Help what to buy D3 Se ,Hse ? Engine ?

**Zedrover** · 7th February 2016, 01:28 PM

Hi everyone ,

Please help I want to buy a Land Rover have a budget $30,000

What engine diesel or v8 and anything else I should think about other than the Klms .

Thanks for your feedback

Zedrover

**Russrobe** · 7th February 2016, 02:03 PM

The Diesel would be great for it's economy, but if you don't find yourself being annoyed at high fuel consumption like I get, the V8 petrol will be just as good.

I've driven the two petrol's and i'm considering the 4.0l over the v8 just because for the price difference between the two i can load the v6 up with accessories.

There is a HSE for sale in QLD which at the very least would be worth a test drive. Not too sure what peoples experiences are but 160 000km for a diesel is generally quite low, there's other on Carsales with 300 000km.

If QLD wasn't too far away for me i'd even be considering driving that one all the way back to Perth....

**Narangga** · 7th February 2016, 02:35 PM

Welcome to the forum. It is a place of many minds and much wisdom.

Try having a look through these threads.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...ssion-faq.html

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...age-d3-d4.html

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...trol-tdv6.html

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...vs-petrol.html

Like any vehicle, service history is gold, and the history of the transmission in either petrol or diesel vehicle is a major consideration.

Happy hunting - hopefully you'll soon have the usual Permagrin

**Disco-tastic** · 7th February 2016, 02:59 PM

Hey zedrover

As narranga has suggested read up on all those links - they have heaps of information.

Main things to check for on any engine type are general service history and transmission service before (or as close to) 100k km. Front lower control arms may need replacing anytime between 120k-200k km.

With the diesel the high pressure fuel pump can leak so check the recall had been done, and the oil pump casing can crack and cause a blown motor - all this stuff is in the above links and the d3 section of the forum.

Best advice is have it looked at by an independant land Rover specialist

Cheers

Dan

**chuck** · 7th February 2016, 03:08 PM

As others have suggested at that price point I would go the V8 if fuel use is not to be an issue.

The V8's seem to be less problematic.

If you budget was a bit higher, you could stretch to later year diesel where they seem to have ironed possible problems out

**rar110** · 7th February 2016, 09:06 PM

I have to agree, the 4.0 D3s are pretty good value.

**Nomad9** · 8th February 2016, 07:08 PM

Hi Zedrover,

I'm X 2 on the 4.0L Disco 3. I've had a couple of 2.7's and value for money I would pick the 4.0 every time. The incremental cost difference between petrol and diesel and the difference in economy I would have had to have kept the 4.0L for about 7 years to start losing out. No timing belt or plastic water outlet housing to worry about. If you feel like a bit of fun you can pick up a half decent 4.4 HSE for good money. Very nice vehicle.

Good luck with the search.

Cheers Marty.

**shanegtr** · 9th February 2016, 09:33 AM

I think the petrol vs diesel thing depends on your planned use. If your looking at doing lots of touring or towing then I'd go the diesel. If mainly city work and you have no real need to extended range then go the petrol. I choose the diesel because I often tow a camper trailer and I like to get out to remote areas.

In either case and as has been previously mentioned, transmission service is the other big ticket item that you should be looking at to make sure its been done at some point.