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| NickMc Member Since: 01 Oct 2014 Location: Norn Iron Posts: 1628   
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“My name is Nick and I have a problem”
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20th Aug 2023 2:17pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17443  
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Funny you should say that....  |
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20th Aug 2023 4:55pm |
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| Julie Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: Nantes Posts: 497  
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Mine has 140 000 and the turbo hose split once Afaik EURO4 engines are certified for 70 000 km and EURO5 engines for 140 000 km. Finally, milage is just a number. It doesn't tell you anything about the driving conditions : all terrain, sea water, mining or other workhorses, winter & salt, daily comuter, ... and the driver himself ! Better inspect several vehicles and compare ... |
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20th Aug 2023 7:34pm |
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| Ianh Member Since: 17 Sep 2018 Location: Essex Posts: 2029
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Like NickMC, Dinnu and blackwolf I’m going to come out as a hoarder:-), however I’ve not gone as far as having a spare engine..mainly as I’m at 65k miles and only do circa 4K miles a year, so given blackwolfs miles that means I have another 50 years to go....so the engine will outlive me !!!!
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20th Aug 2023 8:47pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4703 
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Wouldn't worry about the longevity of the engine. The government and the "greens" will have us off the road long before the engine gives up.
 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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20th Aug 2023 8:57pm |
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| revd Member Since: 20 Apr 2024 Location: England Posts: 130
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They got to Australia and replaced the engine which had grenaded with a new in crate Transit engine shipped over from South Africa Bluelandy couple with a Td5 completed their trip with 300k kms showing on original engine |
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14th Dec 2024 4:14pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4703
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Any idea what caused the demise of the engine? 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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14th Dec 2024 5:43pm |
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| revd Member Since: 20 Apr 2024 Location: England Posts: 130
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Piston with a hole in it from memory
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14th Dec 2024 6:57pm |
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| gcc130 Member Since: 05 Jun 2015 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 744 |
My 09 plate 130 died at 112k miles with a hole in no.2 piston. Always been serviced regularly and carefully looked after. No warning it was about to fail. It did have a BAS remap.
When I dropped off at our local independent there were two 2.4s ahead of it awaiting new engines, I’ve since learned of lots more failures, some with shockingly low mileages☹️ |
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14th Dec 2024 7:33pm |
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| Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3310 
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My 2.4 went pop at 70,000 miles. No remap, correct servicing with genuine parts etc. For the replacement I added a catch can and change more frequently with a better quality oil but I don’t have any confidence in the Ford effort. My new one is remapped with an uprated turbo, I figure if it’s going to destroy itself anyway I might as well try to get some enjoyment from it first. WARNING.
This post may contain sarcasm. |
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14th Dec 2024 7:44pm |
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| gcc130 Member Since: 05 Jun 2015 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 744 |
Absolutely, I’ve totally lost confidence in the Ford engine, and I have two Pumas😡
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14th Dec 2024 8:21pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4703
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Yep I have two Pumas aswell. Never occured to me that the engine was prone to self destruct. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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14th Dec 2024 9:08pm |
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| johnnymarrsbarres Member Since: 03 Oct 2024 Location: UK Posts: 12 
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People need to remember that forums like this - and garages - are exactly the sort of places where you hear horror stories, as for the most part people go to garages and post tales on forums when something has gone wrong.
You don’t hear about the millions of 2.4 Puma engines going about their business pootling around in Land Rovers, taxis and Transits with no issue, because nobody goes on the internet to tell the world they’ve had an uneventful experience. The same is true of every other car marque on the planet of course. I’ve owned a few BMWs and it’s exactly the same. People terrified on certain engines because there’s a few stories of them chewing up their rod bearings etc, despite there being millions of them out there running fine and dandy. Helps to have a bit of perspective before you scare yourself. |
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18th Dec 2024 9:32pm |
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| Will@LRW Member Since: 04 May 2019 Location: UK Posts: 183 
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The highest mileage Defender in the UK is a Puma, although impossible to tell what has been replaced thus far or if it's the original engine!
https://defender.lrworkshop.com/collection...fenders-uk LR Workshop Find a Defender's history and spec: https://defender.lrworkshop.com |
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19th Dec 2024 10:13am |
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