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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967  
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Lots of plans for it! just as and when i have a bit of spare cash! this month i will be buying some sound deadening and a steering guard!! My 109 thread my youtube channel |
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21st Apr 2014 12:03pm |
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| GUM97 Member Since: 05 Feb 2012 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3555 
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^^My 300 Tdi is on 130-odd thousand, and it's been great (and still is!), no trouble at all!
 An engine to TDi for!
"Land Rover- Proudly turning drivers into mechanics since 1948"  |
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21st Apr 2014 1:46pm |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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mines nearly at 150k miles! it is now using water so either head gasket or worse cracked head! My 109 thread
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21st Apr 2014 2:37pm |
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| VeeTee Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Somewhere Posts: 1512 
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Mine has now approx. 345k km on the clock, and no problems with the engine at all. I use it as my daily driver, next month a holiday trip to Italy (roundrip 3.5k km in a week), first a good service and distribution belt change.
Cheers, Vincent
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21st Apr 2014 3:00pm |
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| Lou Sparts Member Since: 15 Apr 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 1501 
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@ Gmack have you checked the P gasket ? It is a common point of coolant loss on the 300 Tdi and can fail catastrophically leading to engine failure.
The good side is it,s a cheap and relatively easy fix. 2005 Td5 90 XS Steve |
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21st Apr 2014 3:29pm |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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lou, first place i looked
im getting quite a bit of pluming white smoke once warm at idle so i presume thats the coolant leaking into Exhaust! although it is intermittent! My 109 thread
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22nd Apr 2014 12:29pm |
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| Aquarius0 Member Since: 21 Apr 2014 Location: Rumia Posts: 14 
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Any other typical problems with this engine? And which one is better? The 300 or the td5? Any tips on what to choose for some expeditions and offrad fun?
Sorry for the newby questions but just starting my adventure with Landys.  Don't drive faster then your guardian angel can fly... |
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23rd Apr 2014 10:55am |
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| Tiger Member Since: 06 Jul 2012 Location: Wales Posts: 2265 
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Both are solid Engines
I've had a 300tdi and I currently have a TD5. I like both |
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23rd Apr 2014 11:14am |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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ive also had both. my opinion is: td5 is a much nicer engine to live with, quieter smoother more powerful easy to tune! 300tdi for me is much noisier less powerful but!!! easier to work on and an awful lot cheaper in repairs! and i think a lot less to go wrong!! tdi would be my choice for serious overlanding, but day to day td5! only reason i went for tdi was i wanted something i could easily work on relatively cheaply! for example, a turners cylinder head is 435+vat for a tdi. the td5 is 1000+vat!!! i still miss my td5 though!! My 109 thread my youtube channel |
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23rd Apr 2014 4:36pm |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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removed front prop today just to give UJs a thorough check. all good so i greased em up and ticked it off the check list.
while i had the prop off i went for a quick drive as im getting a drone above 2000ish revs (guess-timate no rev counter) only does it under load! still doing it with front prop off but at least i can eliminate front prop UJs and diff from the search! My 109 thread my youtube channel |
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24th Apr 2014 11:25am |
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| Aquarius0 Member Since: 21 Apr 2014 Location: Rumia Posts: 14
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Can anyone give me the exact dimensions for a self made roof rack for a 110? Can't find them anywhere Sad Don't drive faster then your guardian angel can fly...
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27th Apr 2014 7:53pm |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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Fitted engine watchdog tm2 this morning! (cheers Brendan top service)
feel happier now i can monitor the engine temps more accurately. Click image to enlarge My 109 thread my youtube channel |
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30th Apr 2014 12:40pm |
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| yostumpy Member Since: 01 Aug 2010 Location: n/kent Posts: 327 |
did you perchance buy this 110 from N. Kent, only I used to cycle past one regularly that was identical to the truck as you bought it, and its now gone. The chap was building a 101 in the garage. But it used to wear a galv. 'roo' bar on the front.
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4th May 2014 8:48am |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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Certainly did! Yea he was building a 101 looked awesome too very thorough job he is doing My 109 thread
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4th May 2014 11:50pm |
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