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is the block of a 2.25 petrol the same as a diesel??
electricbluebadger:
To expand slightly with my own personal experience........... I have
On various petrol landies...
changed dozens of sets of points over the years when they've packed up
changed numerous condensors
changed hundreds of plugs
changed numerous coils
Had several king leads / ht leads internally break down
had 2 zenith issues (fitted webers rather than go to the hassle of putting them in the oven :) )
on various diesels
never had to change an injector pump
only ever had to change 1 set of injectors
both types have suffered fuel leaks
various head gaskets... not just for myself :) on both types
etc etc
so from first hand experience over 27 years diesels have required far less work.. not all points changes and such have been due to breakdowns as you change them regularly to avoid breakdowns in the first place.
Cheers Steve
electricbluebadger:
OOps tell a lie, I have smashed a piston....
On a 3 litre modded petrol Capri (now showing my age) the valve collets broke and dropped the valve into the cylinder.. however not a landy, it was petrol and beleive me it didnt run as the valve/head locked the engine solid after punching a hole in the piston...
but in no way is that a 'reliability' issue, its a freak accident... made a nice polished centre piece on a wooden plinth but not seen it around the house for a few years so the good lady probably tidied it into 'file 13' :)
Cheers Steve
electricbluebadger:
LMAO.. had to do this :)
--- Quote from: Rich_P ---If you want reliability, economy and decent performance for today's world then it has to be either the 200 or 300 TDi engines. That's my take on it.
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[Edited] Rich make your mind up this was only a few weeks ago :) .. maybe you have a diesel loving alter ego :) , but I quite agree my 200tdi is getting on for 200k still on its original pump and not caused me a moments problem with reliability and needed no repairs to date (oops wrong thing to say :) )... superb engine. oil n filters once a year and thats it to date.
http://www.mud-club.com/forum/index.php/topic,54540.msg489933.html#msg489933
Cheers Steve
Rich_P:
But that quote was in reference to meet what the person wanted, reliability AND economy AND decent performance for today. The last one isn't something that the older diesels quite have the reputation for, and isn't that what we were 'discussing' about? :P
Yes I am grasping at straws. :oops: I'm really only a "fan" of the petrol engine because it's all I have. :undecided:
The fuel costs from a petrol aren't too nice either. Something I just try to ignore. :(
electricbluebadger:
--- Quote from: Rich_P on February 05, 2008, 19:33:40 ---But that quote was in reference to meet what the person wanted, reliability AND economy AND decent performance for today. The last one isn't something that the older diesels quite have the reputation for, and isn't that what we were 'discussing' about? :P
Yes I am grasping at straws. :oops: I'm really only a "fan" of the petrol engine because it's all I have. :undecided:
The fuel costs from a petrol aren't too nice either. Something I just try to ignore. :(
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LMAO, i know :) , the petrol is a reliable little lump and as long as you carry a few extra bits it can still put a lot of modern stuff to shame, a friends rover didnt run properly for 12 months back and from the dealer, traced in the end to a loose electric mirror wire screwing the ECU
I have both diesel in the 90 and petrol in the series 1 and would trust em over something modern and ridiculously complex any day of the week :)
if its a long trip and i have a week to get there its the series 1 ..... top down every time winter or summer
if its a long trip and i only have 6 days to get there its gotta be the 90 (plus veg oil saves a fortune :) )
Cheers Steve
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