keith wrote:

speedymarktd6 wrote:

keith wrote:

2.2 . Nothing but problems . The worst , cheepest and nastiest product LR ever made .

Could you expand on your comment or reasons why ? As the 2.2 is not really any different to the 2.4 and there are loads of happy 2.4 owners and probably 2.2 owners

25 yrs devotion to this company , 14 landrovers later , another £35000 out of pocket and im raging at the cheek of LR corporation . Its the last LR to be produced , end of an era , 65 yrs gone titsup , we cant tick the boxes of the EU regs no more so lets scrap it . Screw the devoted customer world wide , the ones that kept the company afloat many times over , lets give them no carpets , cheep nasty parts , thinner panels , a bonnet without a spare wheel , the list goes on and charge them top dollar . This 2.2 is the worst performing , sounding and running engine ever . Who ever designed an engine to hold its revs for 2 - 3 secs before you can change gear , eh its madnes , these issues are well echoed throughout the 2.2 owners world and all because the monkeys at LR have had sit on their laptops and program the ecu to run the engine like a bag o nails begause of this blo*dy DPF . It might work on modern diesel cars but its no use on a defender , a car thats never changed in 65 yrs . Its ruined , over mr Tata is delighted to get shot of this dinaosaur , 2 billion profit last year and the quicker he gets it away the better to his pocket . Its ME the commited defender driver that left with the end of life sh#t . I could go on for a week on this 2.2 . My 1964 2.25 was a better engine .yep do you think im raging ?

Hmmm, a car that never changed in 65 years? Somehow I think there's been a gradual evolution through the years since those early days of sidevalve 1.6 litre engines. The 2.2 may not be trouble-free but I'm sure the older ones had their problems too (seem to recall my dad mentioning valve seat problems many years ago?). Yes, the build quality is still lower than that of even the cheapest Japanese motors but I'd say the 2.2 is still a good truck.

Merry Christmas everyone!

pannawonica wrote:

How is white vanman going with the 2.2 Puma ? That will be the true test !

Very well

scotsstag wrote:

My 2.4 was picked up on the 23rd by LR assistance with an engine fault. The engineer who attended said that they had an e-mail that morning saying that Defender production had ceased as from now and only existing stock would be sold. Don't know if there's any truth in this but it did come from the horses mouth so to speek..

pope10001 wrote:

You get over run after releasing your foot from the throttle

scotsstag wrote:

My 2.4 was picked up on the 23rd by LR assistance with an engine fault. The engineer who attended said that they had an e-mail that morning saying that Defender production had ceased as from now and only existing stock would be sold. Don't know if there's any truth in this but it did come from the horses mouth so to speek..

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blackwolf wrote:

pope10001 wrote:

You get over run after releasing your foot from the throttle

Isn't that the classic symptom of a malfunctioning clutch pedal switch on the 2.4 and 2.2 Puma?

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dgardel wrote:

scotsstag wrote:

My 2.4 was picked up on the 23rd by LR assistance with an engine fault. The engineer who attended said that they had an e-mail that morning saying that Defender production had ceased as from now and only existing stock would be sold. Don't know if there's any truth in this but it did come from the horses mouth so to speek..

tell him that we are closer to the 1st of January, not the 1st of april

Must have just been a , he was very convincing though..  04' 90 Td5 CSW..

keith wrote:

2.2 . Nothing but problems . The worst , cheepest and nastiest product LR ever made .

Guess you never had the old 2.5TD from the 80's then?

Zinke wrote:

keith wrote:

2.2 . Nothing but problems . The worst , cheepest and nastiest product LR ever made .

Guess you never had the old 2.5TD from the 80's then?

God yes!  Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades.
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Miserableolgit wrote:

Zinke wrote:

keith wrote:

2.2 . Nothing but problems . The worst , cheepest and nastiest product LR ever made .

Guess you never had the old 2.5TD from the 80's then?

God yes!

What a peach of an engine that one was! Not. Made my Dad go bald!  2005 Td5 | 90 Station Wagon | Tonga Green