Member Since: 02 Jun 2016
Location: stoke on trent
Posts: 135
A reliable discovery, is there such a thing?
It appears so. Especially in my case.
I’ve had my D3 for about 4.5 years and it’s been great. Couple of run of the mill issues that have been easily sorted. I had my original crack free oil pump and belts changed last week (12 months overdue) and just done 420 miles up to Inverness with the wobbly box on the back. 164k now and she’s still doing me proud. Been thinking of selling it next year but will have to give it serious thought now!
27th Sep 2020 8:47 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6570
No issues on my V8 for three years. Yeah, I had a broken battery but that could happen with any vehicle. Trouble-free otherwise.
27th Sep 2020 8:50 pm
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4400
Oooooo. That's dangerous speak. Won't find me joining in with loose talk like that! Richard
D3 SE 2007. Triumph 2.5Pi 1973. Ferguson TEA20 1948.
Discovery 2 4.0 ES 2001- Gone
Discovery 1 300Tdi ES '95 - Gone
Range Rover Classic '79 - Gone
27th Sep 2020 8:54 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72786
Very, very, very dangerous speak, last time I thought similar thoughts the engine popped it’s clogs a couple of miles later. They have ears, they hear things and will react accordingly.
PS and the was at 166k miles. Enjoy the next 2k miles sutty2006.
27th Sep 2020 8:56 pm
sutty2006
Member Since: 02 Jun 2016
Location: stoke on trent
Posts: 135
The site warden at Rosemarkie Inverness rang me 25 minutes before we got here to make sure we were still on our way and hadn’t broke down......I did comment with “how did you know I drive a discovery?” Haha
27th Sep 2020 8:59 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20729
5 years and 90k miles
Mine broke down once, with alternator failure
Did log a suspension fault once (broken wire)and an EPB fault (also broken wire)
Member Since: 10 Nov 2011
Location: lanark
Posts: 956
Had the beast for 13 years. 75000 miles. Have had problems but it has never Actually broken down as in “it just stopped and wouldn’t go” leaving me stranded! Biggest problem it gives me is the bongs and when the dash lights up like a Christmas tree. Have never had a car for 13 years so it must be doing something right.Once you have defeated the idiots any job is half done. Pity there are so many idiots to defeat.
27th Sep 2020 9:18 pm
sutty2006
Member Since: 02 Jun 2016
Location: stoke on trent
Posts: 135
425 ish miles home and it did it no problem, could have kept going. Used 1 and a quarter tank of derv at a registered 21mpg (20 if you work it out properly). I do love it. But long distance is beginning to hurt my back in this machine 😢
3rd Oct 2020 9:19 am
ClassikFan
Member Since: 02 Nov 2016
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1027
rrhool wrote:
Oooooo. That's dangerous speak. Won't find me joining in with loose talk like that!
Extreme provcation!Just 'cause you got the power... that don't mean you got the right.
3rd Oct 2020 11:19 am
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13901
I had my first D3 for 14 years and did 231,000 miles in it. It was the most stupidly reliable car ever. Its still going strong in South Wales. 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
BAS FBH control
3rd Oct 2020 11:24 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72786
So raises the question, why do some live virtually forever and some die far too early? I don’t accept the line that with lots of love and care they will march on, mine didn’t and lacked for nothing, whilst some are neglected to a criminal degree and go on and on and on. To me it’s a total lottery.
3rd Oct 2020 11:34 am
G_Cam
Member Since: 12 Aug 2010
Location: Fife
Posts: 2048
just pure luck i think... or how good was the machine work done on the day the Engine was made?
Basically its always the Engine that is the death nail? unless its crashed I guess??1 TR6 Rusting away quietly
1 FARR UTV SOLD
1 International Harvester SOLD
7 x D3 all SOLD
2 x D4 both SOLD
1 x Mrs D4 'Panther' SOLD
1 x Outlander van SOLD
1 continual stream of car parts and me living in the garage...
3rd Oct 2020 11:59 am
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6570
Could be rust, too, I imagine.
Gearbox certainly, replacement cost (with new, not recon) is high.
The stuff in and around the engine are the most expensive parts, so...
3rd Oct 2020 12:02 pm
aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2459
A big factor with these engine is starting, it takes a couple of seconds to get good oil pressure.
An engine thats done a lot of long journeys will last longer than one thats done a lot of stop start ones.
I wonder if you can fit an oil acumulator to boost pressure when starting, i have seen this done on other vehicles
3rd Oct 2020 2:02 pm
Dimcandle
Member Since: 06 Feb 2020
Location: North Wales
Posts: 195
DSL wrote:
So raises the question, why do some live virtually forever and some die far too early? I don’t accept the line that with lots of love and care they will march on, mine didn’t and lacked for nothing, whilst some are neglected to a criminal degree and go on and on and on. To me it’s a total lottery.
For my money, its down to fuel.
I'm a transport manager with a fleet of around 60 vans and a dozen HGV's
Supermarket fuels kill engines. Some being worse than others but I won't allow Tesco fuel in any of my fleet.
Supermarket fuel causes more injector faults. Injector faults cause premature engine failures.
I did keep statistics for a while going back years. Cheap fuel causes problems.
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