Thread: Diesel Series?

Thanks guys!

I always try to have the mind set that a missed opurtunity is ussually a good thing in the end as something better will come up soon... This has not been the case with the missed purchase of 86Muds Rangy ...

I am fairly set on a Diesel! i have always been a diesel bloke and after driving one i would love to have all that low torque in the scrub!


Keep your eyes out for me i know i will be... Don't know my chances of finding another 88 Diesel Series in as good a condition as this one

Sorry to hear all you guys have had similar situations seems to be a common thing for people to get "cold feet"

I am not angry with the bloke more disappointed that i wont get to have my first series landy for a little while longer now...

Just on the comment that the petrols are not too much more expensive to run... don't they consume almost twice as much juice as the Diesel?

Man, sorry to hear that. That was in pretty good condition, but others will come up.

I don't know how much extra fuel the petrol uses, but I'd go a diesel over a petrol any day in a 4wd.

Originally Posted by Grover-98

Just on the comment that the petrols are not too much more expensive to run... don't they consume almost twice as much juice as the Diesel?

Yes, but over the last few years, at least round here diesel has mostly been around 30% more expensive, which shaves the difference quite a bit. And you have to take into account the fact that fuel is a relatively minor cost of running a vehicle unless you do a very high mileage, which is unlikely with a Series Landrover.

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Yes, but over the last few years, at least round here diesel has mostly been around 30% more expensive, which shaves the difference quite a bit. And you have to take into account the fact that fuel is a relatively minor cost of running a vehicle unless you do a very high mileage, which is unlikely with a Series Landrover.

John

The diesel should work out cheaper... specialy here as diesel is infact cheaper then petrol. And the motor requires less servicing costs

Originally Posted by Grover-98

The diesel should work out cheaper... specialy here as diesel is infact cheaper then petrol. And the motor requires less servicing costs

Yes, the diesel will be cheaper but not dramatically so. I am not too sure about the lower servicing costs - fuel filters every service against occasional plugs and points, but when it comes to injector and pump overhauls, there is nothing on a petrol engine that comes close to the cost! Add that diesel oils are probably a little more expensive, and I doubt there would be much difference in the long run.

John

Originally Posted by Grover-98

The diesel should work out cheaper...

Firstly I must declare, I have a diesel S3 and I love it.

I only plan to do 5000 km per year. So let's do some really rough maths.

PETROL: 18l per 100km = 1800l per 10,000km = $2070 per 10,000km (at 115c)
DIESEL: 11l per 100km = 1100l per 10,000km = $1320 per 10,000km (at 120c)

Just to give you an idea that is $375 difference a year per for 5000km

(Pretty rough I know, but if you do more KM , as John has said, it will be a bigger saving.)

Even if you take the petrol up to 20l per 100km and the diesel down to 10 it still isn't a sheep station.

Now if you look at the cost of maintaining the vehicle I expect to spend around $500 to $1000 a year just keeping this 30yo vehicle in good condition (and that's probably optimistic!)- Like most backyarders, I know little about diesel servicing so will be forced to outsource until I educate myself a little more.

As for the petrol engine I would feel a lot more confident with the basic service/tune up and could reduce my total running costs.

The reason I bought a diesel was cause I wanted it, not because its cheaper.

I swapped my 2.25P for a 2.25D = mainly because I wanted a diesel.

However, IME it has been quite cheap to run.

A 2.25P Needs plugs and points changed, and a seal kit for the carby every so often.

A 2.25D has no plugs or points, but a more critical fuel filter which needs changing every 10k km at $4-5 a pop.

Aside from the above, in 10 years and ~80k km I have had new nozzles fitted to the injectors (~$250) and fitted new seals to the injector pump myself (~50). However if I had needed a full pump rebuild it would have cut into my fuel savings.