Land Rover Discovery Virgin

Late facelifted Disco 2s are generally reliable and sought after in the UK.
The manual gearboxes are fine provided they've been filled with the right oil, it's early LT77s from the 80s that had mainshaft wear problems. Autoboxes are problem free.

Engine wise, the Td5 is capable of starship mileage with regular oil changes. Fuel pump and fuel pressure regulators tend to fail at 80 - 90,000 miles.
It's easy to get more power out of the engine too.

The ABS/ETC/SRS systems can play up lighting up the "three amigos" on the dash. Plenty of advice on fixes.

Loads of commercials around but from what I've seen, original Irish registered passenger ones are poverty spec without the rear air springs, better off with a UK one.

As with all Land Rovers, you either love them or hate them but the spares support and amount of friendly advice available is unbeatable. The electronics are nothing to be afraid of, plenty around with diagnostic tools and they're not expensive to buy anyway.

Other than Donedeal, they turn up regularly on the Ireland section of LRA http://www.landroveraddict.com/smf/index.php

You are better off without sunroofs but they're not such a problem in D2s. You get bad rot in the rear floors and wheelarches in earlier ones as the drain tubes block and the carpets get soaked. It's a maintenance issue that gets overlooked.

Gearboxes are generally pretty strong but do go ocaissionally, not that expensive or hard to change. My main box (R380 same as D2) had a layshaft bearing go at 80k but the PO had been topping the box up with EP90 instead of MTF94 :eek: Had an intermediate bearing go in a 3yo transfer box which is an easy fix but I took the opportunity to swap to a Disco box in my 110. Most owners never have any trouble.

The three amigos are the ABS, ETC and SRS warning lights on the dash and are a well known Disco 2 problem caused by the ABS system playing up. Usual cause is worn wheel bearing putting a sensor out of range. A mate of mine who was a LR demonstrator driver used to get them come up on brand new ones in severe off road conditions! It's well documented with fixes on various sites. Check they light up when you start and go out after a few secs, if they don't light, someones pulled the fuses to hide the problem :rolleyes:

The fuel injectors on Td5s rarely go wrong, just as well, they are £250 each! Sometimes the injector seating seal will fail and leak diesel in to the sump, simple fix and regular oil level checks will spot it, again it's rare.

Early ones were prone to oil leaking in to the injector loom causing a misfire, replacing the injector loom (£40) fixes it. Poor performance and won't go over 3000rpm is a usually a failed or non-original MAF sensor.

I'm just a sad Land Rover fanatic!

Most vehicles are better protected against corrossion these days but there's no harm in a bit of extra protection.

If you find one my way I'd be happy to look, there's others that would do the same if you ask on LRA.

There's plenty of "how to" articles spread across the internet and you can download the manuals as well.

Feel free to pm me if there's something specific you need to know.

Good luck with your search.

Don't had 2 never again