Thread: 300Tdi 300k club....whose in?

Originally Posted by mrb505

Don’t forget to take 10% off most tdi defenders for speedo error

Mine under reads by 5km/h so that means I should add??

Oh and I found that if you drive in reverse the mileage decreases...

When I’m doing 100 by the speedo I’m actually only doing 90
And by the 5km speedo check south of tamworth the odometer is 1/2 a km more 5.5kms
Yesterday I put a yellow speedo drive instead of the blue haven’t tried it yet 10% more I believe
This is in a 130 tdi with 235/85/16 tyres

IIRC the odometer and speedo errors were different on the Tdi?

With new 235/85's the speedo was 8% out but the odo was only about 5% out?

255/85's corrected the speedo.

Anyway, my old Deefer only clocked up about 5000km in the last three years and it has over 330,000 when I sold it.

The new owner loves it, flicked me a photo with new ZU rims on it last weekend.

Yep , my 98 is also around the 32500 mark . All long trip kms , never used as commuter. However it has had two major rebuilds.

Sly - 32,500 and it’s needed 2 rebuilds!

Sorry did the ( used car sales thing) . 325000 is a truer number 👍

98 Tdi Defender 315000 - mostly hard bush kms in northern Australia and now some tootling around town. Going strong. Oil and filter every 5000 km. Replaced head gasket as a precaution at 200k. Nothing major (touch wood) except a failed turbo around 200k.

98 defender with just over 292,000. Lots of hard km. But only used for fun and towing now. Engine wise, the head came off at about 200k due to an injector fail. Had the bottom end bearings replaced last year as a precaution but they were still good and really not needed. However just about everything else attached to the engine has been replaced or rebuilt. Some things more than once. However I think it is more reliable now than it was in its fist 10 years of life.