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Hello fellow T5 enthuasts. This is my first post here so I'm hoping for some positive answers.
I'm currently running a 2005 VW T5 2.5 174 TDI Manual Caravelle with 157,000 on the clock.
Over the last couple of months it slowly began to shake (the Dual Mass Flywheel) this slowly got worse. Then i began losing coolant and kept having to top up regularly. 500ml-1 Litre every 100 miles or so. I took it into the garage about the coolant loss and the mechanic just ran it and topped it up, no problem solved. It continued with the same fault so i took it in again and after reading the advice on here I instructed the garage to change the water pump.
After some head scratching he realised that the gearbox had to come off to complete this job. So it made sense to do the DMF and clutch at the same time. These were all replaced but the coolant loss problem still persists and now it seems to engine 'wobble' when i accelerate a bit harder than normal. I had it back to the garage for an MOT and got him to test drive for his opinion, luckily a manager from a van centre was in there who went out on the test drive. His opinion was that the coolant loss was down to a probable crack in the head and the engine 'wobble' is due to the cam being warn which will get worse in time.
The current MPG is around 20-30 depending on where i'm going.
Is there any experts out there that can confirm this? I'm wondering what to do with the van now as it is a great family vehicle but I dont want to be spending more money on it after just doing the MOT and the DMF.
Thanks in advance for your replys.
I'm currently running a 2005 VW T5 2.5 174 TDI Manual Caravelle with 157,000 on the clock.
Over the last couple of months it slowly began to shake (the Dual Mass Flywheel) this slowly got worse. Then i began losing coolant and kept having to top up regularly. 500ml-1 Litre every 100 miles or so. I took it into the garage about the coolant loss and the mechanic just ran it and topped it up, no problem solved. It continued with the same fault so i took it in again and after reading the advice on here I instructed the garage to change the water pump.
After some head scratching he realised that the gearbox had to come off to complete this job. So it made sense to do the DMF and clutch at the same time. These were all replaced but the coolant loss problem still persists and now it seems to engine 'wobble' when i accelerate a bit harder than normal. I had it back to the garage for an MOT and got him to test drive for his opinion, luckily a manager from a van centre was in there who went out on the test drive. His opinion was that the coolant loss was down to a probable crack in the head and the engine 'wobble' is due to the cam being warn which will get worse in time.
The current MPG is around 20-30 depending on where i'm going.
Is there any experts out there that can confirm this? I'm wondering what to do with the van now as it is a great family vehicle but I dont want to be spending more money on it after just doing the MOT and the DMF.
Thanks in advance for your replys.