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Could it be the extra water pump? I believe that the temp sender for these can cause issues with going on and off Thanks for the info. You could be right. The justkampers manual calls it an oil pump but they have a few other mistakes so will check. Hopefully a new thermo will be less than a new pum...

I think you can still order direct from Securon http://www.securon.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Seatbelt service came to me. I'm on the South coast in Kent. Think they charged around £40 call out charge on top of the charge for fitting two 3 point belts. One of wh...

Hi, Having a problem with the extra oil pump fitted to my 91 T25 turbo diesel water cooled. It comes on intermittently even when the van has not been used for a few days. As it is only designed to cool the oil after the engine has been turned off, does it really need to be there? If it should be rep...

paul lennard wrote:hi heading to the vendee next week can anyone recommend any camp sites

Lovely campsite in a small town called Landeville. Called Camping Pong !!!
About 4 miles in from the very busy coast with good cycle routes, so saves packing up the van.
Jonathan

Hi, We did a similar trip a few years ago. Cannot remember the names of any of the campsites but lovely place. But be careful of drinking the tap water up in the hills and small campsites. My daughter 10 got quite ill, so did the camper next to us. I would suggest using sterotabs or similar. Jonatha...

Hi, Had an intermittent problem with the glow plug light coming on while driving on our 1.6 turbo diesel. Noticed the previous owner had disconnected one of the thermistors at the back of the main engine block and wired it up to a little resistor instead. One of the terminals had broken off so presu...

Hi We use ALPS breakdown cover - only available through Glynwood Insurance brokers. A lot cheaper than the AA - think we paid £80 last year and in fact may have been a bit less. On the slightly older van, ours is a 1990 we found one of the only companies to offer breakdown cover in Europe was Britt...

Hi,
Now that forum members have kindly suggested the intermittent hissing and loss of power is likely to be the BOV (blow off valve), does anyone know where I can buy one for a 91 transporter? GSF didnt know what I was talking about! Looks like a sealed throw away unit to me.
Thanks again.
Jonathan

Hi, Think you were asking where the blow off valve is BOV. From my questions through this forum, I have found it to the right hand side and just below the big air cleaner box. Well this is on our 1.6 1991 water cooled turbo diesel anyway. It looks a bit like the breather coming off the top of the cy...

Hi Dovells, Yes the cork may pop out and its was not easy on mine to get to so I passed a zip tie around the cork and manifold and pulled it tight. It seems to be fine. The blow off valve is a safety device that ensures that the inlet system does not provide to much boosted air to the engine. The p...

Thanks for the reply, The surging problem I described was the intermittent loss of power and loud hissing noise when the engine is being pushed. I had no idea this may be related to the blow off valve. This was a separate question. Are you saying that If the blow off valve is blocked off with a cork...

Thanks for the reply.
Presumably with the cork idea, it will pop out if the blow off valve needs to blow. Will try this low tech. idea.
Any ideas on the question of the surging problem?
Thanks again,
J

Hi, I wonder whether anyone can help me with what I think is a turbo problem on a 1.6 water cooled transporter 1991. New turbo fitted about 5 yrs. ago. Now when giving the engine a bit of wellie for getting up steep hills, there is quite a loud intermittent hissing noise for about 4 seconds followed...