VM 2.5l diesel engine any good?

[IIa]

I'm interested to hear what your experiences are with this engine. Apparently it's an Italian made boat engine that has 4 separate cylinder heads, and that was fitted in the RR before they started with the 200Tdi. Is it reliable? Powerful? Can you still get spares for it?

[Annette]

I had in a past life one of these things.
Powerful? A bit better than an old Mercedes diesel.
Reliable? About as trustworthy as a Series II indicator switch.
Why: The cylinder towards the bulkhead has an overheatiung problem, so this is where your trouble starts.

[Annette]

Forgot to say this was in a One Ten.
These ****ty VMs were in many continental 90s and 110s, ask around how many have replaced them.
Get an LPG conversion if this is about saving on fuel.

[Mark Charnley]

I had in a past life one of these things

Im intrigued Annette!!!!! You on your second life then? And how many have you got?!!!

:D

[DEANO3528]

If you want a decent clanker(if such a thing really exists), then forget about anything that was deliberately fitted at Solihull, they're all crap when compared to an IVECO.

[IIa]

Thanks for the replies. Interesting to see that people are quite divided on the issue, but overheating seems to be the main theme. As regards Iveco diesels: I once had a pulley of the timing belt coming of all by itself. Guess what happened next. Ever since I'm not a great fan of them.

[Annette]

Mark:

You on your second life then? And how many have you got?!!!

No on my forth or so.:p
Because I like purry things like V8 I reckon I got nine:cool: