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

[86mud]

So, my 1998 300tdi 130 hit the big milestone last night....

Sorry about the film quality - was a bit hard to film and drive at night.

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ps...this is not to be confused with the M1 300 club [bigsmile]

[67hardtop]

That would have taken a long time to amass all those kilometers at 20 kmh!![emoji12] [emoji12] [emoji12]

[pop058]

psssstt

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485 now [wink11]

[LRT]

Yes the farm 130 hit 300,000 a little while ago. https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2018/02/646.jpg

[LRT]

There is a privately imported Tdi 110 locally with 1.4 million miles but I can’t remember if it was a 200 or 300 Tdi.

[Kidbeen]

There is a privately imported Tdi 110 locally with 1.4 million miles but I can’t remember if it was a 200 or 300 Tdi.

Someone told me awhile back that he did over a million kilometres in his Defender with a second engine.

[XSiV]

My td5 has almost 300k.

[LRT]

Someone told me awhile back that he did over a million kilometres in his Defender with a second engine.

This one has the original engine but has had a set of rings & bearing shells. The gearbox has also been rebuilt twice.

It depends on where you draw the line as eventually it’ll become a ‘grandfathers axe’.

Same with Irv Gordon’s 3 million mile Volvo.

3 Million Reasons to Believe - Volvo Owners Club Forum (https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php't=184203)

Of course many trucks have done this sort of mileage...

[Killer]

Not a Tdi300, but I have got around 415,000 on my Td5 Defender.

Cheers,
Mick.

[incisor]

486000 on my 300tdi 130 and the big end bearing shells were just done

one of my clients had a disco 1 with over a million klms on it when he sold it to someone on here...

[cripesamighty]

I know of at least one, maybe two D1's kicking around here in WA with well over 1 million km's on them. My own D1 has less than 240000km on it, but my D3 has over twice that amount - 517,500km.

[weeds]

It would be pretty tough finding a 300tdi with > 300k on the clock.

[scanfor]

One just ticked over, one passed 300 about 90,000 ago and the last is almost there at about 275https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2018/02/650.jpg

[Ranga]

It would be pretty tough finding a 300tdi with > 300k on the clock.Did you mean less than 300k? If so, my 95 model has 260k

[BathurstTom]

My 96 Disco has 293k on it and still uses no oil. And amazing, at present, it has no leaks! Don't know how long that will last though.

Tom

[Didge]

Did you mean less than 300k? If so, my 95 model has 260k
I'm the same Ranga, just over 260 and same year :)

[rangieman]

You bloke`s really need to get out more [bigwhistle]
300k is not even run in yet [bighmmm]
My Td5 which is 9 year`s on average younger than most of these is about ten k off that milestone [bigrolf]

[Kidbeen]

It would be pretty tough finding a 300tdi with > 300k on the clock.

Why do you say that? I don't want to sound like Pauline Hanson, but please explain!

[LRT]

It would be pretty tough finding a 300tdi with > 300k on the clock.

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/brunswick/cars-vans-utes/1998-land-rover-defender-300tdi/1175777162

[swellestgorgon]

So, my 1998 300tdi 130 hit the big milestone last night....

Sorry about the film quality - was a bit hard to film and drive at night.

136681136682136683


ps...this is not to be confused with the M1 300 club [bigsmile]I dont think there's a straight long enough for that

[mrb505]

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

[LRT]

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...

[mrb505]

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

[rick130]

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.

[Sly]

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

[grey_ghost]

Sly - 32,500 and it’s needed 2 rebuilds! [emoji6][emoji848][emoji15]

[Sly]

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

[Zeros]

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.

[Trout]

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.

[BbLandy130]

Td5’s in! 136900

[Spinner912]

I guess it is getting close to being run in, eh?

[reddevl]

Pleased to report my 1997 tdi disco has done nearly 61000 my near identical spare disco has done 280000. Drives like new. Needs an injector pump rebuild and windscreen so is an uneconomical project unless i wreck my good disco.

[edddo]

61000!
How?

[vnx205]

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.

.. .... ....

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I would expect the odometer error to be almost the same on every one with standard tyres since it is just a matter of gearing in the equipment.

Speedo error could vary a lot since there are other variables involved.

However, mine are very close to yours ie 10% speedo and 4% odometer.

I would have thought that even if the speedo is out by 10% that most Defenders on standard tyres would only need 4% or 5% correction.

[waz164]

So, my 1998 300tdi 130 hit the big milestone last night....

Sorry about the film quality - was a bit hard to film and drive at night.

136681136682136683


ps...this is not to be confused with the M1 300 club [bigsmile]

mine spent 9yrs unregd on a farm before i got it (3yrs ago), so hasn't been used much over that time :) gotta love them :)

[mrb505]

After putting the yellow speedo drive (22 teeth) in Ive had a chance to test the speedo but not the odometer 100 kmh is now reading pretty well bang on 100 instead of 100 really only being 90 with the original blue cog (20teeth)
The odometer on my 130 tdi big cab always read .5 km more over the 5 km test that I’ve done a few times, so I think both my speedo/Odometer were out 10%
There is a 21 tooth green cog that should be about 5% different to the blue cog

[Zeros]

Td5’s in! 136900

Oh yeah go on... my 300Tdi would have almost 400,000 on it if I hadn't grabbed a Puma a couple of years ago...already 80,000 on it! ...Blimey I'm getting old!

[incisor]

Hmmmm

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2018/03/35.jpg

[pop058]

Hmmmm

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2018/03/35.jpg

how long did you have to wait for that [thumbsupbig]

[incisor]

how long did you have to wait for that [thumbsupbig]

i wondered whether someone would pickup on it :p

it happened today...

[86mud]

Given that my truck just clicked over 300,000kms plus that fact that I have had it just on 9 years, I thought I would give it some much needed attention, so I have done the following:

Changed the engine oil and filter (I do this every 5,000kms)
Replaced the fuel filter (i do this every 10,000kms)
Replaced the thermostat
Replaced the radiator cap
Replaced the viscous fan hub (it had been running 1 or 2 degrees hotter than normal)
Replaced the fuel lift pump gasket - the source of an annoying oil leak
Replaced the rocker cover gasket (thought this may have been a source of an oil leak)
Replaced the o'ring on the rocker cover breather (once again I thought this may have been a source of an oil leak)
Replaced the manifold gasket (there was evidence of black soot at the rear of the head)
Replaced both gearbox mounts (originals were sagged)
plus new tyres and a wheel alignment
Chased electrical gremlin in air-con system (loose connection at fuse block causing the compressor clutch to randomly cut in and out)
Gave the truck a wash
Lanotec'd the chassis.

Crickey....that was a lot of work...but rewarding.

[BigBlackDog]

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Just a week before it blew the head gasket,new head on, during first test drive punched the clutch fork...sigh. Back up and running now all, well mostly, happy again:)