Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: Jonocox on June 05, 2005, 10:40:19
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One question is it as bad as some people make out?
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yes!
I hear of so many people with big issues with them. Heavy breathing, oil in air filter, replacing of rings all the time, cracked this and that, overheating...........
I personlly dont know anyone who has a good one - but there must be some around.
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id say no,my dads got 1 in his old 110 that he never had any serious problems with,was gonna put 1 im my 90 but a tdi came up at the right price so ive now got a couple of td's spare
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Like all things, there's good and bad. Trouble is the bad overshadow the good. Regular oil and filter changes etc. and things should be ok. :)
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like I said there must a good one around and it sounds like Redlines Dad has IT. :wink:
I have heard of sooo many of these breaking I wouldnt touch one.
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Yes, yes, yes.
Good engine for 50K miles then a waste of time IMHO.
If you get a vehicle with one in it, run it as long as possible then be prepared to change it for something else.
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not wanting to put ur bonfire out tim but just put 1 in a 90 & it goes just aswell as a tdi ,so well infact i questioned me goin 2 the expense of getting a tdi instead of using the td's i have in the garage
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not wanting to put ur bonfire out tim but just put 1 in a 90 & it goes just aswell as a tdi ,so well infact i questioned me goin 2 the expense of getting a tdi instead of using the td's i have in the garage
You won't put out my bonfire. If you have found a TD that goes as well as a Tdi, then you either have a remarkable TD engine or a completely shot Tdi... even on paper they are totally different.
My experience with (many) TDs has been that they will fail.... it is just a question of when.
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the tdi i have has done 40k from a full rebuild by turners i think & the td came out a scrapped 110 that had a rotten chassis,im as surprised as you but it did make me question whether it was worth laying out the £600 for the tdi when i got a pair of td's for a lot less
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Another good TD here. :D
My step-grandad has had 1 for the last several years in his 110.
It's done lots of miles (150k plus i think) and has never put a foot wrong.
He services it regularly (oil, filters etc) and has had a new cambelt put on it.
It is the original engine before anyone asks.
I think if you look after them properly, they should run forever.
I wouldn't hesitate to get 1 (very nearly did for our Lightweight)
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I had one - sweet as nut - 170k miles and a lot quieter then teh 300tdi I have now - I was so confident I sold it the the next door neighbour whose really pleased with it too
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thats three or four good ones then! not bad from the 1000's of them out there!
good luck to you is what I say - I hope they last.
I had one - it smoked like a pig, ran hot, spewed oil into the air filter
Jason had one - same symptoms as the above plus cam belt us , then gave up big style by pushing oil out of absolutley everywhere.
etc... etc...
if you read the posts on the LRO forum hardly a day goes by where you dont hear about one with heavy oil & breathing issues.
I think that they will be quiet as they are indirect injection as opposed to the tdi being direct.
The general opinion is that you are far better off with a tdi, more reliable and more powerful.
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thanks for the advice, i would like a 200 tdi but i just cant afford to buy one as they seem to be about £2000-£3000 more.
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I have a good one in a 1989 110 station wagon. Yes it does blow oil into the air filter. I change the cam belt every 50k not 60k as in the handbook, regular oil changes and keep the cooling system up to scratch. I don't run the engine at full load on the motorway otherwise it starts to heat up alot, it is happy at 60 - 65 mph. It will run at that speed all day without overheating. Generally just don't give the engine a hard time. I've had the vehicle for just over 10 years now. It had 48500 on the clock, now at 173500 miles.
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no probs realy with mine either