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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: lambert on November 09, 2007, 07:32:04

Title: Auto's and diesel
Post by: lambert on November 09, 2007, 07:32:04: The consensus seems to be that auto's work well with big petrol engines. But at what point is an engine too small especially if it is an oil burner given their abundence of torque?
Title: Auto's and diesel
Post by: SteveGoodz on November 09, 2007, 22:32:33: Dunno, but the 2.5l in the Discovery seems to work well with the ZF auto-box.
Title: Auto's and diesel
Post by: Mutz on November 09, 2007, 22:52:27: 2.5tdi in Pajero works well with swb & lwb auto.
Title: Auto's and diesel
Post by: graham on November 09, 2007, 23:50:46: Nissan Navara 2.5 diesel works well with auto so does my wifes Pug 206 petrol.
Title: Auto's and diesel
Post by: Range Rover Blues on November 10, 2007, 16:03:34: Quote from: "SteveGoodz"
Dunno, but the 2.5l in the Discovery seems to work well with the ZF auto-box.

I agree, My sister has on and I've driven a couple of others. The engine revs a bit more as you'd expect but if anything that makes it last longer as it's never slugging away.

As with any auto, expect higher fuel consumption, but I think the size of the car plus the size of the engine decides whether an auto box works or not.
Title: Auto's and diesel
Post by: Ben on November 10, 2007, 20:47:06: My Auto Td4 freelander doesn't do too badly (02 plate). Struggles with the MAF giving problems when it's really hot weather, but (depending on the size of the vehicle) I wouldn't discount a 2 litre.

Cheers

Ben
Title: Auto's and diesel
Post by: Silvery Thing on November 10, 2007, 20:48:56: A few years ago I used to own a 2 litre diesel family saloon with an auto box.... it worked prefectly at all times :)
Title: Auto's and diesel
Post by: ben_haynes on November 10, 2007, 22:22:31: i know FIAT made a 1.3 diesel with an Auto Box which we used to pull vans and stuff that had broken down when i worked for FIAT :oops: :(bigoops):
Title: Auto's and diesel
Post by: Range Rover Blues on November 11, 2007, 23:46:48: As a rule of thumb I'd think a 1.3 petrol or 1.4 TD should work ok in a small car, perhaps 1.6 petrol in a medium car, so a 2.0 litre would normally have plenty of grunt to use a slipper box.

One of my pupils is learning in their 1.9 TDi Golf and holy cow does that thing move.
Title: Auto's and diesel
Post by: dreadnought110 on November 12, 2007, 07:10:05: My dads got a Landcruiser Amazon 4.2 td auto and that's brilliant as an auto!! 8) 8)
Title: Auto's and diesel
Post by: Range Rover Blues on November 13, 2007, 14:41:43: I'd think a 4.2 TD would only need one gear anyway :shock:
Title: Auto's and diesel
Post by: Smego on November 13, 2007, 17:17:00: My Rangie is fantastic with the auto off-road, is a bit sluggish with the big tyres on the motorways.
Title: Auto's and diesel
Post by: McGuire on November 13, 2007, 19:17:47: A diesel engine has a fairly narrow torque band, so is ideally suited to an auto box, far more so than a petrol engine.