YBOD
Member
- Joined
- Oct 13, 2012
- Messages
- 389
- Reaction score
- 2
Have a 2012 D40 ST manual and not being a too mechanically minded I may not describe my problem (or probably just a niggle) as other might be able to but here goes.
At low revs (less than 1000revs) on a slope (and not necessarily a very steep slope) and in first gear the truck seems to have no umphf or go about it. It will pull away from a standing start say at a junction or traffic lights but without a foot load of revs it feels like she is in second or third gear even though she is in first. Eventually once the revs build up (or I give it a foot full of gas) it picks up and pulls away but not with any great gusto.
In addition, I used to have a Landrover series 2 and if you put it in any gear but let your foot off the gas she would usually move along at a crawl just on idle. The D40 on the other handle simply stalls. And driving up steeper slopes in first it doesn't have the guts to get up from a standing start and either needs low ratio or a good run up which doesn't lend I self to carefully creeping up trails.
She's ok pulling away on the flat and I appreciate that being deisel she is never going to perform like a petrol but surely it should have more guts.
Is there anything people could suggest to improve low end grunt or is this just something I have to live with?
At low revs (less than 1000revs) on a slope (and not necessarily a very steep slope) and in first gear the truck seems to have no umphf or go about it. It will pull away from a standing start say at a junction or traffic lights but without a foot load of revs it feels like she is in second or third gear even though she is in first. Eventually once the revs build up (or I give it a foot full of gas) it picks up and pulls away but not with any great gusto.
In addition, I used to have a Landrover series 2 and if you put it in any gear but let your foot off the gas she would usually move along at a crawl just on idle. The D40 on the other handle simply stalls. And driving up steeper slopes in first it doesn't have the guts to get up from a standing start and either needs low ratio or a good run up which doesn't lend I self to carefully creeping up trails.
She's ok pulling away on the flat and I appreciate that being deisel she is never going to perform like a petrol but surely it should have more guts.
Is there anything people could suggest to improve low end grunt or is this just something I have to live with?
Last edited: