What to look out for when buying a TD5?

Griffdowg · Apr 28, 2008

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeight!

Im moving up from a 2.5 N/A to possibly a TD5!

originally wanted a 300, but a TD5 has come up at the right price. I know what to look for re, X member, chassis blah blah blah but what i want to know is, what to look for on the engine. obviously smoke and turbo whine but is there anything else other than the norm? tell-tale stuff that a TD5 is worn? i dont want to buy a dog! its a T plate and done around 100k. dont know much else yet, hopefully know more Fri night, as it may allready be sold.

Cheers once again,

G

The Mad Hat Man · Apr 28, 2008

dont the oil pump blow emselves to bits or summat?

Griffdowg · Apr 28, 2008

thats alot of help, cheers

The Mad Hat Man · Apr 28, 2008

sorry Griff - but I thort i heard summat about an oil pump bolt or summat on the early TD5's.

serves yoself rite fur not going to MT

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Griffdowg · Apr 28, 2008

i was worried about it being an early TD5 actually

not sure what to expect.

The Mad Hat Man · Apr 28, 2008

there are peeps wot know loads more than me about TD5's.

Griffdowg · Apr 28, 2008

The Mad Hat Man said:
there are peeps wot know loads more than me about TD5's.

i bloody well hope so!

The Mad Hat Man · Apr 28, 2008

so do i - but at least i tried

stig · Apr 28, 2008

ask charlesy he seems to the clued up person on the td5 lump

yella · Apr 28, 2008

The Mad Hat Man said:
there are peeps wot know loads more than me about landrovers

snigger

Sirus · Apr 28, 2008

Dunt they make blank cassette tapes??? or is that TDK's

The Mad Hat Man · Apr 28, 2008

very tru, Yella - but i try and be helpful.

Griffdowg · Apr 28, 2008

stig said:
ask charlesy he seems to the clued up person on the td5 lump

yer, im waiting for him to spot this thread

. like i said, it may be sold allready, so i may not even get to go look at it

we will see come fri

Trewey · Apr 28, 2008

CharlesY and BushTwot are the Teedeefive eggsperts.

As far as I know, a batch of early TD5s had no threadlock on the oil pump bolt, leading to catastrophic failure. if it's done 100k and not failed, shirley it must be OK.
The other one is oil ingress into the injector harness leading to ecu problems.

Griffdowg · Apr 28, 2008

yer, i heard of oil ingress to ECU. hoping to counteract this by getting the extension leads and putting it up high. also helps to get it away from water.

adseybear · Apr 29, 2008

Yeah, Treworgeys right.

Land Rover forgot to apply Loctite on the threads of the bolt that secures the oil pump in place. Over time it worked loose causing loss of oil pressure and engine failure.

Don't worry though, if it hasn't come of by now it won't as it's probably been sorted.

All I can say is to get in and give it a good testdrive, check the service history, cause if it's been done properly at 100k it shouldn't be worn out. Check for smoke when you plant your foot, and it should pull in 5th from 35mph upto 80+.

adseybear · Apr 29, 2008

and check out

Web Rover

got some good information on Td5's if you want to learn a bit before you buy.

Griffdowg · Apr 29, 2008

cheers for the link adsey

some good reading there.

G

Jumpjim · May 1, 2008

Wasn't there a problem with plastic rods holding the heads centred on the block on early TD5's? I believe that sometimes the rods could deform through the heat allowing the head to move....

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