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Damonski:
Hi,

Just aquired a RR with a 2.4 TD VM engine in it.

After googling and reading some of the good and bad points, whats everyones view on here, in the know, about it ?

Thanks!

Damian

carls200tdi:
Hi mate i had a vm in my rangie and found it was a good reliable engine until the injector pump went.It was  then when i found how expensive they are to repair, i have now fitted a tdi easier and cheaper to repair
The vm did have a bit more power

Damonski:
Just a little extra based on much reading this afternoon,  seems they like to be looked after and kept very cool ?

clbarclay:
Having both the TDi is the better engine, considering the TDi was design a fair few years after the VM and designed for land rovers (rather than boats?) it would be rather a poor do if it wasn't.

In its own right the VM is not a bad engine but certainly has its faults, main problems I've found being a lot of turbo lag/lack of torque at low revs and they are very prone to terminal damage when overheated. Get the turbo spinning and make sure temperature guage is working and then they go better. From experiance though I wouldn't say a TDi is going to be that much more reliable, they are getting on in years now and the weaker parts are starting to show.

Another plus in favour of the TDi is mpg, the TDi is averaging low (mid on a good run) thrities where as the VM was more like high twenties.

carls200tdi:
You do need to keep a close check on water levels etc. They are well known for heads cracking or gaskets going the power is a liitle bit noticable compared to tdi but not much

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