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Which Diesel Engine is the best?

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Dr Strangeglove:
Cheers for all the advice,

The reason for looking to change from the V8 is that I have only just got the Rangie and have managed to overheat it and the head gasket has gone.  As such I need to strip of the cylinder head and get it skimmed, get the gaskets and re-fit.  I am no mechanic but this does not worry me to much as I have friends who are.
I think the way I have managed to blow the head gasket is I managed to overcook the engine.  I bought the Rangie off eBay and when I bought it the top hose was split and after refitting I only filled it through the expansion tank (as I wanted to flush the system before re-filling with anti-freeze).  As I had drove it 45 miles back after refitting the (shortened) hose and it not having any overheating, I did not think I had a problem in that department (OOPS!!).  Apparently I may well have had an airlock which caused the over heat in the first place (though the top hose did seem to have coolant in it - I squeezed it to check before driving) as I had not topped up through the plug above the engine.  So the thing is - I don't know this engine anyway!  (As an aside - are their any things on the 3.9 EFI I should look or listen for as if their are other faults then I may as well save my money on the head gasket and look for an alternative engine).

Once again - thank you very much for all the comments - listening to information and opinions from people with all the experience the Mud-Club members have is invaluable - so please keep it coming

Regards

Mick

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