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  1. Engine & Gearbox
    Hi, my beloved T5 has had a recent serious coolant issues and gone to my recent garage. They’ve said head gasket has a crack and they advised using steel seal to sort it. I’m wondering if this is a long term fix or if I’ll then need to either sell it (obvs advising this issue to purchaser as...
  2. Engine & Gearbox
    Hi all. I'm replacing the cylinder head and gasket on my 1.9l t5 after driving for a while after the head gasket went. I have rust/residue (from going against all advice on here and using a head gasket sealer) in the bore where the head gasket had given way. Would it be sufficient to replace the...
  3. Engine & Gearbox
    I'm looking for some assistance in identifying a head gasket for an ABL 1.9TD engine as I've read about notches but can't see them on my head gasket. The back story to this is the sad tale of my 1998 T4 Special 1.9 TD. This was pressurising the coolant system. I stripped the head off and...
  4. Technical Threads
    so we have a t5 2006 130k miles, when we take it on our annual long (600mile) journey we have a coolant problem, runs on the motorway fine, then coolant level light comes on and we loose about 1/2 litre per 2 hours. ie the light keeps comming on and we top up, we have no temp gauge and only one...
  5. Engine & Gearbox
    Hi Guys would love any tip/ideas on some help with this one! I have a 2006 T5 2.5 done 165k. Vans always driven perfect and never overheated but few months ago checked coolant levels and noticed oil in the coolant but oil side seemed fine. Read through the forum and seemed oil cooler was...
  6. Engine & Gearbox
    Hi All, I want to bypass the EGR cooler on my 1.9 BRS, to see if it's leaking internally. I don't want to fit a 'delete' kit just yet. Am I right in thinking that if I remove the multiplug from the EGR it will stop working ? (I know I'll get a dash lamp, not bothered about that at the moment)...
  7. Engine & Gearbox
    Right.....hey everyone, new to the forum & new to T4 ownership. What a journey so far 😅 Bought the Camper converted 1991 1.9d 1x H Reg VW T4, now knows an TED in April, as a lock-down toy. It had good service history, 118,000miles on the clock, New gearbox & all the goodies (auto-Manual...
  8. Engine & Gearbox
    Hi All, I have owned a mk2 golf GTI cab in the past and had such great help from the forums, so i have been on these forums a little, sorry if I get any etiqeutte wrong!!! It’s been a while... I have now bought a VW T5 2007 transporter, to convert into a camper. On the face of it, the van...
  9. Engine & Gearbox
    Yo dudes, Does anybody know if you can change the head gasket with the engine still in? If so, how hard is it? Currently have the van stripped down this far. What else needs to be taken out for access? Also anything to be aware of when changing the timing belts? Can it be done without...
  10. New Member Introductions
    Hi, I'm looking at t5 camper thats 10yrs old, 130k miles for a possible purchase. I'm no expert on engines but interested in some opinions. The private seller is upfront about the work its had done on it:- its had its head gasket replaced. Its also had its head skimmed, new valves, valve...
  11. Engine & Gearbox
    i had oil in my radiator , so i took the head off and checked the headgasket but doent look like it was coming from the gasket, there might be a crack in the head , is there any where else on a 2.5 petrol T4 1995 transporter where the oil could get into the coolent.
  12. Engine & Gearbox
    I have had a mystery coolant loss on my van since I bought it a few weeks ago, it is under warranty and I have been using my regular garage to try and diagnose it. I drove to Cornwall (200 miles away) and after the drive once the van had cooled down it struggled to start again and hydrolocked a...
  13. Engine & Gearbox
    Hi all, My beloved T5 2.5l T32 (2009) has just been dropped off at the garage to investigate intermittent exhaust smell coming into the cab. This really only happens if I'm sitting in traffic and seems to be ok on the road. Weirdly it doesn't seem to happen all the time. I queried the issue at...
  14. Engine & Gearbox
    Hi, I have owned my T4 for a few months and unfortunately my head gasket has recently gone. Its due to be stripped down next week at the garage and they say it will cost approximately £6-700 to repair, and that doesn't include finding and fixing the reason it broke in the first place. I have...
  15. Engine & Gearbox
    hey,about a year ago had head gasket fixed by vw,all fine, then in jan this year had new turbo fitted by turbo specialists and van runs great but it seems to use oil now, never did before?? No visible leaks,no smoke, plenty of power but my question is this, could some breather pipe be blocked or...
  16. Engine & Gearbox
    T5 1.9 84 120k I think I have been unlucky and picked a problem van as already changed starter, engine mounts, drive shaft, anti roll bar links, front wrap around coolant pipe after just 7 months of ownership. My latest issue is it is loosing coolant on long journeys and under load, while temp...
  17. Engine & Gearbox
    After the pressure in my header tank got worse and worse and the van started to overheat to the point of boiling like a kettle, I finally gave up and took the head off. The gasket was not obviously knackered, although it seemed pretty dirty and generally crappy, so I got the head skimmed and...
  18. Engine & Gearbox
    A big hello, I'm new to the forum. I have a 2.4d T4 that was overheating. Doing some googling I came to the conclusion that it was either the cooling system or a head gasket / cylinder head problem. To diagnose which I got myself a block check kit which uses a liquid to detect exhaust gasses...
  19. New Member Introductions
    Yes A newbie in need of assistance/advice.I’m running a t28 06 plate and recently had my temperature waring symbol come up on the dash.So I went to my local vw outlet and got myself some lovely new coolant.When I went to top up the reserve bottle I notice what was in the was quite thick black...
  20. Engine & Gearbox
    Hi All I was on the M4 last week on a surf trip to Wales when I felt a slight loss of drive, looked in the mirror and noticed white smoke out the back and white smoke from the engine bay. The van was recovered back home where I checked it over. It dumped all its water, so I topped it up and saw...
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