TDV6 2.7 Time bomb or Not

[Fatso]

After reading so many posts on here and the UK site re early euro 3 & 4 Engines failing , is it fair to say that these events are an exception rather than the rule ,or are we driving around with a hand grenade like the early Nissan V6 waiting for our turn in the barrel .
Starting get the jitters , I have done 155k all service and maintenance up to date , belts and oil pump done and driven ok and not flogged .
Mine is a 2007 and probably not worth all the expense of a new eng , but gee I love it its the best 4x4 I have had . Fingers crossed .
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[Tombie]

You'll only read posts like that on forums..
Very rare to read "it's all going swimmingly" posts.

Engine replacements are $2k plus fitting so worth it if the vehicle is solid...

[sheerluck]

$2k Tombie?

Can you get me half a dozen at that price please!

[frantic]

To be accurate, does anyone know what where the changes, if any made to the 2.7tdv6 when ford put it in the territory?
P.s that could be the source of a cheaper replacement, as there would be plenty stat write offs from rear end/ hail/t-bone etc with no engine damage.

[Tombie]

$2k Tombie?



Can you get me half a dozen at that price please!



Phone a Ford wrecker - you'll get a low km Territory engine for $2k

[Tombie]

To be accurate, does anyone know what where the changes, if any made to the 2.7tdv6 when ford put it in the territory?
P.s that could be the source of a cheaper replacement, as there would be plenty stat write offs from rear end/ hail/t-bone etc with no engine damage.



Will did a really good write up on here....

[sheerluck]

Frantic, yes, there's several posts in the D3/D4 forum regarding what needs to be swapped from D3/D4 engine (with a couple of extra bits needed if your D3 is Euro3 spec) to a donor Territory engine to make it run.

Basically, the differences are very few. ;)

[Fatso]

You'll only read posts like that on forums..
Very rare to read "it's all going swimmingly" posts.

Engine replacements are $2k plus fitting so worth it if the vehicle is solid...


Well im going "swimmingly " , but did not believe I would ever be reading a post about blown engines on a RRS Disko 3 , well not so many anyway , after all for the price you pay one would expect better .

[sheerluck]

Phone a Ford wrecker - you'll get a low km Territory engine for $2k

Not any more, $3.5k minimum now. Most are asking $4k plus, some asking up to $6k.

And that was from a survey of about 12 wreckers. ;)

[scarry]

Not any more, $3.5k minimum now. Most are asking $4k plus, some asking up to $6k.

And that was from a survey of about 12 wreckers. ;)

Maybe the word has now got around they fit Land Rovers.......

[sheerluck]

The word is out Paul. And where more Ford wreckers are catching on, the price of TDCi Territories at auction has gone up a fair way.

[rar110]

Does anyone know if Territory motors have problems?

[sheerluck]

Nothing of any great significance on the local Ford forums. Most of them are still too new to be reporting out of warranty issues yet though.