Thread: Attention Diesel Discovery Owners

$10k would mean either a 300Tdi D1 (a very good one with lots of money left over) or a TD5 D2.

I have a 1997 D1 300 Tdi manual. It has generally been reliable, and is certainly convenient, however if I were you I would go for a TD5 D2, however not the first couple of years of production.

D1 300tdi - things to watch for:
Rust around alpine windows
Head gaskets all fail at ~250k km
Check the ABS and SRS lights light up, many owners remove the globes rather than fix problems
The temp guage is binary - it instantly goes between OK and Buggered engine, with no warning. Install a VDO or similar.
The rear power windows have a fault in the circuit board which often stops them working (or makes them work intermittently).

You wont be disappointed with a 03, 04 D2a TD5 with the lowest K's and a good service history and preferably, bog stock. A great vehicle. Most issues can be resolved easily and on the whole cheaply. Plenty of advice and support here!. Love mine.
Regards
Robbo

However if I were you I would go for a TD5 D2, however not the first couple of years of production.

G'day IsuzuRover,

Since I am starting my Disco research today ... which years of manufacture should I avoid?

So the binary temp gauge is like a temperature warning light - once it comes on it's too late!

Kind Regards
Lionel

Originally Posted by robbotd5

You wont be disappointed with a 03, 04 D2a TD5 with the lowest K's and a good service history and preferably, bog stock. A great vehicle. Most issues can be resolved easily and on the whole cheaply. Plenty of advice and support here!. Love mine.
Regards
Robbo

G'day Robbo,

Sorry to confirm something probably very basic - the 03 and 04 refers to 2003 and 2004 as in year of manufacture? Just remember I am very new to Discos so I am still learning about model codes

Kind Regards
Lionel

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

G'day Robbo,

Sorry to confirm something probably very basic - the 03 and 04 refers to 2003 and 2004 as in year of manufacture? Just remember I am very new to Discos so I am still learning about model codes

Kind Regards
Lionel

Yes mate, spot on
Regards
Robbo

If you are looking at a disco 2 be aware that there was a period where Land Rover decided it was unnecessary to fit a centre diff lock. Early models had it, then they deleted the engagement but left the mechanism in the TC then they deleted it all together. The last series had it refitted.
Disco 2 gives you about six inches more interior room over a Disco 1. Disco 1 had 2 engines fitted, 200TDI and 300TDI. 300 is the preferable unit .


Regards,
Tote

Hello All,

I decided to go to the first fount of all knowledge - (Wikipedia.com) and they wrote that the Series 1 Discovery years of production 1989–1998; and the Discovery Series II was in production between 1998–2004.

I should have gone there first once I started think about looking into Discos to at least get a bit of rudimentary knowledge about them. Thank you all for your patience

Kind Regards
Lionel

You'll get a very good TDI for less than 10k but i wouldnt buy a TD5 for 10k, i would look at 12-15k.