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Thanks all its a my08 and has 175000 on the clock it's an Auto, it says average fuel is 11.8 / 100k, but others older say 10.8 per 100 k, so why is this and is that high ?? I think I'm going to get it tomorrow and drop a deposit. $19000 all up with warranty
175000 is OK for that year. Not sure what a CRD l/100k is. I get between 12.5 and 13.5 from my 3 l Di motor. CRD might be better. I recon 11.8 would be more close than 10.8. My brother in law gets about 10.5 but that's a Landrover 2.4 litre and a lighter vehicle. $19000 is a pretty good price IMHO.
For $20 k you could pick up a well modded 4.2TD with about 250k on it
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CRD are a tad thirstier than the Di's
As 4bye4 said you never know what could go wrong with a diesel. If you are lucky there won't be any problems. If not you fork out the money. Earlier motors where also very simple with no electronics or only limited electronics such as the TD42. They still have problems though.
We have only had two blown motors in our club (to my knowledge). One was a year 2000 zd30 with 200,000 km on the clock(hand grenade). The other was a GQ with 4.2 diesel and aftermarket turbo kit with 330,000 km. it had faulty injectors which over fuelled the motor.
if you search the web you will also find examples of other makes melting diesel motors especially when towing. It was the early zd30's that where really prone to going bang!
You are fairly safe with the CRD .... there were some 2007 model CRD's where the Oil Pump Bolts weren't torqued correctly ( or didn't have the required Loctite ) which had catastrophic engine fails from lack of oil lubrication when the bolts fell out, but this is totally different to the early Di engine issues.
There are no discernable patterns of engine problems, and for my thinking, the CRD's are the pick when purchasing a 3 Litre. The later Di's probably feel a little stronger driving wise ( they seem to have a bit more go / power higher up in the rev range ), use a touch less fuel, but the CRD is better off the line
I've also read reports of 08 with the oil pump bolts coming loose as well as Di's such as 05/06 so I don't know if there is any pattern to it or if it's just random across the range.
Excellent info guys, I feel better and more confident now, can't wait lol, hope it's not gone tomorrow morning, so then I need to get all the Nads and what ever the other bits are lol, new to all the extra stuff only had 1 4x4 , I'm sure I will get some advice and how to and where to get the gauges . Will let you know tomorrow, if not I will get one this week. Ha
Thanks
Also good idea to get an auto. These engines lack torque until the turbo kicks in at 1800 rpm. Auto keeps them on the boil and makes city driving and sand driving much easier.
I regret not getting one.
Cool this one is an Auto, getting sick of looking for a car now lol, got to drive my vs kombi until I get my patrol.
Vw kombi lol