Thread: TD5 Engine seize

Originally Posted by feraldisco

I'm curious to know if there is any pattern re model years? (the subject of this thread is a 2000 model). Interesting comments on this thread that any LR specialist will have sorted it by now - a rather well known Sydney LR specialist reckons it's a completely over-rated problem and they've only seen it happen a couple of times despite servicing many hundreds of Td5s over past 10 years. However, for the sake of a relatively small amount of time/$ it's probably worth getting done regardless...

I was led to believe it was early on in the TD5 run. I know when I re did mine I went for overkill and used the extreem environment lock tite.
As you said not a lot of work to be sure.

Originally Posted by justinc

Lots-a-landies is on the money, LH thread will cure it imediately. They do it with the wheel nuts on the LH side of the Dyna and Coaster buses, and the Viscous fan on the Tdi and early V8.
Even the Honda engines like our 1992 Accord, they rotate anticlockwise and the crankbolt is a LH thread. Good simple engineering design that.
JC

Arrrgh can't edit this now, edit button gone! Please disregard it, as it was in the dim dark past and I now remember wishing it was a LH thread as it would've been easier to undo by cranking the engine with a bar in place.

Sorry for the brain fade

JC