I have a 1996 Cherokee Jeep with the 2.5 VM diesel engine fitted , it recently blew what i thought was just the head gasket but further inspection shows that the seal around the top of the liner to the head has leaked for some time causing nasty pits to both the head in a circle pattern and also the top of the liner itself.
Was given what has turned out to be a 2.4 VM td engine from a Range Rover
so now stuck with 3 options, 1 is to do a complete swap which i dont fancy doing as i have no idea if the 2.4 is any good, 2. Replace the liner and use the 2.4's cylinder heads if compatible? as at least 1 of the original ones is maybe beyond repair and either way all 4 would need skimming 3. Try and source just 1 replacement head and new liner then use the 2.4 VM to sell and help fund getting the parts for the 2.5 rebuild.
Kind of waffled a bit but to sum up, i have no idea how inter changeable the VM parts are or what the best way to go would be as far as engine life and reliability, doing this for my brother in law so not making a penny out of it just want him to have a good reliable Jeep at the end of it.
Any info no matter how small would realy help me out guys.
