Thread: Disco 2 - V8 or Td5

Its one thing to give info, clearly biased (which I did I readily say), on which you prefer, but to suggest that the V8's are very unreliable compared to the TD5 is stating a fact for which there is no evidence.

Cheers

If the service records weren't in Wagga I'd more than happily show you

That being said, Td5's are not without their problems at all!!!

Just it's interesting that there are so many 4.6 D2's getting around even with low miles.... lol

Oh oh, this thread seems to be degenerating into the usual ****ing competition between diesel and petrol owners.

Can I just say from years looking at threads on this forum, that it seems to me that the "contingent liability" of owning a TD5 appears much greater than that of a V8. Ie if and when something does wrong it seems to cost a lot more for a TD5 than a V8.

Also MANY of the chipped TD5s from posts here seem to develop problems from warped manifolds,broken studs, cracked heads, blown turbos etc.

It seems you have to have constant vigilance that the sump is not making oil, LR seems the only company in the World to be able to design an oil leak into a wiring loom! If you get a runaway it is Bye bye wallet

The old chestnuts about petrol engines not liking water have really been diminished greatly by ECU direct spark systems. The only fail to preceeds I have seen is the connectors to the ZF getting wet stopping cars in mid stream and this is common to both diesel and petrol.

The V8 is VEEEERY old and as such has some basic problems . the cam base circle diameter is too small , so the cams wear out in 200KK or sooner with long oil changes. The head gaskets last 160KK if you are lucky, more like 110KK. The 4litre blocks crack if overheated( and maybe if not!) BUT in diesel terms these things are relatively cheap to fix, although a rebuild is expensive.

Just remember , if ONE thing goes wrong with a TD5, you have lost the entirety of your fuel savings.
So like the earlier posters I say drive both and select without obsessing about fuel economy.Good hunting. And I know I would buy a 100KK petrol over a 200KK diesel any day of the week. However I would buy a 100KK diesel for the same price or a couple of Ks more than a petrol.( I think as I haven't driven one)
BTW in all the tests I have seen on diesel vs petrol performance, the ONLY thing a diesel seems to win is a torque contest . I have actually had an impromtu drag with a TD5 from the toll booths on the M2, me with 5 people on board my old 3.9 RRC and him alone and he held me for about 10 metres. If you are going up a big hill which causes the diesel to lose speed, IMHO it is very hard to regain speed , whereas the petrol can kick down and rev out to beyond 5000RPM and then overtake the numpty who has slowed you down. I use kickdown and revs all the time when driving on our great highways , when passing our grey nomad friends.
Regards Philip A

Sorry to have offended you all

I like both the Td5 and the V8, I'd have a V8 one over a Td5 if I didn't do the country K's I do, or the towing and could handle the fuel bills let alone the fact I can't drive one on P plates thanks to some beaurocratic numpty.

In our close circle there are 5 Td5's and one 4.6 P38a, of all of them the only one that's ever been off the road is the Rangie, because it threw a conrod through the side of the motor.

I love Rover V8's I really do, I just think they don't give the benefits over a Td5 that they had over a Tdi. One of each would be perfect lol

It's whatever you prefer

One important variable is that by D2 V8 is a second car, a toy for me for weekends and some road trips arpound NSW. I get about 550 -600 urban using 98 Ron as Im aslo captin slow.

For the daily Day Care run and very long trips, we take our 2007 2.5l Nissan X-Trail.. It's cheap, not as fun or nice to drive as a Disco. But in 4 years nothing has gone wrong.

It's nice to have both worlds.

Phillip, a week ago I would have agreed with you about the diesels being slow on hills, until Fluids shared a little tip with me.
Before the hill if you knock it back into third, the diesel will pull like a horse up the hill, and then you knock it up into fourth and you're away

The diesels pull just as well as the 8's if you know how the drive them properly, problem is, just like in the 80's when TURBO D Range Rovers came out, not many people know how to drive a small turbo motor.