2000 Y61 3 litre turbo - good idea or not?

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Karinofnine

Karinofnine

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Sorry to keep on about this, but I'm still trying to decide on what would make a good replacement for my Y60 Patrol. The Navara is out, not a viable tow car. So I'm thinking about a Y61. The 3.0 litre Turbo puts out enough torque to easily tow the caravan.

Does anyone have any bouquets or brickbats for this car?

What about this one?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....30757796&category=18238&_trksid=p5197.c0.m619

It's cheap (at the moment) - a little bit worried about the engine warning light, if I buy it it will have to be blind, I can't go to Yorkshire twice. What questions should I ask the seller?

Thanks.
 
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hi karin , im in yorkshire , but im the last person you want to ask to look at it for you :eek:
 
Why's that? (I mean why should you not look at it, not why do you live in Yorkshire)
 
me , cars and e bay ....... not a good combination bearing in mind my experiences .... im sure someone will correct me , but i think a member called larson was selling his patrol a while back that was a y61 i fink
 
avoid pre 03 versions ak robert (thomas the terrano) dodgy pistons on early models,esentialy same engine as mine and thats had four new pistons! plenty power to pull 1850kg trailer at 80mph without knowing it was on back! engine light would worry heck outve me until itd been on computer to tell me it was something silly! cat c write off aswell wouldve had to be inspected etc before alowed back on road i believe.
 
just a warning though karin , that one is a cat c write off , did you know ?
 
I would only buy this motor if I had a known good mechanic give it a really good going over,, I would not buy it blind at all, you may be able to get one of the motoring organizations to vet it for you but I expect that will cost, Rick
 
Yes, I realised it had been damaged and repaired. Was thinking that was why it was cheap. Jace, it has to be pre 03, I can't afford newer. I'm going into overdraft as it is.
 
check what he had on front,towbar for boat lauching,maybe salt water!
 
obviously check it over well , but it looks good and its near karin too
 
Jace, I'm not keen on the looks of the Terrano, I know loads of people on here swear by them and really like them, and I'm sure they are brilliant cars, but I prefer big square boxy cars, even the Y61 is a bit curvy for me, but I will have to get the new car in the next couple of weeks.

Briggie, I looked at that car but it's only a 2.8 - they haven't got much go about them and it's a completely different engine from the 4.2, not just smaller, totally different (and poxy, IMHO).
 
i had the 3.2 troll and loved it sommat about 6cyl and truck engineering ,it had a cable you pulled to turn it off,key just turned electrics off!
 
Lol, my Troll was slightly more refined than that! I hope the bastards who nicked it get piles.
 
Karinofnine said:
Jace, I'm not keen on the looks of the Terrano, I know loads of people on here swear by them and really like them, and I'm sure they are brilliant cars, but I prefer big square boxy cars, even the Y61 is a bit curvy for me, but I will have to get the new car in the next couple of weeks.

Briggie, I looked at that car but it's only a 2.8 - they haven't got much go about them and it's a completely different engine from the 4.2, not just smaller, totally different (and poxy, IMHO).
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Hello,

Are you thinking of the newer GU 2.8 4cyl? the old GQ one is still a 6 cyl
 
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