Is the TD5 really that bad?
I heard it is pretty solid if you are good on oil/filter changes
I personaly would not own one, I know people who take them out and put in TDI's.
It really is not a great engine, just google TD5 and the bad press goes on and on.
However, it does go, it will get you from A to B, the majority of landrovers sold are to take the kids to school, it breaks down, it goes to the stealer, end of problem, but for what its been designed for, they really didn't think it through; driving through the Sahara with autologic and a spare ECU in the back?
A landrover sitting in the middle of the field, used just for going about a farm, battery runs out, you shove it down a hill it goes, no electrickery to go wrong, in 10 years time TD5's are not going to be standing in fields as the field 4x4.
The main problem with the TD that all they did was throw a turbo at the engine they already had! Had they re-engineered it slightly it would have been fine.