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12th March 2014, 09:07 PM
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5.0 V10 TDI engine - amazing!
I didn't realise that the VW V10 TDI engine has gear driven camshafts. Amazing engineering. Shame the engine is so heavy, I read somewhere it is 367kg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfuNppz1GVc 
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12th March 2014, 09:32 PM
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That's what my dad has and the engine is amazing.
No chains or belts. It's all cogs. It's so smooth and effortless to drive. I got caught out a couple of times pulling on to a 'private road', I left my foot down building speed and only realised I was over hundred when the dash informed me it's dropping the suspension due to the speed I was going. It's also the engine that fith gear used to tow 747. Google that video, it's brilliant.
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13th March 2014, 12:52 PM
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Fifth Gear: VW Touareg Tows A 747
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05zRyoBbcfI
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#4
13th March 2014, 02:38 PM
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Nearly talked the missus into V10 Toerag to replace the XC90.. like the colour and spec, then I just got 'that look' when she discovered the engine spec
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15th March 2014, 04:53 PM
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not a good engine with high miles on
the gears wear out and the cams wear out the timming goes then it wont start and costs a fortune to repair stay away a vag tec told me
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#8
17th March 2014, 08:40 PM
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Its a shame to hear that. A well implemented gear drive can be extremely reliable, for example in the Toyota Landcruiser, their 4.2 V6 diesel.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ming-gears.jpg
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#9
17th March 2014, 08:46 PM
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You'd think engineers would have figured out how to make cams and gears that were robust enough to last as long as, say an engine or a gearbox.
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23rd March 2014, 01:25 PM
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I replaced my XC90 with a basic A8 SE 3.0 TDI. Much happier.. The suspension lifts for off-road and it still has four wheel drive.
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