Td5 tips & advice

[JimP]

Am going to be selling my 300tdi soon and changing to a series 2 td5

I've not looked at td5's before, what should I look for? What is the problems with them? What should I avoid?? Any advice??

Thanks

jim

[beast5680]

have a search on here there will be loads of info, when i bought mine i spent ages looking about as there seems to be a massive variation in prices and condition, there are a lot of doggy ones about but eventually i found an 04 landmark auto with 52k miles on it and very clean, one thing i would say is the versions with 18 inch wheels drive differently from the ones with 16" wheels on, the 18,s tend to follow all the lines and tramlines in the road and take some getting used to

[brianb]

If possible avoid one with ACE.  Just replaced 2 rear pipes at cost of £200 and i did the work myself so god knows what a specialst garage would charge.

Other areas to look out for is the rear air suspension bags are prone to leaking as well so look for one that been converted to coil suspension.

Other than that look out for the usual signs of head problems.

All in all they are a sound 4x4.

Brian

[les baty]

when we was looking for one, i got fed up of the amount of Poop ones out there, with a budget of 8 grand i thought we would get something good but was very disappointed so we got a p38 instead