2001 FTW!

 

01...FTW!

 

From what I've seen/read on the subject, the earlier engines should be more reliable due to less wear existing on the factory tooling and therefore tighter tolerances built into the engines.

I don't know if there's much empirical evidence to support this, but since the main reason these engines have issues with slipped liners is because the factory tolerances got worse over the years (because Land Rover couldn't afford to upgrade worn tooling), then it stands to reason that earlier engines would be more reliable as they were built with less-worn tooling than later ones.

 

I’ve mentioned it before 03-04 were 4.6L’s and they also had SAI as standard (minus a few 03’s that were basically late 02’s). They were made to run warmer for Emissions plan & simple. It was the last attempt at making the 60’s V8 emission friendly.

It did not help on a setup which was already touchy when it came to engine temps/cooling.

 

The Series I D1 ended in1999, at the same time the Series II D2 was making its debut. I believe the 1999 D1’s rolled off in 98 though, sold as 1999’s? Anyway, I couldn’t tell you much about the D2 except that I have always like the look of the tubular roof rails on the 2004 model.

 

In 95 you could buy a RRC or a 95 P38 RR. LR has a habit of this lol.

 

Interesting I thought all d2 ran hot and most overheated at some time or another

 

They made the best Disco’s from 05-09

 

Lmao! This^

 

@redwhitekat The problem is a temperature gauge that only moves once you are overheating already, and this is not unique to LR that is pretty much all manufacturers thanks to stupid owners. You know the ones who freak out because a gauge moves.

Really they do not overheat that much, but they run way too close to temps where it becomes a problem so you do not have a lot headroom once things go south. Ideally you want to keep an aluminum head under 220F degrees, so you look at the stock thermostat starts to open at 179 and is fully open at 204 with AC fan helping if you hit 212. If everything is is on good shape you should run between 204 and around 215 with that setup,but that only leaves 5 degrees to 220 and 15 to 230 - beyond 230 the odds of you having issues from overheat are very high. hit 240 and it is almost 100%.