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extreme90:
i used to have to changed by timing belt every 3 months on my comp truck
and 6 years is too long IMO, rubber perishes, and the belts these days aint exactly good quality  :roll:

stuntman:
mazda mazda mazda  :afro:

cooper956:
haveing the same prob myself what to buy if as you say range rover ron
--- Quote ---The Td5 is probably the best all round engine though.
Unbustable, nothing ever goes wrong with them. No belt changes to worry about.
They can pull anything and you can have them chipped to exactly how you want them.
--- End quote ---

why are there so many td5s for sale with head gasgets gone, ecus full of oil,cracked head and the list gose on and most times i see a lr on a aa wagon its a td5? im only tempted because there newer and are a bit more powerfull than the tdi although i think flat in the bottom end oh thay also drink almost as bad as a v8 at times.

 my m8s x reg 90 when 2 years old had 2 air flow meters in a month loads of other stuff not engine related so was swaped for a disco td5 that had 2 fuel pumps airflow meter needed low box all the time in feilds as couldnt set off at low rpm on a small bank(my tdi disco did no proplem wih a trailer in tow.

driven quite a few and there ok and seem cheap when u look at late tdi prices but i didnt have to pay to fix them

JumboBeef:
......so it seems a good 300Tdi would be best then.....?

extreme90:
how can anyone complain about head gaskets going on a td5 when tdi's are equally as bad blowing on no 8 push rod ???
heads cracking, just the same as 300tdi's then.
yes they can be flat bottom end, but a map soon cures that
air flow meters, were they cheap ones ? as non genuine ones are just that, cheep and crap which also cause inacurate figures causing the engine to be flat as a kippers  :roll:
fuel pumps only pack up because they need fuel around them to keep the motor cool, however people running the level down to the amber  mark all the time aint going to do the pump any favours .
i love my td5's and this is coming from someone who used to sware by the 200tdi.
dan

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