Thread: D2a TD5 Blown head gasket ++

Glad to hear to got home and the RACV service was good. My wife had a disaster with them when our old Magna broke down in Daylesford, very little interest and she waited 3 hrs for the transporter to turn up. RACV were very poor communicators that day and did not keep her informed at all.

I had the HG on the V8 replaced by AMV in Ringwood, probably a bit far from you. 3 yrs on and still ok.

That is bad news about the Disco Bill. I too have used my RACV Totalcare and have nothing but praise for RACV. Once on a country road breakdown they wanted to send a taxi 80 kms to take me 3kms.

But mate. All that wine. You know you could have used the busted Disco as a marketing tool. Just stay road side with the bonnet lifted and a cardboard sign prominently displayed saying broken down, bulk wine at discount prices. Then proceeded to clear all the wine at twice the normal price.

Commiserations Bill and I hope the repair bill isn't to hefty!

Was planning to meet up with my mate who had a camper trailer in tow behind his D2 in the Vic highlands just after New Year. We are both Canberrans and he set off earlier than me to do the Xmas family thing in Melbourne and then head up to Ada River where we would RV for a night or two before heading up the ranges.

Unfortunately he blew an auto trans cooler hose just before the turn off to the camp site and ended up stranded on a back waters road about 10K from the camp site.........

Fortunately for him, I had decided against going over a very rough but significantly shorter track from McKillops bridge to Ada River after seeing how many trees had fallen across the track. This track would have brought me into Ada River from a completely opposite direction.

So I ended up taking a 150K detour and as we approached the turn off to the camp-site at about 16:30 .....who should we see parked in the middle of a small ocean of auto trans fluid was a very relieved mate and his equally relieved wife. Apparently we were the 1st car to come along in a hours

After getting them safely off the road, we disconnected both trailers and set up a small bivouac on a patch of grass. We had to back-track about 25-30K's to get in phone range and this is where RACV swung into action....

Really can't commend them enough for the prompt service and follow up phone calls to ensure everything was in place. This was in the midst of the short heat-wave in Victoria where it seemed, every car had broken down that weekend.
A local towing company was contacted by RACV and rang us while we were still in phone range to confirm our break-down location. They were flat out and as we were 6th job in line they promised to turn up "around 9ish the next morning".

We went back to our bivvy, set up camp and had an enjoyable night renewing our acquaintance with Jack Daniels.

At 09:01 the next morning, up turned a cheery but tired towie who'd been up since 1 that morning. He took over from there and we all ended up spening a few days in Orbost caravan park while the car was repaired.

Well done RACV - you've sold me on good service and efficient operations!

Hi all,
Finally home. I wrote my first post on this from Coonabarabran this morning.

Simon, you must have got them on a bad day. (i am assuming you had RACV membership not RAASA.). I couldn't believe how proactive they were.

Grumbles - good idea. I might load up the D1 (it makes me look even needier), park outside Domaine Chandon in the Yarra Valley and see if I can double my price there.

Catmatt, yep they're good. Your story reminded me of the time six month ago when my D2a dumped its transmission fluid. They had the Disco on a tray and delivered into Castlemaine within 90 minutes.

Tomorrow I return the Territory and start planning the repairs. First issue will be selecting a mechanic.

Bill

hey lotsmaw,sorry to hear of all your troubles especially over a holiday.just out of curiousity,how many k's on the td5?just using it as a rough gauge for myself.just reading about others!

130,000ks
It is a d2a first registered Feb 2005 so must have been one of the last.
I bought it two years ago with 50k on the clock. Regularly serviced since then - although not always by a LR specialist.

did you have an engine saver fitted?

Unfortunately no. I just read a couple of threads to see what an engine saver is. Now I know, it will be on the list - I plan to drive the D2 for at leat another 170k.

Unless of course Grumbles' plan for selling my product at exorbitant prices work, it which case it's D4 for me and Evoque for the leader of the opposition.

Bill