Thread: Buying: 2004 Disco 2 TD5 Classic

Hi Funky ... The very first thing you can do on a std Td5 is wind up the turbo wastegate ... that'll get you about an extra 5psi boost before it goes into overboost fuel cut-off ... and it comes on sooner.

It's not a massive improvement but it makes a definite improvement. Makes those hills a little less annoying. More boost = more HP ... and it costs no more than about 15-20min of your time.

Search the Good Oil section. It's all there.

The other way is to pull the stick back to 3rd before the hill, let the auto get locked in 3rd, and it will pull like a mutha.

It is after all, only a 2.5L donk

When i had my 03 TD5 in Brisvegas i had it chipped by M.R. Automotive. It made a real difference. For the price outlayed it was great.


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Originally Posted by funkyfedaykin

I refused to believe that a 2.5L turbo diesel would have such trouble accelerating, climbing hills etc as mine was having, so I got MR Automotive in Redcliffe to have a look. The wastegate was stuck, and the ECU was cutting fuel to the engine because it couldn't regulate pressure. Thus my poor performance up hills & the like.

Turns out that there is plenty of power in my engine, and it has no trouble getting up the Toowoomba range at all now that my wategate works!!

Now that my engine is performing properly, I don't see why everyone recommends chip upgrades etc. It has plenty of power & accelerates fine, keeping in mind of course that it's no Rangerover Sport, but still more than enough IMO.