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Boggert:
Hi,

I am going to be moving to Czech and will have to sell my Zuk, I'm thinking of getting a 2002-2003 TD5 Disco

But you hear so many stories of problems with them, are they reliable is the main question?

What to look for...?

extreme90:
the pump drive gear bolt jobby thing was afink cured by then as was the oil in the loom  :?
i cant knock the td5 2BH i used to hate them but i simply love them now, yes they have a few little teathing problems, but so do the 200tdis and 300tdis, and well, the freelander.....i wont go there  :roll:  :lol:
dan

thermidorthelobster:
Mine had a new loom a couple of years ago, and now it's going back to have another one.  So I'm not sure if that problem was ever cured.  But it's not terminal, it won't damage your engine, just make it run a bit lumpy.

Head gasket failures aren't unheard of;  and the old oil-pump problem, which you should be able to get Land Rover to pay for if your engine seizes solid.

I get the impression that TD5s are not going to soldier on forever as 200tdis tend to.

Tyke:

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Earlier 300's are standing the test of time as well I reckon.

Anything off-road controlled by a 'brain' that needs plugging into a laptop is suspect in my view . . . . especially if it gets used as it was designed to be . . . . . too much technology is not always a good thing . . . . I like to be able fix things with hammers, spanners and screwdrivers  :lol:

extreme90:

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Earlier 300's are standing the test of time as well I reckon.

Anything off-road controlled by a 'brain' that needs plugging into a laptop is suspect in my view . . . . especially if it gets used as it was designed to be . . . . . too much technology is not always a good thing . . . . I like to be able fix things with hammers, spanners and screwdrivers  :lol:
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underneath all the plastic and electrics lies a normal internal combustion engine that still needs fixing with spanners and hammers  :wink: , just the way you go about it is different  :wink:
and all sensors ect are sealed units  :wink:
only the brain that needs moving  :wink:
dan

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