Disco td5 questions.

[MiniMrMan]

Hi, just a quick one, do all td5 discos have air suspension?

Ta.

[agent006]

Rear only, unless converted to coils by an owner who didn't fancy maintaining the car properly.

[Rum Runner]

Go For a V8 on LPG works out cheaper all-round..sounds better ..

[Angry Sheep]

agent006 said:

Rear only, unless converted to coils by an owner who didn't fancy maintaining the car properly.

Unless it's a five seater - I'm pretty sure air suspension was standard on seven seaters but only an option on five seaters.

[300bhp/ton]

I'm pretty sure it depended on model and spec too. Even a D3 could be had with coil springs all round.

[haircutmike]

lower spec have springs, higher, air, probably an option on lower spec.

Personally I wouldn't be without it, put a ton in the back an it keeps level .

[cpas]

Angry Sheep said:

agent006 said:

Rear only, unless converted to coils by an owner who didn't fancy maintaining the car properly.

Unless it's a five seater - I'm pretty sure air suspension was standard on seven seaters but only an option on five seaters.

As far as I know, all 5-seaters have rear coil springs and all 7-seaters rear air springs. All have coils on the front. Also, after 2000 (I think) whatever they have will be 'type approved' so changing air to coil will effectively be illegal.

[niva441]

Standard on 7 seaters, option on 5 seaters. My 5 seat XS had it, but it was an unusual option.

[normalbloke]

There is only one certainty in all this, if fitted you can guaranteee it WILL fail prematurely at some point!

[haircutmike]

normalbloke said:

There is only one certainty in all this, if fitted you can guaranteee it WILL fail prematurely at some point!

That's harsh, with 3 disco 2's I have had 1 airbag and a broken sender through severe off roading!

It's effectiveness outway the minor repairs.

[agent006]

Depends what you consider premature. If you see the airsprings as having a 5 year lifetime and replace as such (they're not that expensive, and quite easy to change) then you'll never have a premature failure.

This is the problem that the P38 has with the bad reputation of its full EAS (crap dealers in the 90s replacing entire systems notwithstanding). 99% of EAS systems have had no maintenance done at all, and are in surprisingly good working condition considering that. The system is breathtakingly simple in its operation even on a P38, and the SLS on a disco is even more so.