Thread: Diesel Rangies in Oz??

FOR GOD'S SAKE DON'T DO IT.

the factory RRC diesels are a POS. They are a VM diesel which are great motors when they are kept cool, but unfortunately once they get a bit warm they are pretty much buggered.

But if you are lucky enough to find a RRC with a 300tdi or 4.182 go for it!!

P.S. the bagging of the above VM motors are based on my personal experience as I have a VM RRC and 4 spare motors none of which run right.
I am about to blow $3000 on a rebuild kit that might hopefully get a bit more life out of the old RRC.

Are you refering to the old VM They are or should be all dead by now I hope

The only diesel rangies in AUS I'd think worth a mention are 300 TDi, TD5 and 4BD1. Also few with chevs, nissans and toyotas. all converted and owners hang onto them.

The VM was a boat anchor and also now rare.

Sorry VM ownners


Tony

In terms of touring, I don't think you could beat a 300tdi 110 or 130 fender.
If you can do without the space a 300tdi discovery might be an option aswell.

Originally Posted by maca

am about to blow $3000 on a rebuild kit that might hopefully get a bit more life out of the old RRC.

Why not spend that money putting a 300Tdi in?

The poor VM diesel was a factory option in early rangies.

I don't think that rangies with the Perkins or 300Tdi diesels were ever available in Australia, unless privately imported. Or the original engine was swapped out.

I'm not sure if the 6 cyl BMW diesel in later rangies was ever offered in Australia.

Originally Posted by Bush65

I'm not sure if the 6 cyl BMW diesel in later rangies was ever offered in Australia.

We didn't get the P38 with the Beemer engine, but we did get the L322 with the later Beemer engine. Very nice engine it is too.

iv only ever been in one old rangie with a deasil, an it was a smashing great v8 one, loud as f**k an toltly gutless, it was a import from the usa, an yes its now siting out the back with a blow everything, , idk what engine it was, but it was from a landrover dealer,,,

As Maca said, I also dont think the VM's were that bad per se, but getting them hot was basically terminal.

They were more powerful than the TDI's and in reality not that bad as long as they were looked after. Well!

We had one, that from memory pedictably failed with head gasket issues! cant remember how many of the 4 heads were affected anymore...