Thread: TD5 with the highest k's!

Its interesting, I was just thinking of posting this exact thread, it'll be good to see who has the one with the highest k's.
My disco has 240 000kms on the clock, and apart from overheating it once from a busted heater hose, (fortunatly no damage was done), i have had no trouble with it all. It has had nothing done to it, apart from regular oil and filter changes.
I do have a slight oil leak on the driver's side of the engine, which made a heater hose soft and it was rubbing against an engine mount and this led to it rupturing. Other than that she still runs like new, no loss in power at all, no smoking and no oil use.
I think this engine will go forever, that centrifugal filter technology does make diesels last longer as the oil is filtered better.
You can say im very happy with my Td5, and i think it'll never die.

I'm not going to wear ours out soon with only 48k on it so far. Good idea for a thread.

Hey Simon,

I have Callums engine here on a pallet, it finally packed it in at 350,000+km. And you KNOW how his engine gets driven It was still running, but was spewing pure oil out of number 5 exhaust port in the end. Oh the smoke

It has been chipped for about the last 150,000km .

33" tyres, heaps of right foot and lots of caning so I'd say that in standard trim and driven carefully, it would've seen 4 or even 500,000km.

Loked after, and no overheating etc, I'd expect to get half a million out of the bottom end of one of these.

JC

Mine 1999 S2 TD5 Disco has 229,000 on the clock - bought it at 50,000kms. This car has done many trips involving tens of thousands of rough corrugated roads. I do all my own maintenance - service every 15,000kms - grease, oil change, fuel, air & 2 oil filters (clean air filter every day or so after dusty road drivivng and replace quite regularly). Change all other oils, brake fluid and OAT every 80,000kms. When I bought the car I installed new good quality suspension (springs, shocks damper and poly-airs - still good)

Mechanically other than pads, discs tyres bent wheels - I replaced all rad hoses and the fan belt at 180,000kms (as a preventative measure) Also, installed greasable unis front tail shaft at around 100,000kms

Faults

Worn spigot bearing end of the clutch replaced about 180,000kms
Temperature sensor housing replaced abour 200,000kms
Viscous coupling replaced 225,000kms
Oil in the wiring - replaced the loom under the rocker cover after oil started leaking out of all sorts of sensors at about 200,000kms
Replaces 1 polyair 220,000kms

Current faults

Slow oil leak between the gearbox and transfer
Indicators for CDL engaged not working
Body starting to crack - along the radiator support and around the drivers door top (chassis seems OK)
Stripped bolt on spare tyre holder.
Air flow sensor - I plugged the car into a scanner for the first time a week ago and cleared 9 faults but now have an airflow issue??? not MAF.

Erich

Originally Posted by Bundalene

Mine 1999 S2 TD5 Disco has 229,000 on the clock - bought it at 50,000kms. This car has done many trips involving tens of thousands of rough corrugated roads. I do all my own maintenance - service every 15,000kms - grease, oil change, fuel, air & 2 oil filters (clean air filter every day or so after dusty road drivivng and replace quite regularly). Change all other oils, brake fluid and OAT every 80,000kms. When I bought the car I installed new good quality suspension (springs, shocks damper and poly-airs - still good)

Mechanically other than pads, discs tyres bent wheels - I replaced all rad hoses and the fan belt at 180,000kms (as a preventative measure) Also, installed greasable unis front tail shaft at around 100,000kms

Faults

Worn spigot bearing end of the clutch replaced about 180,000kms
Temperature sensor housing replaced abour 200,000kms
Viscous coupling replaced 225,000kms
Oil in the wiring - replaced the loom under the rocker cover after oil started leaking out of all sorts of sensors at about 200,000kms
Replaces 1 polyair 220,000kms

Current faults

Slow oil leak between the gearbox and transfer
Indicators for CDL engaged not working
Body starting to crack - along the radiator support and around the drivers door top (chassis seems OK)
Stripped bolt on spare tyre holder.
Air flow sensor - I plugged the car into a scanner for the first time a week ago and cleared 9 faults but now have an airflow issue??? not MAF.

Erich

Erich,

Check the plugs for oil contamination again, specifically the MAF and ambient air temp sensor in the airfilter lid .
I cleaned the plugs on one the other day and the MAF codes disappeared. They were dripping with oil, and I know the MAF was OK because I had substituted it to test.

JC

Mine has 190,000+ ks, it's had a hard life

Replaced the head, rebuilt the box, broke a CV and axle, rear diff and tailshaft.

In the thread of my overheating problems, there was a guy who reckoned his D2 had 352,000ks after he did his head at 170,000ks, can't remember his name though.

Baz.

Originally Posted by justinc

Hey Simon,

I have Callums engine here on a pallet, it finally packed it in at 350,000+km. And you KNOW how his engine gets driven It was still running, but was spewing pure oil out of number 5 exhaust port in the end. Oh the smoke

It has been chipped for about the last 150,000km .

33" tyres, heaps of right foot and lots of caning so I'd say that in standard trim and driven carefully, it would've seen 4 or even 500,000km.

Loked after, and no overheating etc, I'd expect to get half a million out of the bottom end of one of these.

JC

That engine also had the head gasket replaced at some time (you probably did the job) but I have no idea if the overheating contributed to the final problem.

only bought late last year at 179k so most of the work done by others but full service history done at coopers and davies perfomance for last 80k so happy with that.
since i have had it only done manifold bolt fix, sump gasket and replaced i/c due to hole from stray stone.
hope it lives on for a good few years to come.
cheers
yorkie