Originally Posted by
Catmatt
I'm a new D2 owner and am confident that I will have 300-350K's before any major issues. I see that a common thread throughout the previous posts is constant maintenance!!
By maintenance I mean - don't wait for the scheduled service time to elapse before driving to your local workshop....open the bonnet weekly and check everything. If you are doing a lot of off and on-road driving, drop the oil regularly and replace the filters. Clean oil and fresh filters are a cheap insurance for turbo and engine longivety...and are within the reach of most 'back-yard' mechanics. While you have the bonnet open, crawl underneath with a grease gun and lube them nipples :cool:
My previous D1 went for 385,000 trouble free kilometres before I sold it - reluctantly to a mate! He promptly killed it within 50K due to a lack of attention to small mechanical issues that became major in a short time.
I'm probably preaching to the converted about the significant benefits of a well looked after diesel engine......We all know how truckies log up a million+ kilometres per year on the same engine - mine sites run graders/scrapers/dump trucks 24/7, 11 months a year....trawlers spend months at sea relying on the same engine.
I'm a marine engineer and am a firm believer in - clean oil, clean fuel for a happy engine........oh yeah - warm them up before driving away and allow the turbo to run down and heat stabilise before shutting off.
My 2 cents worth :angel:
