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Thanks, I'll get onto them and hopefully they'll be more reliable than the Spanish counterpart my mechanic has been dealing with!!! (I already know they will be)

Dee.

Thanks itchyfeet...I'm thinking, as the rubber seal we waited weeks for turned out to be the last one his suppliers had in Spain (!) that he will have maybe checked for (and found) this leak before assembling it and wasting the new seal...did I say thinking? I mean hoping!!! I'll be asking tomorrow....

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Up close repair of leaky gasket

Hi all. So, I've had my van in the mechanics here in Spain now for almost three weeks (anniversary tomorrow!!!) and after waiting most of those three weeks for a new seal for the head gasket the mechanic fitted everything back together this morning to find that there is water coming through a differ...

Ok, so not major damage, by the looks of things. I've to get a new 'pipeta termostat' and 'refrigerador collector' (which I translate as the thermostat and coolant tank!??!) but it'll only cost about 200 euro for parts and labour...sound about right to you guys? (price and diagnosis)

So the mechanic has taken a cursory glance and doesn't seem too fazed...he's going to work on the engine this evening and expects a couple of hours labour should do the trick...I'm warily optimistic! Reassuringly, when I turned up at the garage earlier he was working on another t25, so at least I kn...

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Thanks everyone. When the red light was flashing the temp gauge was slowly rising, till it reached just about half way...the fan did not kick in. I've been to look into the engine a bit more today and here's what I found: The coolant tanks is, indeed, empty. There is a white funny looking substance ...

Thanks a million, Shane, I really appreciate all the advice. I didn't try it again after it conked..it sounded really bad just before it stopped, and there was a fair amount of smoke (and it was boiling hot anyway 32 degrees, so I was feeling as hot and bothered as the engine!!) but tomorrow I will ...

Thank you for your replies and advice. I'll search for the article on bleeding now...the silver lining of not staying in my van is I've free wifi at the place I've got a room, so lots of time to hunt it out. Itchy feet, you are, of course, absolutely correct. Unfortunately I did the novice thing of ...

Thanks...I suppose I'm just anxious about whether the mechanic will know what he's doing and also whether I've completely mangled things up by driving in it until it went kaput...could I have done enough damage to need a new engine?!? I joined the club 80 - 90 page back when I was searching for a va...

I made a huge mistake today. I'm travelling around Europe in my t25 1987 camper and today I set off on a 60km journey in Spain only to notice the red temp light flashing. I pulled into the first garage I met (around 10km later) and checked the water/oil....both ok, so I asked a mechanic at the garag...