Member Since: 19 Sep 2007
Location: Greece
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You are well informed! Yes, it does. Back in the 80's a law was introduced that banned diesel cars from Athens and Thessaloniki in order to improve air quality. Today they decided that this law will no longer apply to diesel-engined cars that are Euro 5 or Euro 6 compliant.
So I am wondering whether there is something I can do to put my beloved Disco 3 on an emissions diet...
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10th Nov 2011 8:56 pm
PaulP
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I don't think you can do anything. I seem to remember that the EUR 5 engines are the twin-turbo 3.0 TDV6/SDV6s from the Discovery 4/RRS.
It's based upon the same engine as your 2.7 TDV6, but is a completely different thing. There is nothing that you can just "swap" over.
It would be cheaper to just change the car.
Also, you have to remember that the EURO 3/4/5 category is set during the type approval testing - simply fitting a EURO 5 engine into your EURO 4 approved car probably wouldn't convince them and you would surely not be able to get a certificate proving compliance.2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE AutoBuckingham Blue 2007 Golf GT DSG
10th Nov 2011 9:01 pm
character
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think yerself lucky, come Jan 2012 the LEZ is being re-introduced back to London and surrounding M25, have it be for vans/lorries registered before 2002......going to be alot of Defender 90/110's/D2 commercials going cheap
10th Nov 2011 9:24 pm
faliriotis
Member Since: 19 Sep 2007
Location: Greece
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I was hoping that maybe (just maybe!) some tuning kit plus special exhausts would do the trick and bring my current engine inline with the Euro 5 emissions. The law passed through parliament today so I don't have the details, but most probably you are correct in stating that it is difficult/impossible to change category once it's set.
Maybe a better option would be to paint it bright yellow and get a taxi license... there are approx 15,000 diesel engined taxis in Athens and they are (and have always been) excluded from the diesel restrictions... go figure how lawmakers think
Thanks anyway!
10th Nov 2011 9:35 pm
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You *might* be able to get a 2.7 Euro 4 TDV6 below to meet Euro 5 limits by retrofitting a DPF, but LR themselves have discontinued the 2.7 and only made the 3.0 meet Euro 5.
Quite how you'd prove to the bureaucrats that you do indeed meet Euro 5 I don't know 06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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10th Nov 2011 9:53 pm
character
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is it not the same issue as London LEZ, ie Boris has appointed garages that are authorised to retro-fit DPF to earlier vehicles thus making them compliant or is it a case where your Goverment are saying that its got to be EU stamped Euro 5 or higher
Yer never know, might find you can get DPF fitted here to be compliant
10th Nov 2011 9:57 pm
Martin Site Admin and Owner
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Looking at LEZ (snigger) briefly, looks like the exemption for retrofitted DPFs goes from 3rd Jan.06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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10th Nov 2011 10:04 pm
Martin Site Admin and Owner
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DPFs were an option on some European spec (German?) D3s, don't know whether they complied with Euro 5.06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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10th Nov 2011 10:05 pm
faliriotis
Member Since: 19 Sep 2007
Location: Greece
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Hmm.. the DPF might be a viable option. Thanks for that suggestion
I tried googling for some specs on Disco 3's DPF but wasn't able to find anything. Do you happen to have any info on it?
11th Nov 2011 10:30 am
garrycol
Member Since: 06 Dec 2010
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Martin wrote:
but LR themselves have discontinued the 2.7 and only made the 3.0 meet Euro 5.
Not quite true - the 2.7 is still sold in D4s in some markets outside Europe - like Australia.
11th Nov 2011 11:10 am
Martin Site Admin and Owner
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Thanks for the clarification Garry 06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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11th Nov 2011 11:15 am
Dan_NL
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So now I am looking to retro-fit a DPF to my 2.7TDV6.. Anybody in Germany if this can be done, and what the cost are ?
I guess I do not qulify for the subsidy from the German government..
Holy thread reasurection almost 7 years Range Rover Westminster 4.4 TDV8 what a car
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