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farmer giles

Member Since: 09 Feb 2011
Location: worcestershire
Posts: 1299

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Cairns Blue

remapping a high milage td5

i'm thinking of getting a td5 as a second car and i would want to tweek the engine (read re-map, larger intercooler, silicon hoses, egr blanking plate and poss vaned turbo).
would this be very bad to do this to a 100k mile truck?

18th Oct 2012 1:10pm

Porny
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Location: Sutton Coldfield - West Midlands
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Mileage covered is irrelevant really...

It all comes down to the condition of the engine and transmission - and how well it has been looked after - and how well you look after it.

I have tuned TD5's that had done over 130,000 - 150,000 miles and they have not had a problem... on the other hand I have had customers bring vehicles with less than 60,000 miles on them - and refused to tune them as the engine were FUBAR'd.

Each vehicle needs to judged independently, I wouldn't use mileage as a blanket reason not to tune them.

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18th Oct 2012 1:17pm

farmer giles

Member Since: 09 Feb 2011
Location: worcestershire
Posts: 1299

hi Ian,

are there any easy signs to access the condition of a td5 engine (assuming not just white smoke at the exhaust)?

cheers

18th Oct 2012 1:45pm

me@td5.org

Member Since: 16 Jan 2011
Location: Warwick
Posts: 856

Porny wrote:
Mileage covered is irrelevant really...

It all comes down to the condition of the engine and transmission - and how well it has been looked after - and how well you look after it.

I have tuned TD5's that had done over 130,000 - 150,000 miles and they have not had a problem... on the other hand I have had customers bring vehicles with less than 60,000 miles on them - and refused to tune them as the engine were FUBAR'd.

Each vehicle needs to judged independently, I wouldn't use mileage as a blanket reason not to tune them.

Ian

I'll vouch for that, Ian remapped my TD5 at 90k and it's at 120k now and the engine is as smooth as ever. It's a 10p engine as well with a Stage 2 tune and VNT

18th Oct 2012 2:20pm

Steve B

Member Since: 22 May 2009
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 589

me@td5.org wrote:
Porny wrote:
Mileage covered is irrelevant really...

It all comes down to the condition of the engine and transmission - and how well it has been looked after - and how well you look after it.

I have tuned TD5's that had done over 130,000 - 150,000 miles and they have not had a problem... on the other hand I have had customers bring vehicles with less than 60,000 miles on them - and refused to tune them as the engine were FUBAR'd.

Each vehicle needs to judged independently, I wouldn't use mileage as a blanket reason not to tune them.

Ian

I'll vouch for that, Ian remapped my TD5 at 90k and it's at 120k now and the engine is as smooth as ever. It's a 10p engine as well with a Stage 2 tune and VNT

Hi,

Whats it like? I have all the hardware vnt, intercooler etc. still waiting for Ian to do mine

How did you get him to do it? I hear Hobnob biscuits do the trick or is that just Ada that likes them

Steve

18th Oct 2012 3:10pm

adafish

Member Since: 30 Mar 2009
Location: atherstone
Posts: 1389

1984 Defender 110 300 Tdi DCPU Stornoway Grey

Steve B wrote:
me@td5.org wrote:
Porny wrote:
Mileage covered is irrelevant really...

It all comes down to the condition of the engine and transmission - and how well it has been looked after - and how well you look after it.

I have tuned TD5's that had done over 130,000 - 150,000 miles and they have not had a problem... on the other hand I have had customers bring vehicles with less than 60,000 miles on them - and refused to tune them as the engine were FUBAR'd.

Each vehicle needs to judged independently, I wouldn't use mileage as a blanket reason not to tune them.

Ian

I'll vouch for that, Ian remapped my TD5 at 90k and it's at 120k now and the engine is as smooth as ever. It's a 10p engine as well with a Stage 2 tune and VNT

Hi,

Whats it like? I have all the hardware vnt, intercooler etc. still waiting for Ian to do mine

How did you get him to do it? I hear Hobnob biscuits do the trick or is that just Ada that likes them

Steve

... i prefer NICE biscwits..

will chase Ian up, busy with the final touches to 2.2 remaps at mo.. Putting Dreams on Drives at JLR Solihull..

18th Oct 2012 3:29pm

Steve B

Member Since: 22 May 2009
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 589

No worries, thanks

sorry to hijack.. mine has 120,000 and have no worries about a remap as it is in great condition (year 2000)

Steve

18th Oct 2012 3:35pm

farmer giles

Member Since: 09 Feb 2011
Location: worcestershire
Posts: 1299

cheers for the comments.

18th Oct 2012 4:13pm

me@td5.org

Member Since: 16 Jan 2011
Location: Warwick
Posts: 856

Steve B wrote:
me@td5.org wrote:
Porny wrote:
Mileage covered is irrelevant really...

It all comes down to the condition of the engine and transmission - and how well it has been looked after - and how well you look after it.

I have tuned TD5's that had done over 130,000 - 150,000 miles and they have not had a problem... on the other hand I have had customers bring vehicles with less than 60,000 miles on them - and refused to tune them as the engine were FUBAR'd.

Each vehicle needs to judged independently, I wouldn't use mileage as a blanket reason not to tune them.

Ian

I'll vouch for that, Ian remapped my TD5 at 90k and it's at 120k now and the engine is as smooth as ever. It's a 10p engine as well with a Stage 2 tune and VNT

Hi,

Whats it like? I have all the hardware vnt, intercooler etc. still waiting for Ian to do mine

How did you get him to do it? I hear Hobnob biscuits do the trick or is that just Ada that likes them

Steve

Patience and Hobnobs, although I left nearly a whole packet there on Tuesday so it may take a while before that bribe works!

Ian's work is second to none and always worth the wait.

18th Oct 2012 4:38pm

yobbie

Member Since: 15 Nov 2010
Location: Isle of Wight
Posts: 714

1999 Defender 90 Td5 Heritage LE Bronze Green

Mine was done by Ian 2 years ago (stage 2 & Vnt) with 85,000m, it now has 102,000m no problems, also on a 1999 10p. I left custard creams and a bar of chocolate brought back by request from Switzerland.

18th Oct 2012 6:49pm

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