ocshaman
Veteran Member
I'm looking for a larger vehicle, and the WK has been drifting through my head as an R/4WD vehicle for carrying more stuff. Does anyone have experience with them as a daily driver?
Yes, only one pops up within 300 miles every month or so. Some stick around, some are gone pretty quick. Like the idea, but 20 mpg on the highway for a 4WD doesn't sound fun. Other choice is a 4WD BMW or a CR TDI that will need several thousand in work to get somewhat comparable power.WK with the OM642 are a pretty rare vehicle. Owners seem to like them, however. And I know one guy who sold back his Touareg and bought a newer Grand Cherokee with the VM Motori (not Fiat, although the lineage of the engine is not altogether clear), and he likes it.
Yeah, which is why I don't have one of either yet. The 2WD Jeep with different gearing would be nice, but the X5D would be 80 hp up stock, and 150 hp up with Malone tuning.The big problem with the WK as I understand it is the short gearing. That kills FE. The X5 does better, and higher mileage ones of those are pretty reasonably priced these days. If you live in a state where you can delete the DPF and get rid of the Adblue system, they make good power.
Jeep gears are everywhere. Quadratec, 4WheelParts, Yukon.I wish I knew more about regearing, and what to regear to. It would be interesting to see what the 2WD WK could do.
Normally, I'd agree, but the gearing isn't slightly bad - it's very bad. Off the top of my head, you're doing about 2600 rpm at 70 mph, whereas with 3.07 gearing, it would be under 2000. Bigger tires just can't do that.The gearing wouldn't be quite so bad if you threw some taller tires on it. It is a Jeep after all.
yup, agreed. I've done quite a bit of research and i'm fairly sure i'll put in a 3.07 R+P into my truck early on. The issue is the speedo recalibration - the hypertech tool (the 1st that comes up when you google) doesn't work on the diesels - only on the gassers. With a proper pro scan tool (or a star scan), it should be possible to change the tire size.MB spins the V6 faster in the Sprinters, too. No idea why. What would be neat is if you could swap the 5sp automatic for the newer 7sp G-tronic.
Not to pull you from the oil burning segment, but wife and I really love our 2018 outback 2.5 Limited. Haven't gotten it stuck yet and avg 25.2mpg. The eyesight adaptive cruise is the shiznit.
OH, I'm confused - what do you mean by this? Are you referring to a CVT with "gears"?...ChryCo 5sp automatics (some of which got changed to 6sp with a software update)...
knock on wood..... 17,000 miles and doesn't burn any yet. We did get an extended warranty letter in the mail saying our CVT is covered out to 100,000. Time will tell. Wife daily drives it 80 miles/day good mix of hwy/city and it's our family grocery getter.Do you have a previous diesel car (relatively similar) to compare in terms of performance under load/hilly roads, etc?
Oil burning and Subaru go hand in hand, LOL. I know that isn't what you meant, but boy oh golly those Subies can eat some oil. TSB after TSB. We service a bunch of 2015-17 Foresters, they all have dry dipsticks before their next service is due, then they eat a CVT and/or a front axle.
I've never had a similar diesel suv to compare. It's always been one extreme or the other. My little Jetta TDI's (mid 40's) or my huge 1 Ton dually (low teens)
knock on wood..... 17,000 miles and doesn't burn any yet. We did get an extended warranty letter in the mail saying our CVT is covered out to 100,000. Time will tell. Wife daily drives it 80 miles/day good mix of hwy/city and it's our family grocery getter.
2600rpm? Good Lord, that’s horrible! Is that just Jeep being lazy to get tow ratings, etc? I know there’s some tech difference, but if an OM642-powered W166 GLE can tow 7,300lbs, yet turn 1450rpm and get 30mpgUS at 70mph, the. surely a WK(2) has to be able to be set up to be close to that kind of performance?Normally, I'd agree, but the gearing isn't slightly bad - it's very bad. Off the top of my head, you're doing about 2600 rpm at 70 mph, whereas with 3.07 gearing, it would be under 2000. Bigger tires just can't do that.
In my master plan, i'll be running a tire that is 7% taller - not for off roading - I want to run a narrower tire to help with economy and in the snow.