Disco 2 TD5 Auto: Are they all like driving a boat?

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I used to have a D1 300tdi auto which I really didn’t look after and it was great for many years. We’ve got this D2 TD5 Auto up and running now and it really is like driving a boat - foot down and very little happening. Is that normal?!
 
Big CC autos with Borg Warner type gearboxes (oil filled centrifugal clutch) do tend to be sluggish off the mark and can be quite depressing (read desperately slow to get moving) to use round tow if you're more used to a manual gearbox. However once you get up above 20mph it should be feeling a bit more positive, and on the high side of 50mph they can be surprisingly sprightly.

Mind you! If you're talking about body roll on the TD5. Then your hydraulic anti roll stabiliser on the anti roll bar is feked.


Val.
 
Val. h said:
Big CC autos with Borg Warner type gearboxes (oil filled centrifugal clutch) do tend to be sluggish off the mark and can be quite depressing (read desperately slow to get moving) to use round tow if you're more used to a manual gearbox. However once you get up above 20mph it should be feeling a bit more positive, and on the high side of 50mph they can be surprisingly sprightly.

Mind you! If you're talking about body roll on the TD5. Then your hydraulic anti roll stabiliser on the anti roll bar is feked.


Val.
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Lol yeah I meant the acceleration in the water not the roll! It does get better as the speed increases but getting out of a remapped D4 SDV6 into that is like walking!
 
If you're prepared to rev it "more than you'd think for a diesel", they're not so bad. I spent months creeping around at "diesel revs" in mine before I realised the TD5 lump is perfectly happy fizzing away at 3000 rpm.

Or if that bothers you, get an uprated TC?
 
joojar said:
If you're prepared to rev it "more than you'd think for a diesel", they're not so bad. I spent months creeping around at "diesel revs" in mine before I realised the TD5 lump is perfectly happy fizzing away at 3000 rpm.

Or if that bothers you, get an uprated TC?
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It’s not so much a bother as checking if it’s normal not. I’ve never driven an auto diesel like it!
 
tom1979 said:
Funny you should say that when he was up last it was on the ramp in bits and I said it seemed a bit slow and my mate turned round and boasted about his V8. Mike said he could easily get that outdoing a V8!
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Yeah he said the same to me when he saw my p38 asked if it was diesel cos he could chip that as well. No i said its a v8 shame he said lol
 
Took me a few weeks to learn to rev my td5 a bit,was amazed at how sprightly it is if you let it sing a bit, think they like to get a bit of turbo boost going and then give good power
 
Joemac434 said:
Took me a few weeks to learn to rev my td5 a bit,was amazed at how sprightly it is if you let it sing a bit, think they like to get a bit of turbo boost going and then give good power
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I agree. When I first had mine (first auto car for decades) I thought there was something wrong as it revved so high. Now, after 8 years and 60,000 miles I've got used to it.

The Td5 auto in standard form can easily keep up with the traffic away from the lights / onto roundabouts and I've never experienced the turbo lag others complain about. But you do need to give it a bit of welly. Probably why I only get 22 mpg.......
 
iansoady said:
I agree. When I first had mine (first auto car for decades) I thought there was something wrong as it revved so high. Now, after 8 years and 60,000 miles I've got used to it.

The Td5 auto in standard form can easily keep up with the traffic away from the lights / onto roundabouts and I've never experienced the turbo lag others complain about. But you do need to give it a bit of welly. Probably why I only get 22 mpg.......
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I think the turbo lag that is complained about could easily be confused with the power the torque converter is sucking out of it. 22pmg isn't that bad!
 
My old girl is bog standard,still has egr etc and as an everyday driver for 6 years I'm obviously used to how she goes, I've never noticed any real turbo lag or not been able to easily keep up with most traffic.Shes pulled 3 tons of trailer with what I thought was ease and handled great while doing it too.I AM in love with the old thing though so .....
 
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