Thread: Intro and Disco 4 SDV6 test drive questions

Originally Posted by v8sruleok

It's an SDv6 MY2011.
Early TDV6 are 600nm, but the later ones are 520nm.
The Topix report states 600nm for my vin.
Even 520nm would be enough for me, most of the opposition (if u can call it that) are around 450nm.
Tks for asking the question, it can be confusing.

MY12 was last of the TDV6 2.7,6 speed.
After that the TDV6 was 3.0l and had 8 speed box,520nm.
SDV6 was always around 600 to 650nm.

And I think there is about 30kw difference in power between the two 3.0 V6s

UPDATE: The vehicle drove flawlessly on the test drive today. Had it to ourselves (the wife and I) and we gave it a good run, suburban streets, freeway, some hard accelerations and hard brake tests, and I was very impressed, given that it's a bit of barge and all that. I'm told that the "vacuum" problem was related somehow to the EGR and that a faulty sensor was replaced to rectify the problem.

It's going to need some fairly urgent preventative maintenance, replace oils and filters, timing belt (no record of having been done...170km now), autotrans service, and I'll do an EGR/inlet manifold clean sometime down the track cos it's probably coked up anyway. So I know that's going to cost me a bit, but we are planning on travelling/caravanning, so it'll be good to know that it's up to date as reasonably practicable mechanically. The only discrepancy is a tickety tick noise coming from the front of the engine, apparant when it's idling, I can hear it when I'm outside but not inside.

I'd post a picture, but I'm sure you all know what a standard Discovery 4 looks like.

Cheers for now, thanks for all your advice along the way.

Originally Posted by v8sruleok

... The only discrepancy is a tickety tick noise coming from the front of the engine, apparant when it's idling, I can hear it when I'm outside but not inside.

I've had a tickety noise from the front of the engine for years. Dealer told me it's related to the fan clutch or something. Its only on idle and goes away once engine revs up. Dealer says they can fix if I want to pay $ but cheaper to ignore it because its not a problem.

Possibly lots of reasons for tickety noises but if it's the same as mine, I've ignored it for years without problems.

I would add, it's sometimes apparent (usually when engine is cold) and some times you don't hear it at.

Hi

Nice that you had a good drive of it and your happy with it. Always good also to understand the possible costs and have factored that in, very sensible. A pic of it will be nice of course.

My wife and I just got a D4 SDV6 in mid May and wow, it's just soooo nice to drive, roomy, comfortable, with power when we need it, but if driven sensibly it delivers quite good economy. You will really have a great time enjoying trips with it.

Mike

Hi, thanks Ferret, would be nice to know if it's anything to worry about, I'll monitor it and see if I can identity the source.

Originally Posted by Ferret

Possibly lots of reasons for tickety noises but if it's the same as mine, I've ignored it for years without problems.

Hi Mike, congrats on your purchase too. I'm in love with ours already. Am going to have to read the manual to find out about all the tricks. We'll be towing a 2.5T van which we have just bought, so there's two new toys in the yard right now.
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Originally Posted by speleomike

A pic of it will be nice of course.

My wife and I just got a D4 SDV6 in mid May and wow, it's just soooo nice to drive, roomy, comfortable, with power when we need it, but if driven sensibly it delivers quite good economy. You will really have a great time enjoying trips with it.

Mike

Ace Disco there. Have always thought the silver ones look great. Matches your caravan nicely.

Originally Posted by v8sruleok

Hi Mike, congrats on your purchase too. I'm in love with ours already. Am going to have to read the manual to find out about all the tricks. We'll be towing a 2.5T van which we have just bought, so there's two new toys in the yard right now.
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