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Does anyone know which is the most economical diesel engine that can be fitted to a T25, I appreciate that i could be asking how long is a piece of string, but I have a mate who owns a scrap yard and he offered me a TDi engine from a passat for £200 and he reckons it will do me a massive turn. Not sure about the cost to have it fitted, but it seemed like a good way of getting better economy whilst giving the van a bit more poke

a well set up TDi will do 35-45 driven conservatively I believe, but you may have to rebuild the gearbox too.
LPG 14p per mile on a 2.1 syncro hi-top, it would have to be a good diesel to match that and the conversion cost of lpg is lower than an engine swap done right imho


here come the tractor boys..............

DONT DO IT SQUIRE
bliddy diesels,,, won't start in cold weather,, noisey as hell and gutless stinkey,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ANG ON THAT SOUNDS JUST LIKE ME Aircooled

good luck with it m8 whatever you do

AAZ with pump timing/lift/cam spot on (and driven like a girl) was 40mpg and sounded like a tractor.
2.1 on lpg is giving me 46mpg and is so much quieter . Live on the edge of the Black Mountains and have had a few morning of good frost.started on LPG everytime.

squire wrote:Does anyone know which is the most economical diesel engine that can be fitted to a T25, I appreciate that i could be asking how long is a piece of string, but I have a mate who owns a scrap yard and he offered me a TDi engine from a passat for £200 and he reckons it will do me a massive turn. Not sure about the cost to have it fitted, but it seemed like a good way of getting better economy whilst giving the van a bit more poke

£200 is very cheap for a TDI engine cheif

If thats the AAZ engine then its the one im looking at doing when cash allows

Although mines a diesel already, so less work / parts involved for me initially.

If you do decide to LPG yours, let me know as I have a friend who does the conversions and Im sure he'd sort you a good price out:)

Cheers for the replies guys, not really sure wot to do for the best,
The diesel went to some guys i met at GOTH, I wasn't sure how much it would cost me to fit and as always when you take a step back to think about it, it goes. With hindsight it was a tremendous bargain, but the reason for my deliberating was i wanted to see paperwork.