Discovery TDI reliability

[UKLRO]

I am looking at a Discovery, 97 TDI and was looking for opinions on the relaiability of this engine. It is low kms, 130,000 and regularly serviced with no off road or towing. A Rover tech advised me to steer clear of the TDI for electrical problems, but there seems to be plenty of guys that use them off road.
Thanks,

[rangieman]

I am looking at a Discovery, 97 TDI and was looking for opinions on the relaiability of this engine. It is low kms, 130,000 and regularly serviced with no off road or towing. A Rover tech advised me to steer clear of the TDI for electrical problems, but there seems to be plenty of guys that use them off road.
Thanks,
What some rover tech he would be , my 300 Tdi Defender is going strong almost 220ks :cool:

[DiscoTDI]

The TDI was a generally mechanical engine no real electrickery problems, I traded mine in at 285000km and it was still going strong with no issues other than a couple of things wearing out. I found it to be the most reliable Landy I have owned, have not had the D3 long enough to rank it yet;)

[worraps]

my disco tdi well serviced from new i am 3rd owner 272k on clock and runs great

[SneakyPete]

Defender 300TDi @ 275k - no problems and going strong. Only ever had timing belts replaced at 100k intervals, oil every 5k, regular filters (oil 10k, air/fuel 20k), and periodic tappet adjustments. No electrical problems at all. Oil seals however are a different matter...

SneakyPete

[mns488]

mine is 97 Tdi 205,000 K/m. Only problems it has had are problems I have caused :angel:

Maybe the rover tech meant steer clear of the TD5s rather than the older 300Tdi's?

[jik22]

A Rover tech advised me to steer clear of the TDI for electrical problems, but there seems to be plenty of guys that use them off road.
Thanks,

I think I'd steer clear of that Rover tech! You'd be hard pushed to find any electrics on a TDi - that's why I bought one! :)

[B92 8NW]

I think I'd steer clear of that Rover tech! You'd be hard pushed to find any electrics on a TDi - that's why I bought one! :)

Yeah! There is like three wires on my 200Tdi:D

[dullbird]

Yeah! There is like three wires on my 200Tdi:D


and i bet two of them are holding the engine in place;) the other one is the seat belt:D

[The ho har's]

just about 300,000 km ,head gasket can be a problem if you don't watch coolant other wise great,mine is 96 tdi:)

[Reads90]

I am looking at a Discovery, 97 TDI and was looking for opinions on the relaiability of this engine. It is low kms, 130,000 and regularly serviced with no off road or towing. A Rover tech advised me to steer clear of the TDI for electrical problems, but there seems to be plenty of guys that use them off road.
Thanks,


To sum up he talking out of his ar*e

There are no electrics on a 300 Tdi No engine of car managerment ones anyway.
The only electrics going to the engine are the heater plugs (Which you don't need anyway) the alternator, the injection pump, and the temp gauge. Thats it so what is he going on about. If you start a Tdi and take the battery off it will still run so it does not even rely on its electrics to run

He is getting confused with the range rover of the same year. Now there are the ones to steer clear of
The Tdi Disco are some of the most reliable cars that land rover have ever made

[Blknight.aus]

in theory if reasonabley looked after I see no reason why a tdi shouldnt make 500k km and more.

If treated like a golden child I reckon you could coax 1m Km out of one easily (esp if it was a wednesday morning build)

[jik22]

Yeah! There is like three wires on my 200Tdi:D

I'm actually struggling to find two circuits to put an immobiliser on that couldn't be got round with 2 wires and 60 secs under the bonnet. :D

[UKLRO]

I did wonder what the tech was on about.Anyway I took the plunge today and bought a 95 Discovery TDI, one owner from new with 140,000 kms and full service history. Really pleased with the deal and cant wait to get it off road.

[mns488]

I did wonder what the tech was on about.Anyway I took the plunge today and bought a 95 Discovery TDI, one owner from new with 140,000 kms and full service history. Really pleased with the deal and cant wait to get it off road.


Congrats and enjoy:D

[DiscoTDI]

you will be happy, enjoy:D:cool: