I bought a kit of eBay to repair the starter motor. I bought mine late 2010. It's done 110k miles. Within the first month of owning it I had to have a new auto gearbox pump as it was leaking oil. I had the 3 amigos but that only was a dirty sensor. I've had new rocker cover gasket and the circle seal on front of engine new rocker breather pipe. I had to have a new hub on the rear as it was leaking. I was told if it was a disco 1 it would be a 50p seal but on the disco 2 it is a sealed unit :crazy: i am tempted to sell it but I won't get owt for it so can't see the point
Don't understand why you had to have a new rear "leaking" hub as there is an outer 50p rubber seal and the hub is inside the axle casing unless of course the hub was shot.
Just in march I have to have a new power steering pump, fuel pressure regulator, injector loom, front ball joints and the bloody car is still leaking somewhere
But I did a lot of work on mine before you bought it off me!I've had 3 or 4 TD5's now and none of them has ever broken and left me stranded.
But I did a lot of work on mine before you bought it off me!
Actually I found the early model I had (was it S reg? Can't even remember!) pretty reliable BUT it did need a new SLABS ecu (3 amigos) and a new head. I found that as it reached ten years old it started to get other problems - corroded pipework for example, and stopped feeling reliable on the long European trips I was doing at the time. My feeling is it's an intrinsically reliable car, but all cars can start having problems at about that age (same true of my previous Disco).
David
But I did a lot of work on mine before you bought it off me!
Actually I found the early model I had (was it S reg? Can't even remember!) pretty reliable BUT it did need a new SLABS ecu (3 amigos) and a new head. I found that as it reached ten years old it started to get other problems - corroded pipework for example, and stopped feeling reliable on the long European trips I was doing at the time. My feeling is it's an intrinsically reliable car, but all cars can start having problems at about that age (same true of my previous Disco).
David
Hi David, yes you're absolutely right. A well looked after (and I continued your care-loaded approach) TD5 can and is a reliable vehicle.
The trouble is that most owners do little or nothing in terms of maintenance until something breaks, then they complain that it's an unreliable car !!!!
Cheers
Dave
i totally agree with this, but you could extend this to any car not just a Disco...
hence why i'm getting mine up to scratch, by undoing the lack of upkeep of the last owner..