Thread: Wanted - Bullet

Sorry to hear that.

I have bullets if you have several thousand acres....

Don't sell it as you now have it all sorted.

Originally Posted by china44

Need someone to come and put 2003 Tdi D2 out of MY misery. The tragedy so far (bit over a year):

Replace some fuel valve/regulator that was as easy to get to as Outer Mongolia (and about as expensive);
Replace shuttle valve (cost as much as space shuttle):

Warped exhaust manifold / broken studs three times so far;

there is a mod for this do a search

New turbo (could have bought a tropical island with that one);

Why the new turbo? dont hear of many of them going
Trans cooler line burst and sprayed out more oil than the Exxon Valdez;
Water in the BCU that locked us out, killed the indicators, and flashed more lights than a disco;

Flashing odometer (still flashing, can't be bothered);

Do a search for this too I'm sure someone on here had this problem

Cruise control gone on holiday (maybe a cruise?);

Could just be a split hose assuming that it runs on vacuum like the 300tdi

Brake rotors with more wobble than my tummy;

was it bought like this of did you run your brake pads down to the point they got so hot you warped your discs
Plus more I'm sure i've forgotten

Spent as much as I could to put the boss and kids in something 'reliable'; turns out I bought the mechanical version of Damien from the Exorcist. So much for peace of mind; I now prefer her to take the 21 year-old Nissan.

What a bucket!

Search is your friend if you want a reliable car and to not spend so much money...and you have a TD5 not a TDI

Flashing odometer is because BCU and instrument cluster are a matched pair. I am guessing the BCU was replaced.

jon date December 2009, if only you had found us sooner all the problems could have been much simpler and more than likely cheaper.

I wonder if he found here because he has seen a very nice green defender driving around the area

That is just so disheartening China44. And it looks like you are in too deep financially to let it go. The bright side is there can't be much more bad karma coming your way - you have had your share. Hopefuly nothing else will go wrong for you.

And don't worry about Mr.Vladtepes wanting to shoot it. Needing several thousand acres as a safety margin to shoot in means he will miss........so your Disco is safe from him.

Sorry to hear the problems, but why is it a lot of people seem to find this site just to complain about their cars? Have to ask wether it is legitimate or a Troll. As soon as I could from the day we got internet several years ago I would research the Land Rovers we bought to find as much info and advice as possible and then advice as issues arose.
There are reasons for all of this and usually neglect plays a big part in some of the mentioned, wether it was China44 or not or a previous owner is the unknown.
As said turbos rarely go and they can usually be rebuilt. I also know where to get one at a reasonable price, certainly 1/2 of retail.
Also the discs would only be from wearing pads to metal, fair wear and tear (depends on kms and application) or extreme heat and driving into water.
I hope China44 is legit and finds some answers here.
Shouldnt a 2003 D2 be a TD5 not a TDi??? If so the cruise control would be ecu related and an electrical problem that may tie into other electrical problems. If it is a TDi then it is likely a vaccum hose has split or come off.