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Stuart Adair

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Lets have a bit of fun with a competition ...

What variant of the Landrover engine lasts the longest ?

Reply with your engine type and mileage and I will publish the results in a
few days.

Stu



 
In message <[email protected]>
"Stuart Adair" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Lets have a bit of fun with a competition ...
>
> What variant of the Landrover engine lasts the longest ?
>
> Reply with your engine type and mileage and I will publish the results in a
> few days.
>
> Stu
>
>
>

It's going to be 200/300Tdi I reckon. Mines (200) done 230,00, but
thats' nothing. You'll need to start at 350,000 for them!

Cheers
Richrd

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Stuart Adair wrote:

> Lets have a bit of fun with a competition ...
>
> What variant of the Landrover engine lasts the longest ?
>
> Reply with your engine type and mileage and I will publish the results in
> a few days.
>
> Stu
1986 110 3.9 diesel (Australian special - Isuzu 4BD1) 390,000km still going
strong, expecting to overhaul around 500,000km, as this is about normal for
this engine.
JD
 
with a competition ...
> >
> > What variant of the Landrover engine lasts the longest ?
> >
> > Reply with your engine type and mileage and I will publish the results
in
> > a few days.

My 200 is just under 200k miles - a mere youngster by the sound of it!
TonyB


 
1970 vintage 2286cc diesel - 420,000 miles (give or take a few)

Regards

Steve G


Stuart Adair wrote:
> Lets have a bit of fun with a competition ...
>
> What variant of the Landrover engine lasts the longest ?
>
> Reply with your engine type and mileage and I will publish the results in a
> few days.
>
> Stu
>
>
>
 

"Stuart Adair" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Lets have a bit of fun with a competition ...
>
> What variant of the Landrover engine lasts the longest ?
>
> Reply with your engine type and mileage and I will publish the results in
> a few days.
>
> Stu
>
>
>

Mileage is not a reliable constant unless the vehicle spends most of its
time consuming miles if you see what I mean.

Mine has 'only' covered 125,000 in twenty years but all of short journeys,
the majority of a mile or less. Also a fair amount of heavy [three ton
plus] towing between two farms around five miles apart on steep roads. It is
an '84 2.5 naturally aspirated diesel.
Corrected to road mileage my Toyota has covered something over 80,000 miles
for only 2500 hours. Compare this to 'old dependable' below.

The 110 diesel has covered an amazing [and fairly accurate] 10,400 hours or
a corrected 332,000 miles with quite some life left in it yet. Original
engine and gearboxes with no failures of these components.

Huw

Huw


 
> 1970 vintage 2286cc diesel - 420,000 miles (give or take a few)

Phew. Original oil?
TonyB


 

"SteveG <"s.goodfellow"@blueyonder" <"dot> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 1970 vintage 2286cc diesel - 420,000 miles (give or take a few)
>
> Regards
>
> Steve G
>

Any rebuilds or engine changes to this vehicle? History known from new?
This is good going for this engine even with two rebuilds and therefore
being in its third life. Outstanding if completely original.

Huw


 
On or around Mon, 06 Dec 2004 21:07:01 GMT, "SteveG
<\"s.goodfellow\"@blueyonder" <"dot> enlightened us thusly:

>1970 vintage 2286cc diesel - 420,000 miles (give or take a few)
>

not mine, but I know a chap who had a series I from about 1952 with 450K
plus miles on it. dunno if he's still got it, or if it's still running.

 
On or around Mon, 6 Dec 2004 09:04:18 +0000 (UTC), "Stuart Adair"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Lets have a bit of fun with a competition ...
>
>What variant of the Landrover engine lasts the longest ?
>
>Reply with your engine type and mileage and I will publish the results in a
>few days.

tempting fate, I suppose. Mine's got about 150 miles short of 100K on it at
the moment, and appears to be sound. More than can be said for the gearbox.

3.5i hotwire in a disco.

 
Discovery 2.5 tdi 7 seater 1993 - 133339 miles, however has had a new
clutch and gearbox at 124000.

A


"Stuart Adair" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Lets have a bit of fun with a competition ...
>
> What variant of the Landrover engine lasts the longest ?
>
> Reply with your engine type and mileage and I will publish the results
in a
> few days.
>
> Stu
>
>
>


 
My Friends SerIIIS fitted as standard in South Africa with the ADE 3.9l 4cyl
covered 800 000km before it was first overhauled.

My 300Tdi Blew up at about 150 000km and again at about 170 000km. Hopefully
it will go for a while now.

Regards
Stephen


 
My 1995 Disco 2 has 166,000 miles and the running gear has not been a
minutes problem. The bells and whistles go (cruise, air bags, abs
brakes haven't worked since 30K miles, Dealer and I gave up on them,
door locks, window gaskets, sun roofs) all have gone out broken or
failed in some way but the drive train keeps on going. A little oil
leak baffled the dealer but a british race car enthusiast said it had
to be the oil sending unit seal on that model Buick engine. He was
right. A little ring shaped gasket stopped that leak. The wife bless
her heart likes the high sitting position of the passenger seat that
she says, "get it fixed" if something goes wrong that we can not do
without (like the sunroofs that exploded spontaneously sitting in the
yard).

