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hey people, is this part that sticks out the gearbox supposed to be tight onto the bit that goes into the cup ? mine was well slack and the teeth dont look very sharp, it kinda slips a bit before it clunks into a postiton in the gearbox. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v705/hixsy/SDC14373.jpg the ...

right, ive done a reflush new pipes all that stuff, ive bought a new cap for the expansion just to be on the safe side. with the old cap i could take it off and blow through it both ways, not freely but it would go through. when the engine was running i could see the coolant going backward and forwa...

very nice, looks great ! nice name by the way

ok where the hell is the drain plug for an oil change on me engine, retarded question i know but i cant see it ! its a 1.6d, c reg.

thanks in advance

Perfect mr fairwings found wat i needed to know thank you. Hopefully Catch you in the summer !

Me van is a 1.6 d, it's a c reg.

Right I've now replaced the rusted coolant pipes with stainless and rubber tubing, they are in place but as I've left it so long I've kinda forgot the original positions etc. I'm assuming the flow to the rad is the on the water pump stat housing(stop me if I'm wrong?) but which inlet does that pipe ...

hi guys, as expeted my coolant pipes aint made it through the winter and finally popped the other day, now i can make some out of stainless at work and use the black pipes for the bends but i was wondering if theres a cheap alternative pref something flexy. has any1 used anything else ? cheers in ad...

Thanks, had a look at ya pic but more interested to see the right hand side pipework from the water pump to radiator hoses etc lol. Thanks though

does any1 per chance have a picture of a 1.6d non turbo engine bay, just need to check the pipework against mine ? thx

Hi, anyone got any suggestions of stuff I can leave in my radiator to clean it whilst It's off the van, I will be rad flushing itwhen I put it back on but wanna give it a soak whilst it's off just to make sure. Whilst I'm on the subject too, is the radiator like a one way thing as I can blow freely ...

Those seams will get ya, very hard to rust proof once they take hold, guys on here know loads about the seams, but from what I can gather, they need to be raked treated from back and front and sealed again even then it's still hard to kill the rust. Hopefully ya didn't pay too much.

Ok thanks, pump seems fine then goin on that info, the last thing is the radiator, should it be hard to blow through, I blow through one end and it feels a little hard for the air pass through? Is thAt normal or should the blowing be very easy?

how do i tell if me water pump is no good or dying? ive took all of if off to check for blockages, checked the big hoses running from front to back, checked rad and thermostat all good, the pump is the last thing im not sure about, my radiator wasnt getting warm at all. its a 1.6d engine.

thanks

not gone as far as gear box oil change, will do that tho(hopefully) when i get it stripped over winter. ill lube it all over too ! must say i aint looked at the bit that goes into the box so thanks for the tip