Thread: The best most reliable Defender motors.

Originally Posted by Kanga1

Hi Sue, we haven't bought a van yet, however the ones that we have been looking at are up to 250kg s, Cheers, Kanga.

Just be aware that once you start loading your stuff into a van the ball weight can go up - depending on how you load it.. (a lot of people don't realise that)..

PS If you're looking for a van take a look at Exclusive Caravans Australia

Hi Kanga 1
Im towing the size of van you are considering ( 25 foot & 2.8 T dry ) with a Td5 130 D/C .
The car is chipped, bigger intercooler and a roverdrive overdrive so that I do not need to tow in 5th gear ( towing in 4th overdrive ).I find that I have plenty of power and so far we are getting a fuel consumption of 15 l/100. the only draw back I have found is the need to keep a close eye on the EGT guage as it is easy to send the gas temps soaring.
hope this helps Dave.

Originally Posted by PAT303

...the gearbox is alot better ...

wait, what!?

It might be a little off topic but a couple years ago i was working in a workshop out west and one of the diesel fitters was complaining that his cruiser ute was sucking juice like crazy.
when we worked it out my old lwb 2a wagon with worn out rover 6 had better fuel economy.

the motto of this story is that some times you just get a thirsty pig of a car.

borrow a car and have a little drive see what you will be happy with.

Originally Posted by Kanga1

Thanks, I think that is the Isuzu 3.9 litre 4 pot as in most of the current Army Rovers, I've heard mostly good things about them, Noise and 4 speed G/box only are the 2 negs I've been told. Kanga.

There is a 5 speed Isuzu g/box conversion that fixes 1 of the negs

Originally Posted by centy

It might be a little off topic but a couple years ago i was working in a workshop out west and one of the diesel fitters was complaining that his cruiser ute was sucking juice like crazy.
when we worked it out my old lwb 2a wagon with worn out rover 6 had better fuel economy.

the motto of this story is that some times you just get a thirsty pig of a car.

borrow a car and have a little drive see what you will be happy with.

With the 1HZ we worked out about one is four's diesel injection is setup right from the factory. The rest were a fairly mixed bag and it is physically possible to shovel 20 litres per 100km's through a 4.2 litre motor.

My last one averaged 15 per 100 driving around Kalgoorlie,and it struggled to keep up with traffic. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

The new Isuzu's are the same,the engines are fine but are let down by all the extra crap hung off them to make them compliant. Pat

what engines in which vehicles Pat? Im might be getting and Isuzu down the track.....