:
Engine - none just the usual maintenance
New brake vacumn pump
New timing belt kit
Centre diff lock - won't engage - just found out 3 weeks ago but could've been like that when I bought it - stupid me
RUST - in the font of the floor and base of the firewall on the passenger side where the air cond lines are and in the bottom of all the doors. Pull the mats right out. In fact, look for rust in all the doors, they're known for it.
Replacing worn axles and flanges that create a lot of backlash when releasing the clutch are a cheap fix but obviously more expensive if the slack is in the transfer case/ diffs, etc.
My mileage is 9.5 L/ 100K flogging it hard (cruising in any other car) from Sydney to Port Macquarie and not much different around town as I tend to drive it gently (cruising).
But look for the rust cos it's gotta be the hardest thing to fix.
cheers gerald

Going by what i have seen and read.

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A Td5 Should if it is a "Good one" Provide over 500,000k. No stupid Timing belts to worry about.

The only worry is the injectors which at one stage will go i'm not sure what there expected life is..