Yeah, haven’t had any trouble yet but live in the middle of nowhere. I have more trouble with it being a temperamental pain in the ass. I’ve had a few but think this will be the last. Whoever decided to put computers in them has a lot to answer for.
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Diesel transit help
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Alanbileysfeathercut
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How big is your fridge.....
Rita_Poon
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how many times for that lesson to sink in?
tommye
Player Valuation: £100m
Half spliffs in ashtrays too. Mechanics tend to steal them.
DavidH
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Just the once. He won't mention it again.
Disco's have always been unreliable though? It's not down to computers.
Like I get it, it looks great, can go anywhere, but the diesel engines are horrible - general electrical/wiring harness issues, timing chain, coolant, injectors, etc. and that's from pretty much the Td5 to this day.
I had a Jeep Cherokee KJ (2.8L VM Motori diesel), fun to drive, proper 4x4, fast enough and all but 50/50 chance of going anywhere you've planned really - I've had it towed several times, several non-starts, injectors, vacuum hoses, crankshaft sensors, all small things but they persisted. In the end scrapped it and now drive a 2018 Peugeot 308 SW, 1.6 diesel, loving it despite the fact it's a diesel.
Anyway on to why, despite driving one, I dislike diesels - could be about 100 things with it, as it has roughly 10 sensors/valves that can do something minor and just be a bother. My dad had a transit and honestly when he got it (just out of warranty) so many little things went bad, but it was a company van at the time so it was fixed quickly.
In all honesty, despite it's obvious flaw of being a Ford, it's driven about half a mil kilometers and is still going. A proper workhorse that just needs you to be constantly on the lookout for things (or as was the case of the guy he sold it to - just be the mechanic for the truck for it's entire lifetime so you can know what's wrong with it).
In all honesty, despite it's obvious flaw of being a Ford, it's driven about half a mil kilometers and is still going. A proper workhorse that just needs you to be constantly on the lookout for things (or as was the case of the guy he sold it to - just be the mechanic for the truck for it's entire lifetime so you can know what's wrong with it).
I'm having similar probs on a rover3500 V8, that I got out of a shed where it had been for 11 yrs.
Ive got this far - One of the feeds to the fuel pump is via the starter solenoid, one from the oil pressure switch (???) (and there may be yet another) - oh and there's some sort of relay involved
But I struggle with electrics if I can't hit it with a hammer, so that's as far as I've got
tommye
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Try fire mate.
Always a good option
Have you tried putting a fresh new cassette player in it?
tommye
Player Valuation: £100m
Careful with that eject button!
chrismpw
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I had one of them! The fuse box in the passenger footwell is notoriously glitchy. One day at an MOT garage the brake lights weren't working (on the day), so me and the mot fella, after checking (and therefore disturbing) the fuses, jury rigged a solution. Then on the way home with my new MOT, first fuel pump, then indicators, then wipers all stopped working. All fixed by wiggling the fuse box again. Replace the fuse box would be my advice!
Just get GEM breakdown with the home start - they are the best cheapest breakdown company going IMO ....
My daughter, her boyfriend put diesel in her petrol car - AA charge an extra £180 to get in done roadside even if you are a member - GEM sent a specialist form out fixed & flushed it & added petrol on the roadside = Nothing - firms can charge up to £300 - for this procedure - it was dark & they took 40 minutes .... top firm for any breakdown & cheaper....
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