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v8 or diesel
peasey:
DIESEL,thats the only choice,i have had both and the petrol never liked water or damp come to think of it,cost wise yes diesel is more expensive but when you service a petrol 8 plugs nine leads and not cheapie ones oh no it will only like top of the range ones,not forgeting all the other bits and bobs you need.When i made a decision to get shot of the v8 it was hard,that roar is awesome but it will cost you dear to hear it i used to get about 360 miles to a tank(89 litres) i now get 550 miles to a tank with the diesel (89 litres as well)and you can always pop some veg in or red,shi t did i just say that out loud ;)
bobtailed disco:
V8
i have got a v8 disco running on petrol and getting about 18mpg out of it. not to bad now that petrol is down to 89.9 at tescos :lol: thinking aboutputting the high octain stuff in now @92.9 :lol:
clbarclay:
--- Quote from: peasey on November 22, 2008, 20:25:02 ---DIESEL,thats the only choice,i have had both and the petrol never liked water or damp come to think of it,cost wise yes diesel is more expensive but when you service a petrol 8 plugs nine leads and not cheapie ones oh no it will only like top of the range ones,not forgeting all the other bits and bobs you need.
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And how often do you service/replace the injectors?
Not sure on the TDi service interval but on a similar diesel engine they should be removed and tested every 24000 miles. If they fail to atomise the fuel properly (they are a wearing item) then the chepest I've seen for a TDi injector is £44 each. If you diesel is smoking it may not be just because the pumps been tweeked, if an injector is dribbling fuel then it won't burn properly resulting is less power, higher fuel consumption and more smoke.
For a general work vehicle then I would chose a diesel. Range to a tank of fuel, regardless of cost, is a big benefit. However one common problem I've seen with a number of diesel engines is people get complacent about the reliabilty and problems arise from a lack of servicing. My experiance is the reliability of TDi engines better than my V8, but that doesn't make them perfect.
WD40 is cheap, alternators are not. My experiance is diesel engines don't like running in water, they can cope better than a petrol with no prior preperation but it doesn't do them much good in the long run. Alternators failing is bad enough, though i can think of a few TDi engines dieing prematurely due to water creeping past wading plugs etc.
v8kenny:
Do I really need to answer that question ? ;)
benbenukuk:
Go for a V8 it might cost more to run but the noise is great :D don't worry about the water issue I can chuck a bucket of water over the dizzy and min doesn't miss a beat. Ben
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