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Offanon

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• May 18, 2006

• #1

I've been considering buying an early 90's vintage Range Rover turbo diesel, the VM 2.5 version. What sort of things should I look out for ? Any help would be much appreciated.

 

yella

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• May 19, 2006

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the best thing to look for when buying a vm engine rangie is the nearest bus stop. they are a ****ty italian engine. steer clear WELL CLEAR

 

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• May 19, 2006

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Be careful where you mention those horrible VM things - the car isnt even easy to convert to a decent TDI.Men in white coats will take you away and put a funny jacket on you that you cant get off,and put you in a padded cell.
Please dont - they are horrible in every respect.

 

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Offanon

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• May 20, 2006

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Thanks for the replies, one to steer clear of then ! What's so bad about them ? Unreliable ? Crap mpg ? Underpowered ? I can vaguely remember them being less than popular when they came out but not why.

 

yella

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• May 20, 2006

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basically everything is bad about them, they are only good for about 30,000 miles, the camshafts are held in by 1 bolt on each and they come loose no one will recondition them and no one will guarantee them when you buy a new one. top and bottom of it is they are complete ****

 

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Offanon

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• May 20, 2006

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So glad I came here. What were Landrover thinking ? Pity it's not even easy to convert to TDi, I'd have considered that

 

ormus

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• May 20, 2006

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never done one so dont know but can someone tell me why its not easy to convert?
cant see the chassis or gearbox being any different.

no idea, but i guess it shouldnt be too difficult???

 

yella

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• May 20, 2006

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i seem to remember a problem with marrying up the gearbox to any other engines for some reason, i suppose you could put a tdi engine and 'box in

 

ormus

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• May 20, 2006

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thats the way i was thinkin. a complete used engine/box from a scrapper.

 

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• May 20, 2006

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Its cos everything is on the wrong side of the VM compared to the Tdi.Unless you bought a complete Tdi disco its a pain in the backside.I was doing some diagnostic work at a mates place while he converted one - lots of swearing/hammer throwing,"I'll never do this again" was said more than once.