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Whats your thoughts on a td5 disco?

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suggs:
i had one, never got on with it. noisey and under powered and not to good on mpg either, i swoped it for a V8 ES.

that said i also have a 300tdi on/off roader and much prefer it to the td5 lump.

i think what it was with the TD5, is that it was a luxury car but being a diesel and manuel it just didnt feel like one, were as the V8 totaly does.

but givern the choice of going out in the V8 or my 300tdi i take the tdi  most times. the wife on the other hand always drives the V8..

muddyjames:
So mend the disco then and keep it?

It has done nearly 190k. Do I swap engine for a newer less used one? I unfortunately found that it towed horse trailers after I bought it. Can I test the power of it or boost pressure etc to make sure I am getting as much go out of it as poss?

What cost (appart from gearbox) would it be to swap it to a manaul from auto and would it be adviseable as I mostly tow with it.

suggs:
thing is you need to find whats wrong with it. nasty vibration could just be a prop UJ, i had the same thing recently on my tdi felt like it was going to shake/vib it self to bits, cost about £50 to sort out.

you can up the power with a bigger intercooler and silicone hoses, fuel pump tweek, also an EGR blanking plate, twisted perfomance also do a few nice mods for the tdi to up the power, such as a tweeked exhaust system..

muddyjames:
but i am guessing all those mods come at a price of lower mpg? im already getting low 20' high teens in mpg. dont really want it any less!

suggs:
other option is a V8 on lpg

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