Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: D3 petrol vs diesel engines.

  1. 18th March 2017, 12:08 PM #1
    Aussie Jeepster
    Aussie Jeepster is offline Master Gold Subscriber
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Adelaide
    Posts
    863
    Total Downloaded
    142.79 MB

    D3 petrol vs diesel engines.

    I've gone from looking for a defender to getting a D3 HSE
    Forgetting about fuel economy what is the perceived reliability of the diesel versus the petrol engines in the D3.
    I'm looking at both versions and seeing significant differences in prices between the 2 models. When I do the sums, the savings on the petrol models will buy a lot of petrol and I wont be doing high miles.
    I'm just unsure of reliability between the engines.
    Any thoughts?
    2012 L320 Range Rover Sport Fuji White
    REMLR 012
    No 5 Trailer ARN 177-295
    2006 Disco 3, 4L V6 Petrol SE Deceased Feb 26 2023
    SOLD Engineers Trailer - no id
    SOLD RAAF 231194 Perentie 110 GS - SIR ANGUS
    SOLD 4MP COY Series 3 FFR 30-209
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 18th March 2017, 01:56 PM #2
    LandyAndy's Avatar
    LandyAndy
    LandyAndy is offline RoverLord Gold Subscriber
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Williams West Aust
    Posts
    20,998
    Total Downloaded
    0
    The V8 petrol isn't as thirsty as the V6 petrol apparently.
    Andrew
    DISCOVERY IS TO BE DISOWNED
    Midlife Crisis.Im going to get stuck into mine early and ENJOY it.
    Snow White MY14 TDV6 D4
    Alotta Fagina MY14 CAT 12M Motor Grader
    2003 Stacer 525 Sea Master Sport
    I made the 1 millionth AULRO post
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 18th March 2017, 03:39 PM #3
    The Mighty Range Rover's Avatar
    The Mighty Range Rover
    The Mighty Range Rover is offline Master
    Join Date
    Dec 2013
    Location
    Brisbane
    Posts
    108
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Quote Originally Posted by LandyAndy View Post
    The V8 petrol isn't as thirsty as the V6 petrol apparently.
    Andrew
    In the owners manual the V6 is .1 L/100 thirstier than the V8. I originally wanted V8 but i ended up getting an 07 V6.
    I'm pretty sure that the V8 wasn't sold here later than 06, meaning you don't get the upgraded electronics (two cambuses, meaning no brake light cascading faults, general reliability, and stuff like automatic up passenger window).
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 18th March 2017, 09:44 PM #4
    Aussie Jeepster
    Aussie Jeepster is offline Master Gold Subscriber
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Adelaide
    Posts
    863
    Total Downloaded
    142.79 MB
    Like I said. Not interested in economy between the engines. Just interested in reliabilty of one vs the other.
    2012 L320 Range Rover Sport Fuji White
    REMLR 012
    No 5 Trailer ARN 177-295
    2006 Disco 3, 4L V6 Petrol SE Deceased Feb 26 2023
    SOLD Engineers Trailer - no id
    SOLD RAAF 231194 Perentie 110 GS - SIR ANGUS
    SOLD 4MP COY Series 3 FFR 30-209
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 19th March 2017, 07:02 AM #5
    rar110's Avatar
    rar110
    rar110 is offline ForumSage Subscriber
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Brisbane, Queensland
    Posts
    5,778
    Total Downloaded
    0

    D3 petrol vs diesel engines.

    The petrol v8 & v6 are regarded as very reliable. The 4.4v8 is a Jag motor that was also fitted to the Range Rover Vogue and Sport. The v6 is a Ford motor also fitted to the Explorer. More info on v6 here.
    Ford Cologne V6 engine - Wikipedia

    The D3 tdv6 is a very reliable motor developed jointly by JLR, Ford & PSA, and also fitted to the Ford Territory and Pugs. Some more info here.
    Ford AJD-V6/PSA DT17 - Wikipedia
    It has had a relatively small number of bearing failures (even in the newer 3.0) and oil pump failures after the timing belts were changed at 160,000km service.
    L322 tdv8 poverty pack - wow
    Perentie 110 wagon ARN 49-107 (probably selling) turbo, p/steer, RFSV front axle/trutrack, HF, gullwing windows, double jerrys etc.
    Perentie 110 wagon ARN 48-699 another project
    Track Trailer ARN 200-117
    REMLR # 137
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Disc 4 bullbar | I'm in a quandry - need some advice »

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules

Search AULRO.com ONLY!
 Search All the Web!