TD5 engine life - discuss

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Originally Posted by Quiggers

5teve; you do have a point about forums and help, but......

we're finding much description about td5 issues, enough to steer me away from ever going near one...

cheers, GQ

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Yeah i know :) but i have one... and hope i dont get these kind of issues.. thing is they arent just isolated to Landrovers...

Rover in the UK got a bad name due to the K series head gasket, however ford zetecs and vauxhalls were 'nearly' as bad. unfortunately they were too slow on the fix.. and too unhelpful when it came to fixing the engines..

is there any car that is perfect? and is it just a case that as these are UK built cars that repairs ect are at a premium here.. hence smallish jobs turn out to be frighteningly expensive? im still new to the landrover thing and to the Australia thing so havent got a feel for it just yet!

i guess at the end of the day.. problems or not.. people are still happy with them (well some of us!) and it gives us a good excuse to go play with tools and get dirty... and keep hydrated while doing so :)

i havent had mine long and im sure i will have some grief soon.. (oil pump bolt check) but im liking driving it far more than i thought i would!

Thanks

Steve

1999 Disco Td5 Auto 200000 km's

1. Fuel pump
2. Oil in the harness
3. Fuel block regulator
4. ABS modulator
5. Exhaust studs (x2)
6. Suspension air bag
7. Auto trans rebuild


Going to do peventative head gasket, oil cooler, water pump replacement next week, do get her into tiptop shape for my trip around OZ next year

I wasn't having a go at LR, 5teve.

Here, there are diesels (cars and 4wds) with issues.

An importer of Mitsu 4wd box van thingys just shut the door due to ongoing w'ty claims on the diesel donks.

I colleague loves Patrol diesels (new), always has a new one,but moves them on every year or so as he knows (or suspects) they wont last too long.

I suspect huge diesel donks may be able to cope with the huge compression needed, due to their size... (as in tractors and prime movers and buses etc)

little diesels may be okay for a while... but as we live in a disposable society - who cares about longevity? just junk it after five years, maybe... which is sad

not so old obsolete stuff looking for a home.....

inloved and unwanted and to exey to fix, just buy a new one!

landfill will be fascinating when the giant plasma and LCD tvs become unworthy

hmmmmmmmm

GQ

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Originally Posted by Quiggers

I wasn't having a go at LR, 5teve.

GQ

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I know you werent.... i think you are right... this disposable society that we live in makes things less and less durable.. we make cars more and more 'environmentally friendly' and yet because they last shorter times the manufacturers make more and screw the environment.. i guess its all driven by profit too... shareholders have a lot to answer for! :eek:

anyway.. back on topic.. :)

Steve

Hey All

Im up for my 160,000km service. No major issues apart from replacing a leaky fuel pressure regulator.

No other problems.

Angus

I have

I have been away for a bit and obviously missed the issue about 'oil in the harness' - it seems to come up a bit. Please pardon my ignorance - can someone give me a 'soldiers five' on what the issue is, or post a link to the orginal discussion on the site? I'd hate to think it is yet another LR funny that I am oblivious to. What are the signs I need to watch for?

Many thanks,

MT

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Originally Posted by MT

I have been away for a bit and obviously missed the issue about 'oil in the harness' - it seems to come up a bit. Please pardon my ignorance - can someone give me a 'soldiers five' on what the issue is, or post a link to the orginal discussion on the site? I'd hate to think it is yet another LR funny that I am oblivious to. What are the signs I need to watch for?

Many thanks,

MT

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TD5s can have oil migrate along the wiring harness from the injectors. When this reaches the first plug, or when it reaches the ECU, it can cause all sorts of sometimes obscure faults due to the oil causing poor connections. I gather the fix is to replace the harness, at considerable expense.

John

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Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Hi Edd
Yours also has the big ECU/intercooler and auto conversion hasnt it????I wonder if its a factor in your woes or just "normal"

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OK. My beastie has all the fruit. It was used as a test bed for the power upgrades and I have been led to beleive it has slightly more power than they now offer. I have been told that the damage to my engine was definatly there before I bought it but have no proof.
I love it just can't afford it:(.
The only reason I was considering a 60 series was that I can get on for $1500 with 2 inch lift, wheel carrier, roof rack, bullbar, PTO winch running a ford engine on LPG. The idea of only paying 2-300 for an engine sounds good. I won't be selling mine unless I can get the money to pay out the lease so that means trading it and where will I get $27,000. Anyway If I sold it I would need to buy an old series to keep me sane.

John, Thanks, better get that checked at the next service,

cheers

Mark