Thread: Disco 2 - V8 or td5?

Originally Posted by Psimpson7

Lol Have you towed anything heavy with a rover v8???!?! All the ones I have used have been abismal.

TD5 anyday of the week

V8's tow fine pal! .. down a hill

Am looking at exactly the same scenario but my question is TD5 manual or auto????

My weekly fuel bill for the classic is around $120 for a 50km round trip 5 days a week jut for work, hence opting to go diesel in a D2.

But what's better, crunchie or slushie???

Cheers

Andrew

Gday Maclad, no mate its not chipped. Speeds when towing well i do the posted limit, i find if i sit on 90 and we get a head wind or slight incline she looses to much but if at 100 to 110 and these things happen she takes it in her stride, the best speed i have done is 140 overtaking a 4 trail road train between Barcaldine and Longreach last year and suprising the car sat on the road real nice and never felt uncomfortable and iam not saying that i would do it again.

We have the 7 seater and have had the airbags removed and heavey duty coils put in, then a Hayman Reece tow bar fitted so as we can use the WDH, i would like to fit a set of polly airs in the rear aswell (one day).

As you will have read in other threads RE the TD5,s the main issues are oil in the injector harness (checked by taking the engine cover off and on the front left corner of the head pull the plug off and check if oil there) we had this done at about 46,000klm, fuel block this has been done twice now on ours first at around 70,000 and again at the 100,000 service, the ABS modual has to be done some day as it gives us the 3 amigoes from time to time, iam htinking we will have trouble with poss the MAF (i think it is this that could be at fault) as some times its very slugish on take off and seems to not miss but just doesnt accelerate evenly on the hill down the road.

Oh we had the original brake pads and rotors replaced at about 50,000, the set fitted after market have been great and still there and from what told will be ok for a while yet.

Originally Posted by LOVEMYRANGIE

Am looking at exactly the same scenario but my question is TD5 manual or auto????

My weekly fuel bill for the classic is around $120 for a 50km round trip 5 days a week jut for work, hence opting to go diesel in a D2.

But what's better, crunchie or slushie???

Cheers

Andrew

Ours is auto and i like it, very good when towing it actually changes up gear on the hills after it changes back for a second or so then seems to really use the torque to pull up the hill, when we go over Cunninghams gap with the van on we sit on the 70 speed limit all the way up with ease