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kingofthesparks

Member Since: 06 Jan 2011
Location: Very close to Watford gap services , northants
Posts: 987

Original engine, gearbox , turbo, had a few of the usual water leaks, original drivetrain and axles,

26th Dec 2011 4:30pm

NinetyTD4

Member Since: 22 Apr 2011
Location: North
Posts: 397

kingofthesparks wrote:
NinetyTD4 wrote:
Our venerable '07 1.Gen Puma just turned 200k w/o any trouble.

is that miles or km's, as we are talking 200,000 miles

UK landmiles, original engine no repair on it, original gear, one set of wheel bearings, two fans, two headlight switches, three cubby boxes (dont know what we are doing with em, but they tend to disassemble off roads) - nothing else. And yes, it is a commercial vehicle and runs almost always 6 days a week with changing drivers. Never forget: cars have owner, Landrover have field service personnel.

26th Dec 2011 4:45pm

ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

rossy wrote:
thats very impressive mileage KOTS
Only the other day a neighbour mechanic put a new water pump in my little Peugeot and of course had a good look at the Puma saying that he'd worked on many a tdci Transit. He said that in his opinion the 2.4 is tough as old boots due to its heavy duty components providing you change the oil on the dot and use only branded diesel

provided use only branded diesel..... why would that be? LR have been saying that the Puma 2.4 engine has been designed to be able to run without a problem on all kinds of diesel, including less good quality ones which exist mostly in less developed countries.
I presume that in W-Europe all diesel quality, including that from the supermarket gas stations will be good enough for this engine, yes?
In any case, I have done 55k KM sofar with my 2008, and 90% of that on supermarket gas stations diesel, but must admit that is mostly France and Switzerland, so I presume good quality in the first place.
Still, I thought that our Pumas were able to accept lesser quality without problems, provided regular maintenance, fuel filter changes, etc. You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
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28th Dec 2011 8:28am

NinetyTD4

Member Since: 22 Apr 2011
Location: North
Posts: 397

ericvv wrote:
rossy wrote:
thats very impressive mileage KOTS
Only the other day a neighbour mechanic put a new water pump in my little Peugeot and of course had a good look at the Puma saying that he'd worked on many a tdci Transit. He said that in his opinion the 2.4 is tough as old boots due to its heavy duty components providing you change the oil on the dot and use only branded diesel

provided use only braded diesel..... why would that be? LR have been saying that the Puma 2.4 engine has been designed to be able to run without a problem on all kinds of diesel, including less good quality ones which exist mostly in less developed countries.
I presume that in W-Europe all diesel quality, including that from the supermarket gas stations will be good enough for this engine, yes?
In any case, I have done 55k KM sofar with my 2008, and 90% of that on supermarket gas stations diesel, but must admit that is mostly France and Switzerland, so I presume good quality in the first place.
Still, I thought that our Pumas were able to accept lesser quality without problems, provided regular maintenance, fuel filter changes, etc.

Before they started putting food into diesel in the EU it was quite alright, but nowadays the regular diesel quality is not far from something you get in the middle of africa. I changed 100% to bio-free old fashioned diesel (most of the times Aral Ultimate) and now the One is much quieter and smoother. Never forget: cars have owner, Landrover have field service personnel.

29th Dec 2011 1:56pm

dilukabey

Member Since: 17 May 2011
Location: Sri Lanka
Posts: 173

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Keswick Green

Mine almost done 24000 miles with no major problem. Recently replaced the rear diff oil seal and that was it. Im using normal deisel (not the good quality ones as europe though) so i add few ml of soltron each time i pump to make sure to run the engine smoothly.

30th Dec 2011 4:47pm

kingofthesparks

Member Since: 06 Jan 2011
Location: Very close to Watford gap services , northants
Posts: 987

forgot to mention 2 stroke for the last 160,000 miles

30th Dec 2011 6:49pm

rossy

Member Since: 29 Nov 2010
Location: Co. Roscommon
Posts: 1296

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Stornoway Grey

well 2 stroke certainly didn't do you any harm did it ? '2SO - way to go !'

30th Dec 2011 7:21pm

NinetyTD4

Member Since: 22 Apr 2011
Location: North
Posts: 397

kingofthesparks wrote:
NinetyTD4 wrote:
Our venerable '07 1.Gen Puma just turned 200k w/o any trouble.

is that miles or km's, as we are talking 200,000 miles

In Jan 2011 it was 200k miles = 320k km, and it is a Duracall bunny, now on 450k km = 280k miles, still running smooth w/o any major trouble. Never forget: cars have owner, Landrover have field service personnel.

13th May 2014 8:31am

martinfiattech

Member Since: 13 Nov 2013
Location: leicester
Posts: 422

We see a lot of 2.2 pumas in ducatos, so far the only failures we have had in 150,000 mile and higher bracket are due to poor servicing kills the turbo.

If you don`t get that injector knock or harsh diesel noise looked into you end up with a cracked piston followed by a nackared block

Some 2.4 dura torq`s suffered with cracking camshaft housings (mostly in transits)
and there`s always the timming chain rattle from cold to listen out for.
But apart from that, if you look after your car it will look after you...... Excuse the spelling I`am better with spanners and wires.

13th May 2014 8:46am

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17383

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

150k miles on my 2007 2.4 sofar without any significant problems, still on orginal engine, gearbox and t-box.

Will be getting (another) new clutch as soon as I get the time, also a new t-box due to backlash. Turbo is whining a bit now and possibly could do with replacing.

The only engine components I remember replacing are the vac pump (usual opil leak) and the water pump (gland leaking).

13th May 2014 9:54am

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