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im thinking of buying a patrol, and undecided to which engine to go for, obviously diesel, so a 2.8td or the 3.0lt, any input gratefully received, ie pros and cons, reliability, etc, oh and it will be a manual gearbox.
:thumb2 thanks.
 
i bought a 2.8 2 days ago and already wish i had a 3.0 (y61) if i could get an old 4.2 diesel and the wife would let me i would swap
 
its a shame the UK stopped the Petrol patrols, equally a shame they never sold the 4.8 like they did in Europe.

I know diesel is the only option now, but I can't help but think the UK is getting shortchanged
 
the 3.0 is quoted as having more issues potentially.
not aware of any 2.8 issues at all, patboy and jocky
are atleast 2 fans of this motor.

the 2.8 6cyl is praised for its smoothness, suspect
went over to 3.0 to standardise options on terrano2.

pity 4.2 td was dropped, feel was loss in rival race
with land cruiser amazon from then on.
 
I have a Y61 2.8 and love it but given the choice i'd have the 3.0
The 2.8 is only putting out 129bhp and is like driving a snail but since having it i have really enjoyed driving again, not zooming about trying to get there as fast as you can, i now relax and enjoy the journey.
I think the 3.0 puts out around 158bhp so think it would be a lot more usable but beware i think there was problems with the 3.0 enging in the earlier models so you should be looking at a truck from 2004 on.
 
patbhoy said:
I can certainly recommend the 2.8 so long as your not in a hurry.
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not in any rush to be honest, but im going to need more room later on, will have to fit a wheel chair in back and the t2 is to small, so i reckon a patrol is looming :lol:naughty
 
what, and 7 people with comfort. i cant do it with my truck mate, maybe if we were all 12 stone,:lol:naughty
 
patbhoy said:
When i said not in a hurry, i meant speed.
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pmsl, what a wally, yes im with you now, i use to have a 3.3 diesel patrol and that was some motor wish i had it now, it seemed pretty quick if remember correctly and mpg was ok aswell. :augie
 
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