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It's a water-cooled 1984 1.9 df, petrol.

Hi again guys and gals, Well I've got my engine in bits, it looks ok but I have a few challenges ahead of me. But of course I have one bit that will not come off. In the very bottom of the engine block is the oil pick up pipe/suction pipe and strainer. The haynes manual says it is held on with one b...

Ah thanks very much it is surprisingly a DF and does have a star and so i suppose has had a vw recon. I'm assuming this could be a bad thing as the cylinders may already have been rebored thereby stopping me from being able to rebore them again if necessary?

thanks

Hi people, sorry really silly question, i'm stripping down my t25 1.9 peterol. I understand there are two 1.9 variant engines, which is mine? it is a panel van june 1984 water cooled with the water stat in the front left of the engine? what are the differences between the engines? Thanks for the hel...

Ah briliant, thanks guys i'll check out the float when I dismantle it and replaice if needed.

thanks again

Hi guys, I have a 1984 1.9 petrol t25 van. I've just started stripping it down to rebuild it. I didnt drive it much but when I did I had a red flashing warning light on the dash just below the water temperature guage . it came and went and the temperature behaved as you would expect from a healthy e...

Thanks for the advice. And thanks for pointing out what the wiki is, I had been wandering.

kind regards

luke

Hi guys, I'm new to this entire thing, just bought a t25 van to convert into a camper, absolutely love it but it needs lots of work. I'm praticle but havent done any mechanics really. I want to turn my van into a camper, the flat 4 has enough power but once you are going over 40 it's just too noisey...