Thread: KM's outof TD5

How long is a piece of string?

Comes down to servicing and how its been treated. 170k is nothing if its been looked after. Some are kicking around with over half a million I'm led to believe.

Service history is vital though. If it can't be verified, or if you have any doubts, walk away - there are plenty others.

To add to the above post, there are things that should be looked at or replaced around those Ks, 180,000 is a major service, so below is what should be looked at or replaced if they haven't already been done.

1) Injector harness, check for oil in the loom and at the ECU plug, oil at the plug will mean it needs replacing

2) Exhaust manifold studs, check for loose nuts or broken studs, especially if the motor has been chipped (power upgrade)

3) Hoses, intercooler and Radiator, for leaks and wear, especialy the small hose under the exhaust manifold

4) Double cardin joint on the front prop shaft at the transfer case end, check for any movement, this can be expensive if it breaks

5) Check the dash when the ignition is on for lights that should not be on, most common are; ABS/TC/HDC, M & S, SRS

Baz.

Engine mounts go, if the car vibrates at idle it needs mounts. Don't worry too much about the injector loom, even new ones leak. Just wash them out with contact cleaner, every service, the start to cross fire when the oil gets to the contector at the ecu. New ABS modulater is about $1400 fitted to fix the ABS/TC lights when all else fails.

Originally Posted by shaunp

Engine mounts go, if the car vibrates at idle it needs mounts. Don't worry too much about the injector loom, even new ones leak. Just wash them out with contact cleaner, every service, the start to cross fire when the oil gets to the contector at the ecu. New ABS modulater is about $1400 fitted to fix the ABS/TC lights when all else fails.

Checking things first before you buy and have them fixed by the caryard or private seller is better than doing things afterwards at your own exspence, I'm assuming that he's looking at buying one.

Baz.

are you asking about the vehicle as a whole or just the engine?

my money says that an my03 or later should make 500K Km

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

are you asking about the vehicle as a whole or just the engine?

my money says that an my03 or later should make 500K Km

And one before then???

I sold a farmer from up Lightening Ridge way a TD5 engine for his Defender which had 485,000kms on it, about 2 years ago, Turned out his engine was still OK, he had leaking injector seals.

I haven't come across a higher Kms TD5 vehicle, plenty in the high 300k kms come up for sale.

Erich

depends on if you replace the dowels and do the oil pump bolt or not.

from my very rough stats...

providing you do the head gasket and dowels prior to 100K km (and all the other replaceables that go with) then the same 500K but with the caveat that you've had to pull the head.

I measure the expected life of the engine in the duration before you're required to pull the head for maintenance. this doesnt include a breakdown, (ie waterpump failing and cooking it) just normal wear.

for totally stock units with correct maintenance, roughly.

v8s make 150-200K Km and its usually the valve gear that lets them down if they dont do the block or the liners

tdis generally make 250-300K km and usually only need the head lifting to replace the gasket at that time and inspect the bottom half Typically I reccomend that you do the head off at 240K Km as that also lines up with your 3rd timing belt.

pre my03 td5's 100 K Km and then its time to pull the head and do the dowels and the oil pump bolt if you made it that far do this and then its as per

post my03 td5's I havent had to do one yet but gut instinct tells me that a stock unit should make 500K km,

4bd1 500K Km and more but ID do it then just to freshen up some other bits and peices.

from rough stats from my experience, the bottom ends last twice as long as the head end and blocks generally make 2 bottom ends.