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Unfortunately over heating issue not resolved Story so far Bought van in Germany. Injector problems. Bought reconditioned 2.1DJ Fitted, but still problems with over heating. Reconditioned air mass flow fitted. ( Mostly resolved an odd fluctuating reving) New water pump and radiator fitted. All oil p...

Quick update
Expansion tank cap failled the quack test.
Replacement cap seems to have sorted the problem.
So far so good. For now....
Thanks for the help.

Thanks.
I had just done a visual inspection for cracks and that it was good and tight.
Will try the quack test in the next few days.

Thanks.
Had already seen that when looking for answers on the forum.

Checked cap tightness. secure. No cracks.
And levels ok.

Still stumped.

Greetings. Having trouble with overheating. Needle to the top and red light flashing. Sometimes after only 3 miles. Sometimes it sorts it self out after a few minutes and Guage goes down. Sometimes not. When this happens the header tank can be bubbling and the main one cool. I have new (reconditione...

I changed the thermostat, made no difference.
The problem has now grown to the oil warning light coming on intermittently also.
Have changed the oil temp sensor and the oil level is correct.
Can these problems be connected ?

Thanks for trying but Im pretty sure that its not right as my needle would always be in the middle position after driving for 20min or so, and maybe creep up a bit higher if driving long distance on a hot day. But now the needle just sits on the bottom even after long drive and the engine warmed up....

Yep if i coast with it out of gear, or with clutch pressed in it will creep up, but if i rev engine the needle goes back down.
yep if the van is just idling in the drive for a while the needle goes up as well
by the way its the 1.7 d.

Hello there.
Another funny qurk of my van.
The temperature gauge in only working while coasting with the clutch in.
Any ideas ?

Then put some sweeping brush handles as rollers dokas5.jpg then there you go a handy drawer/table/something for kids to jump up and down on.( it does have a detachable leg of a crutch for support on the end) dokas6.jpg Get a matching vw handle on ebay and put some rubber door protectors around the e...

Just thought someone might be interested in the way I put a drawer under the back seat of my doka, as it was rarely used owing to a child seat being strapped down on top of it and it being a hodgpodge of a frame for the seat and is quite heavy. First mark out opening and get an angle grinder to your...

Greetings,
I know its been done before but for the life of me i can not find it.
Any ideas what struts fit vindic on the back of a doka ?.
I seem to remember mk2 golf boot struts, but want to be sure before i order them.
Untill the furure,,,
Simon

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Thanks for all the feedback. Have missed the boat again, was looking at a syncro doka with nato cover on the back, aaz, in germany for reasonable money, 5500 euro. Even if there were a (little) few things wrong, that would be within my reach. Was in the process of getting a relation (who used to wor...

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