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diesel rangie?

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diesel rangie?

Post by big wheel sigma »

hi, saw a 88 model-ish rangie for sale with a 4 cylinder turbo diesel motor in it. I am wanting to know if they came out with this motor and what the motors performance is like. And what to look out for.
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Post by def90 »

hey bud, they did come out stock around that era with a 4cylinder TD, the only one i know of was chucks from haultech, and from his mouth they were a terrible engine, nice and detailed i know....find out exactly what motor it is and we can help further. it may be a motor swap to a early defender/disco 4 cyclinder or even a 4BD1-T
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Post by garrycol »

It came out standard with the italian designed VM diesel. It doesn't work well with individual cylinder heads and suffered a lot of heating and other problems. Some versions of this engine were boat engines and most in the RR ended up becoming boat anchors.

Many of the diesel RR of this era have had them replaced with a TDI 300/200. If it still has the original engine I would be very weary - if it has a later TDI just check the conversion has been done well.

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Post by Philip A »

The 2.4 VM was part of a family of engines used in BMW stern drives as well as the Range Rover.

They had individual heads and head gaskets used to die . Parts are now very hard to come by.
But if you found one with low mileage and in good condition, their performance was about = to a 200Tdi.

Land Rover set a world speed record with one!!!
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Post by big wheel sigma »

It is the 2.4 VM motor. I just gotta find out the milage, supposedly it ran vary well and good on fuel until the gearbox s#@t itself
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Post by Rangie ute on 38'' »

steer clear, they are rare and unreliable, jeeps run similar vm, they r extremely expensive, i work on them in boats and have half a shed at work full of dead vm/ bmw/mercruiser diesels, my 2 cents anyway
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Post by big wheel sigma »

Rangie ute on 38'' wrote:steer clear, they are rare and unreliable, jeeps run similar vm, they r extremely expensive, i work on them in boats and have half a shed at work full of dead vm/ bmw/mercruiser diesels, my 2 cents anyway
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Post by KiwiBacon »

Look at it as a good rolling chassis in need of an engine and gearbox.
Is it worth combining it with a rolled diesel disco?
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Post by GRIMACE »

run away a fast as you can! Head for the mountains!
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Post by dobbo »

The engine also came out in the diesel Jeep Cherokee


Prick of an engine from the 3 I have seen.
It rubs the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the hose again
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