Thread: Cost of 5 years of td5 ownership

Originally Posted by Davetd5

The insurance company says market value is $12,700 which is probably closer to the mark. I can't even think of what mine would be worth because its not for sale. Prices being asked for similar td5's online vary from about $10k up to the high teens.

I did this whole exercise of keeping records and doing preventative maintenance mostly to convince myself I hadn't allowed myself to get suckered in by purchasing a LR of all things. I'd have to say it seems like I'm doing ok after all! Being able to swing the spanners myself has helped, I'd hate to have paid for labour on top of everything.

The only issue with preventative maintenance is that sometimes its best to leave well enough alone. I read on here that it was important to look at the injector loom plug for oil, so I took it off one night and checked, not realising that I'd bumped one of those silly brittle by pass coolant hoses off the radiator. Next morning I drove off not knowing that it was pumping its coolant out. First I knew was when the heater wasn't working, then 30 secs later the ECU started cutting injectors out as an overheat reaction. The head gasket lasted another 2.5 years, but it used coolant that whole time!

I did the same thing to the hose that juts out over the air cleaner , lucky it had pressure in it and pee'd out everywhere, no missing that leak. Pipe was brittle as uncooked spaghetti after 10 yrs.

Great post Dave. Had my D2a for about 10 mths and just gone thru the head gasket bit. Comparable cost - made me feel better. Also replaced coolant pump, oil cooler, thermostat, engine mounts, tensioner, cooler hoses...and the radiator - 'cos I hadn't read the forum about how brittle those poxy little plastic nipples get. Ah well, still better that the alternative.

Hi All

Bought my wife's D2 7 years ago with 183,000k on the clock and have just had the cylinder head removed to replace the plastic dowels 305,000k
Below is the list of everything else that's been done.

Injector harness
Frt Lhs Abs sensor
Tailshaft
Xy switch
Radiator
Egr removed
Starter Motor replaced
Water Pump
Power Steering Pump
Headlining replaced

I still think we have had value for money ( used off-road regularly )

The other 4wd we had from new for 3 years only had 75,000k on the clock and required a new engine under warranty and the dealer kept passing the buck until it ran out of warranty at 100,000k
where I sold the car and bought the D 2 which is still going strong.

Cheers

Steve

Shhhhhh... What ever you do, don't tell rovercare about this thread, it might throw out his opinions on the TD5 < http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...n-i-hoped.html >.

Unless I missed it somewhere, how many k's has your TD5 done?

That is a significant factor in determining its value.

Hi Basil

About to do a 310,000 k service on the D2.
With all the things I have fix on my wife's car over the last 7 years I consider the D2 to be value for money compared to the other 4wd that she had for only
3 years.

Cheers

Steve

Originally Posted by twr7cx

Shhhhhh... What ever you do, don't tell rovercare about this thread, it might throw out his opinions on the TD5 < http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...n-i-hoped.html >.

Actually it pretty much reaffirms ,my opinion