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clbarclay:

--- Quote from: Damonski on July 03, 2008, 17:45:21 ---seems they like to be looked after and kept very cool ?

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Depends what you mean by very cool, we have cooked 2 VMs at home the one beyond redmption and the other just enough to perish the piston liner seals and on both ocasions the radiators were almost completely blocked.

ChrisV8:
Make good boat anchors in my opinion, head gasket issues on a lot I have heard about, my advice take it out and find a nice jappy diesel  :P :P

iluvmud:
Hi i have a 2.4 vm diesel and had it for 3 years now has been a decent engine but as said the turbo lag is a big downfall and sourcing parts for it although some parts from a 200 tdi fit most vms !!! 
At the moment i am getting very low 20s regarding mpg  :evil: and it struggels towing our small 800 kg caravan  :oops: :oops: i am hopefully replacing it with a tdi in next few months so i will see the difference hopefully !!    [-o< [-o<

squaddie_fox:
i have a 2.5 vm, i find it is very good but the turbo lag was annoying me, so i just increased the amount of air getting into the engine quite basically, and it has improved it. though it has affected the MPG, i use veg oil in the rangie and bought a nice small car for my commute to work!

a problem with the setup of the engine bay on the vm's is the placement of the header tank. such as when you go up steep hills all the coolant (if its even a little low) will run away from the route of circulation stopping the engine getting the right amount of coolant. therefore causing overheating. i found this at coney green, halfway up a nice muddy hill!  :roll: :?

simdeb:
Hi i also have a vm with the same problem have you got a step by step on what to adjust and does it make much difference i have got a 200tdi lump to put in it when i have time as this looked the best way  to get more power at the bottom end

Simon

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