Me and bad habits!
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Re: Me and bad habits!
Cost of fuel is becoming a bigger and bigger problem for us petrol heads, I am more and more leaning g to diesel , but am still very scared of financial implications when something goes wrong
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Re: Me and bad habits!
Well its going to be very interesting to see what your actual fuel consumption is and how the driveability will be vs the past experience with petrols.
Unfortunetly the TD42 is a VERY expensive engine to build or repair which is something not to take litely and has the biggest question mark on wheather one sould go td42 or not.
Look after the engine and it will serve you well and maintenance will be minimal.
Enjoy your engine
Unfortunetly the TD42 is a VERY expensive engine to build or repair which is something not to take litely and has the biggest question mark on wheather one sould go td42 or not.
Look after the engine and it will serve you well and maintenance will be minimal.
Enjoy your engine
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Re: Me and bad habits!
In saying that, if anything goes wrong with a fancy new TB48, its only manageable when the guys on the forum come to your rescue - comparatively a turbo diesel rebuild is not that expensive. if I paid market value for the repairs / replacement on my 4.8 I would have been in the same ballpark as 4.2 diesel build. So far what I have seen on the TB42 diesel builds unless something goes wrong early on it is a reliable beast for a few hundred thousand km. A petrol might do a little better, but its just prepaid versus post paid. At the end of the day, you always pay for the horses.
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Even assuming that such a car could be found, the problems with that approach is:
1) My car already has quite a number of very expensive extras/modifications added. I guess the need for these is debatable, but I appreciate them. To return to this spec on a new car would have cost the same or more. These mods include a set of Marks 2.86:1 low range gears, enlarged fuel tanks totalling 200l, the X-link front suspension with custom long-stroke shocks.
2) I off-road hard. I don't want a new, pretty car.
3) I actually prefer the Y60 to the Y61. I firmly believe the shorter front overhang, the 300kg less weight and the softer springs make a big difference to how easily it copes with tuff off-road conditions.
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Thanks for keeping this thread updated, its been very interesting. I haven't read from the beginning again, so I may have missed it, but, why did you decide to go the turbo route?
I get the idea you're a man after simplicity to avoid any issues overlanding - I would have thought an NA motor would have been more in line with these requirements?
Was the idea just because "power is more fun", or was there other reasons?
Thanks!
I get the idea you're a man after simplicity to avoid any issues overlanding - I would have thought an NA motor would have been more in line with these requirements?
Was the idea just because "power is more fun", or was there other reasons?
Thanks!
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Re: Me and bad habits!
Piet is not scared of the loud pedal...
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Re: Me and bad habits!
N/a engine is heavy on feul and Piet saw what my bakkie does and needs a bit more with the trailer
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Re: Me and bad habits!
I am not that patient a man as to be able to live with the N/A TD42.graham1 wrote: ↑18 Jun 2019 07:36 Thanks for keeping this thread updated, its been very interesting. I haven't read from the beginning again, so I may have missed it, but, why did you decide to go the turbo route?
I get the idea you're a man after simplicity to avoid any issues overlanding - I would have thought an NA motor would have been more in line with these requirements?
Was the idea just because "power is more fun", or was there other reasons?
Thanks!
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