GDM wrote:

I am thinking of buying a 2007 Commercial.
It has a full service history and had the cambelts changed in August 2014 at 69,000 miles. It has now done 112,000 miles, so is it due another change yet? What is a typical cost of having the belts done?

Many thanks.

Glen.

not due yet you have another year to go or 50000mls save your money it might eat the crank before then

Moo wrote:

Personally I wouldn't fret about the crankshaft. Any car you buy can implode for one reason or another. They all have faults. Life is too short to worry.

Have a look at this: https://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/sale-2013-d...92055.html

The D4 is a much nicer place to be than a D3 and I love both.

Motolab wrote:

ALWAYS do the pump, regardless of the type with such a mileage (unless it is a proven fresh one)
And ALWAYS put on a new belt, AND rollers, AND tensioners every 7 years, regardless of what a manufacturer says (regarding age if longer)they are not pay for it if it breaks, never.... it is not that expensive, fore sure in relation to a write-off or replacement engine..

Just MHO


I had once a broken belt on a Subaru... rather new belt... turned out, a bearing of a roller seized... they did not change them with the belt..
Bottomline, you never know what they really did in the past... even if a belt is signed off in the service book...

GDM wrote:

Moo wrote:

Personally I wouldn't fret about the crankshaft. Any car you buy can implode for one reason or another. They all have faults. Life is too short to worry.

Have a look at this: https://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/sale-2013-d...92055.html

The D4 is a much nicer place to be than a D3 and I love both.

I will definitely be avoiding the 3.0 litre for reliability reasons, and also because I want a manual and the 3.0 litre only seems to available as an auto.

You're right the 3.0l D4 is only available in Auto. I ran a manual D3 for nearly 14 years from new and 232k miles. My 3.0 D4 is 8 speed with 142k on the clock.

I'm curious as to how you determine that the 2.7 is more reliable than the 3.0? Based on my experience of both, i'd buy the 3.0 D4 auto, which I decided to keep over buying a new Defender.

 New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)

Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)

Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)

No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
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