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First post. This diesel auto Tig is our first European car - we've had Japanese 4wds lately. Very impressed by the quality and the gadgets! I've owned a lot of landcruiser diesels before but this is the first small common rail diesel.
It was bought second hand 2 weeks ago. First reg 3/2009 and 35,000k. Came with Silver paint, black leather, comfort pack, offroad button, and a towbar. If it sounds familiar then maybe someone here owned it before us!
We bought it because it was the only second hand one here in Adelaide and I gather the delivery on new Tigs are out to 9 mths now because of the update. Also we figured we saved a few $$ by buying used.
I've always done my own servicing and intend on doing the same with the Tig. Oil looked rather black considering last service was only 3k ago, so I bought some filters and that really expensive ($123 + tax) synthetic VW oil from Solitaire and changed the oil, oil filter and fuel filter today. Filter costs were very reasonable. Thanks to Transporter and the other helpful people on this site, it was all easily done. Fuel filter had darkened a fair bit and there were a few drops of water in the bottom of the housing - primed it with the Ign switch 10 times (to be sure, to be sure) - still got a little air in as it cut out soon after starting but went fine after I reprimed it.
Probably take another few weeks to read the manual and figure out how all the gadgets work!
I enjoy this site
Cheers
Phil
It was bought second hand 2 weeks ago. First reg 3/2009 and 35,000k. Came with Silver paint, black leather, comfort pack, offroad button, and a towbar. If it sounds familiar then maybe someone here owned it before us!
We bought it because it was the only second hand one here in Adelaide and I gather the delivery on new Tigs are out to 9 mths now because of the update. Also we figured we saved a few $$ by buying used.
I've always done my own servicing and intend on doing the same with the Tig. Oil looked rather black considering last service was only 3k ago, so I bought some filters and that really expensive ($123 + tax) synthetic VW oil from Solitaire and changed the oil, oil filter and fuel filter today. Filter costs were very reasonable. Thanks to Transporter and the other helpful people on this site, it was all easily done. Fuel filter had darkened a fair bit and there were a few drops of water in the bottom of the housing - primed it with the Ign switch 10 times (to be sure, to be sure) - still got a little air in as it cut out soon after starting but went fine after I reprimed it.
Probably take another few weeks to read the manual and figure out how all the gadgets work!
I enjoy this site
Cheers
Phil
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