Thread: TD5 worse than I hoped

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Glasses gone pink from leaking OAT?

Methinks it's fairly typical land rover.
Great idea, poor execution.

Yea, I hang **** on the poms here about great engineer, poor execution....I mean they sent the convicts to aus and stayed in the UK themselves

Good jigger when they are going, but they should of been issued with a bag of cable ties when purchased, the abomination they call hose routing in the engine bay on a TD5 D2 rubbing hoses is extremely common failure aswell, my engine conversions are neater

Good HP and economy...when not in limp...just high maintenance and not for those that expect vehicles to just work

Td5 does not use OAT uses the green stuff, no pink tinted glasses here.

I have both Td5 and 300Tdi. 300 Tdi had to be picked up on a tilt tray due to R380/LT230 failure, Td5 has never left me stranded due to automotive failures. R380 has been rebuilt twice. I'd say per km more money has gone into the 300 Tdi than the Td5.

Yes Td5 has leaked diesel from fuel cooler, from fuel tank plastic pipes also. Problems? Yes of course it would have been better if these things had not gone wrong. No oil pump bolt, head gasket or exhaust manifold studs snapped. Hope it stays that way.

I still have both vehicles and I expect to have to do the ZF auto in the Td5 at some stage but that is just the cost of owning a car that has done more than 200k and is over 10 years old. I still get a lot of enjoyment from it and don't feel hard done by.

We all have different expectations and different tolerance for what is an acceptable failure and the cost you should pay to get them fixed. Engine replacements are not what I would expect. What happened to your engine Alex?

In the context of a Td5 D2, it came from the factory with OAT mate
However this isn't the time or place for another Glycol VS OAT ****ing match.
Alex, do whatever you think is best

Your TD5s haven't leaked fuel from the coolers - from the regulator maybe

I've had V8s and TD5s and the TD5 has been an easy engine to work on and relatively cheap too...

The V8s soaked up just as much and then you add fuel costs!!!

Originally Posted by slug_burner

Yes Td5 has leaked diesel from fuel cooler, from fuel tank plastic pipes also. Problems? Yes of course it would have been better if these things had not gone wrong. No oil pump bolt, head gasket or exhaust manifold studs snapped. Hope it stays that way.

I'd strongly suggest checking the oil pump bolt, I've seen them loose at 200+ thousand kays, just waiting to fall out

Owed mine since new and I drive it like I stole it !!!! 4000rpm every gear it's done now 302,000km still got original auto gear box and engine only had to do the oil pump bolt.... And just yesterday the original air bag started to leak... I do all my own maintenance and auto gets new oil every 10,000km... Dad has the 300tdi and I have td5 which has less problems haha I drive this thing harder and fast than any of my mates that have toyotas etc...
They can't keep up on the dirt 😂

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Rovercares made me paranoid now! I want to strip the front of the engine and replace the tensioner and replace the pump bolt........no, seriously, I do!

I think by the very nature of the mechanicing game you see a lot of bad cars. After all, if they are going well you don't get them fixed do you?
I've worked for Ford, Holden, Vauxhall, Jag-Rover, Austin-Rover/Rover, Peugeot and Volvo. And every single one had their horror stories. Some worse than others. The fact also is that these are no longer new cars. Of course they come with other maintenance issues but so do they all at that age. The good news is that if you are able to Weald your own spanners parts are quite cheap if you hunt around the web. Unfortunately if you can't you are likely to be circled by sharks!

But forewarned is forearmed as they say.

Regards

I am quite handy with spanners... I've stripped& rebuilt series landys several times. But this has gone beyond spanners. The engine is damaged beyond reasonable repair so I either get a new engine or get another car & part this one out to cover my costs

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