new truck or van

[maybelateron]

17 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

Worse thing you can do to a td5, good way to shaggy the engine.

Had my TD5 Disco remapped and never had any problems. Had about 75-80 thousand miles on it when remapped. Did a lot of heavy towing with it. Mind you I am an old codger and drive like one, so never thrashed it.

[Tree monkey 1682]

12 minutes ago, Oldfeller said:

been ok for the last 81/2 years, over ten counting the previous owner.

It can do all manner of shite to the engine,from losing compression ,to pulling manifold studs out, to tips of injectors , turbos seizing etc . A good maintained td5 wouldn't need maping. 

[maybelateron]

25 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

A good maintained td5 wouldn't need maping.

Mine was well maintained all its life. Just it was even better after the remap.

[Mick Dempsey]

25 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

It can do all manner of shite to the engine,from losing compression ,to pulling manifold studs out, to tips of injectors , turbos seizing etc . A good maintained td5 wouldn't need maping. 

Td5 definitely needs something, not powerful enough in standard form.

[Oldfeller]

22 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

It can do all manner of shite to the engine,from losing compression ,to pulling manifold studs out, to tips of injectors , turbos seizing etc . A good maintained td5 wouldn't need maping. 

 

12 minutes ago, maybelateron said:

Mine was well maintained all its life. Just it was even better after the remap.

as was mine, regular servicing,and let it warm up before any extreme use, most problems are caused by some cowboy with a programme of ebay and just massive overfueling. a well respected knowledgeable company can make reasonable improvements without any of the aforementioned problems.

[openspaceman]

44 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

Plated to 1.6 towing capacity

yes, my vitara can tow 1.2 tonnes with  overrun brakes but because you should not tow an unbraked trailer that is more than half the unladen weight of the tow car. So an unbraked chipper of 750kg is too much.

[Tree monkey 1682]

36 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Td5 definitely needs something, not powerful enough in standard form.

Must of had a knacker and not from new then 

[Tree monkey 1682]

33 minutes ago, Oldfeller said:

 

as was mine, regular servicing,and let it warm up before any extreme use, most problems are caused by some cowboy with a programme of ebay and just massive overfueling. a well respected knowledgeable company can make reasonable improvements without any of the aforementioned problems.

Hmm

[Tree monkey 1682]

24 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

yes, my vitara can tow 1.2 tonnes with  overrun brakes but because you should not tow an unbraked trailer that is more than half the unladen weight of the tow car. So an unbraked chipper of 750kg is too much.

I wasn't thinking unbraked but it does say on Google  and on our 2002 it says 1.6 id have to look tomoz on the plate again

[openspaceman]

13 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

I wasn't thinking unbraked but it does say on Google  and on our 2002 it says 1.6 id have to look tomoz on the plate again

It won't be on the plate, it is a construction and use thing.