Thread: D2 TD5 longevity issues

Hello bluelightdisco,
If you consider that Japanese manufacturers don't think that their cars will exceed roughly 230,000 km without every part possibly needing replacement, it is not worth worrying about the cost of maintenance.
If you truly want low maintenance/replacement cost of parts on a vehicle that is 10 years old or older(every car in this age bracket has 'issues'), then buy a new one and there will be none of these issues.
I believe the the saying goes 'you can't have your cake and eat it too'

Cheers,

Jason

Originally Posted by bluelightdisco

Well thats a good question mate and the answer is........nothing for the money iwould get for the disco nothing else is in my price range so no more 4x4 boring old commodore here i come.

Don't even joke about that mate......

Originally Posted by crl

Don't even joke about that mate......

Yeah i know the prospect of living with a commodore has me searching for somewhere to hang the noose up

I would do a Great wall before I would drive a commodore

Nothing wrong with Commodores. My VR is coming up to 400,000km, still going strong and has been great.

With the wiring loom on a Td5, Alien just did his. He cleaned it up, put in some sealer and put it back together. There's a tutorial on here somewhere.

Originally Posted by bluelightdisco

Well thats a good question mate and the answer is........nothing for the money iwould get for the disco nothing else in in my price range so no more 4x4 boring old commodore here i come.

So why get rid of the D2 ? I've always worked on the basis that it's better to spend some money on what you already know, than to jump ship and potentially buy a can of worms ... the D2 should be happy for another 150k with a little bit of money spent wisley ... and it doesn't need to be spent all at once. Prioritoze the issues and work through them.

About 2 days after we picked up our D2a, my wife & I both asked the question ... _when_ the time comes to replace the D2a, what on earth are we gonna buy to replace it ?

... it'll probably be so complex I'll have no hope of maintaining it my self.

Originally Posted by Fluids

So why get rid of the D2 ? I've always worked on the basis that it's better to spend some money on what you already know, than to jump ship and potentially buy a can of worms ... the D2 should be happy for another 150k with a little bit of money spent wisley ... and it doesn't need to be spent all at once. Prioritoze the issues and work through them.

About 2 days after we picked up our D2a, my wife & I both asked the question ... _when_ the time comes to replace the D2a, what on earth are we gonna buy to replace it ?

... it'll probably be so complex I'll have no hope of maintaining it my self.

That is very true fluids i spend much of my time thinking (or is it obsessing) about how i can improve the car and what needs replacing soon, it keeps me busy!
once i repair my water pump and take care of my busted bleed screw in the top radiator hose then i think iw ill cancel the ad, its advertised at the moment but not many people seemed very interested when i told them i do all of my own servicing and plus the coolant leak from the pump didnt impress the guy who came to look at it on friday (good timing) BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW HEY!

OK.....I bought mine at 150k km, and wanted to keep it for another 150k km. So, I spent some money "refreshing it".

On top of usual service items...in no particular order

Hoses....including the top one of the screw is broken/thread is moving
Radiator flush and clean (every 12 months!)
New turbo/intercooler hoses (silicon best)
Turbo service/rebuild (not as expensive as it sounds)
sump gasket
valve cover gasket
cam inspection port o-ring
fuel cooler o-rings
water pump
Transmission gasket
Test/replace MAF sensor
Fuel pump
Fuel lines
Suspension bushes
inspect exhaust manifold for warp
engine and transmission mounts
inspect/seal injector harness