Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: CJ on December 17, 2005, 11:06:11
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what is it with the anti TD5 brgade, i dont understand it ? Ive just bought a T reg TD5, and nearly everyone recons the 300TDi is better, im sorry but i dont get it ? What do you all think ? :wink:
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the td5 is a good engine,just wait for the fuel pump to die,along with the injector loom seals,the fuel block & it throwing a tantrum now & again,apart from that they are good
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70,000 miles in 3 years and never had any problems , chap at work has a 110 with 105,000 with no probs,
Guess every engine has it's bad uns :lol:
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run td5 in disco and defender and been really happy. but they are somewhat at the mercy of the ecu.
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true , but show me a car these days that isn't :lol:
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I don't understand what the problem is either.....
In fact, I'm fitting a Td5 to my 90".....
Some people just think oh.... electrics must be bad.... but a TD5 set up is quite simple - especially compared to most modern cars.
I never understand why people don't slag EFI V8 equipped Land Rovers... these have virtually the same set up as a Td5 but no body seems to say anything about the fact they're fitted with an ECU.
Why it is people go on about the fact "you can fix an 300Tdi at the side of the road.... bet you couldn't do that with your TD5"... bet I could...
It's still an engine, it still has the same faults at times....
People just get scared for some reason, and believe that a Td5 is some super high tech engine that a home mechanic can't work on.... :?
A major fault is going to stop both engines....
For example, if the ECU on a TD5 for some reason decided to go wrong... then it's not really going to be fixed at the road side....
But then if the injector pump on a 300TDi decided to break up internally.. then again.... it's not going to be fixed at the road side.
Both engines have their good and bad points.
At least a Td5 can't be started from under the bonnet (without the keys in the ignition) by two lengths of wire - which you can do with any other Land Rover diesel engine (late 300Tdi's are slightly different)
Ian