Stuart Adair wrote:
> Lets have a bit of fun with a competition ...
>
> What variant of the Landrover engine lasts the longest ?
>
> Reply with your engine type and mileage and I will publish the
results in a
> few days.
>
> Stu

 
"Stuart Adair" <[email protected]> wrote:

>What variant of the Landrover engine lasts the longest ?

My wifes Kadett 1.6 made 377310 km before the engine died; first
clutch, no big trouble, besides from stuff like water pump, new
ignition cables and such.

Does this one also count? :)

Back to Land Rovers, we expect the defender to double this
mileage...at least... *g*



regards - Ralph

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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My 1995 Disco 2 has 166,000 miles and the running gear has not been a
> minutes problem. The bells and whistles go (cruise, air bags, abs
> brakes haven't worked since 30K miles, Dealer and I gave up on them,
> door locks, window gaskets, sun roofs) all have gone out broken or
> failed in some way but the drive train keeps on going. A little oil
> leak baffled the dealer but a british race car enthusiast said it had
> to be the oil sending unit seal on that model Buick engine. He was
> right. A little ring shaped gasket stopped that leak. The wife bless
> her heart likes the high sitting position of the passenger seat that
> she says, "get it fixed" if something goes wrong that we can not do
> without (like the sunroofs that exploded spontaneously sitting in the
> yard).
>
> Stuart Adair wrote:
>> Lets have a bit of fun with a competition ...
>>
>> What variant of the Landrover engine lasts the longest ?
>>
>> Reply with your engine type and mileage and I will publish the
> results in a
>> few days.
>>
>> Stu
>
Sun Roofs exploding!!
Could be crows deliberately dropping stones, when I worked in Milton Keynes
we had a number of sunroofs, rear screens on hatchbacks breaking, I got a
small but very deep indentation on the roof of my Volvo 740 estate. We
discovered crows picking up stones and dropping them on cars and people.

We watched a chap get out of a van, a stone dropped on his shoulder,
he picked up the stone and threw it at a crow that had just landed on the
grass.
The crow picked up the stone and dropped it on the van after the chap walked
away.

Incidentally I sold that Volvo in April 1998 with 252900 miles,
(head gasket changed at 196000, still original clutch no other major
problems)
according to MyRAC Car Data Search it is still running, last changed hands
18-Oct-03

So why do I drive a landrover?







 
In article <[email protected]>, Stuart Adair wrote:
> Lets have a bit of fun with a competition ...
>
> What variant of the Landrover engine lasts the longest ?
>
> Reply with your engine type and mileage and I will publish the results in a
> few days.
>
> Stu
>
>

'97 300Tdi 110 which covered 143,000miles with the AA. Had a new head gasket
and clutch while with them.

I've taken it to 156,000 and have replaced both front disks, both calipers, CV
on nearside and wheel bearings on near side rear. I now have a new vacuum
pump to fit when I get a spare round tuit. The old one still works but is
noisey.


--
simon at sbarr dot demon dot co dot uk
Simon Barr.
'97 110 300Tdi.
 
JD wrote:

> Stuart Adair wrote:
>
>> Lets have a bit of fun with a competition ...
>>
>> What variant of the Landrover engine lasts the longest ?
>>
>> Reply with your engine type and mileage and I will publish the results in
>> a few days.
>>
>> Stu
> 1986 110 3.9 diesel (Australian special - Isuzu 4BD1) 390,000km still
> going strong, expecting to overhaul around 500,000km, as this is about
> normal for this engine.
> JD
The original question was about the engine, so I answered this, but others
are mentioning other problems.
Problems other than engine:- Gearbox overhaul, transfer case overhaul,
replace rear springs, all shocks, reline brakes, steering box, fuel tank,
alternator overhaul (Nippon-Denso not noticeably better than Lucas), front
diff centre replace with four planet type (front diff does not stand this
engine too well), replace seal at rear of transfer case (twice, & it needs
doing again), new rear prop shaft, swivel seals, wheel cylinders, master
cylinder, clutch master & slave, replace all suspension bushes (lower link
four times!), replace ball joint, one wheel split for no apparent reason,
brake pipe rubbed though against fuel line.
Probably other problems I can't remember.
JD
 
Definitely not :)

Regards

Steve G


TB wrote:
>>1970 vintage 2286cc diesel - 420,000 miles (give or take a few)
>
>
> Phew. Original oil?
> TonyB
>
>
 
It's the original engine ... but it's been rebuilt 3 times. It's done
75,000 (ish) since the last rebuild. I have a very complete history of
the whole vehicle from it's previous owner who had it for 30 years.

Regards

Steve G


Huw wrote:
> "SteveG <"s.goodfellow"@blueyonder" <"dot> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>1970 vintage 2286cc diesel - 420,000 miles (give or take a few)
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Steve G
>>
>
>
> Any rebuilds or engine changes to this vehicle? History known from new?
> This is good going for this engine even with two rebuilds and therefore
> being in its third life. Outstanding if completely original.
>
> Huw
>
>
 
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