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  1. 24th June 2007, 04:48 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by UKLRO View Post
    I am looking at a Discovery, 97 TDI and was looking for opinions on the relaiability of this engine. It is low kms, 130,000 and regularly serviced with no off road or towing. A Rover tech advised me to steer clear of the TDI for electrical problems, but there seems to be plenty of guys that use them off road.
    Thanks,

    To sum up he talking out of his ar*e

    There are no electrics on a 300 Tdi No engine of car managerment ones anyway.
    The only electrics going to the engine are the heater plugs (Which you don't need anyway) the alternator, the injection pump, and the temp gauge. Thats it so what is he going on about. If you start a Tdi and take the battery off it will still run so it does not even rely on its electrics to run

    He is getting confused with the range rover of the same year. Now there are the ones to steer clear of
    The Tdi Disco are some of the most reliable cars that land rover have ever made
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  2. 24th June 2007, 05:20 PM #12
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    in theory if reasonabley looked after I see no reason why a tdi shouldnt make 500k km and more.

    If treated like a golden child I reckon you could coax 1m Km out of one easily (esp if it was a wednesday morning build)
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    Quote Originally Posted by joel_nicholson View Post
    Yeah! There is like three wires on my 200Tdi
    I'm actually struggling to find two circuits to put an immobiliser on that couldn't be got round with 2 wires and 60 secs under the bonnet.
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  4. 24th June 2007, 10:26 PM #14
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    Thanks for the replies

    I did wonder what the tech was on about.Anyway I took the plunge today and bought a 95 Discovery TDI, one owner from new with 140,000 kms and full service history. Really pleased with the deal and cant wait to get it off road.
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    Quote Originally Posted by UKLRO View Post
    I did wonder what the tech was on about.Anyway I took the plunge today and bought a 95 Discovery TDI, one owner from new with 140,000 kms and full service history. Really pleased with the deal and cant wait to get it off road.

    Congrats and enjoy
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    you will be happy, enjoy
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