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Hellooo, the results are in!! Compression test shows this...no1=130, no2=125, no3=130, no4=60. Hubby talked with the owner of the garage and talked about dropping the engine to fix valve on no4, and changing the engine mounts as this may also be the cause of the juddering at over 50mph, but both sai...

Hi all, Just to update...another friend of a friend has looked at van and found a petrol leak on right hand carb at spindle, so has greased it for now but we will need new carbs. he found a couple of leaks on hoses going from air filter, but having plugged those the van runs no differently. so will ...

Hi thanks for replying guys, Just to reply to quesstions asked, yes no 4 cylinder was 'low', and the carb has a problem with the thread on the anti run on valve, we think he also disconnected the the choke or something but we have to call him to confirm. he said it was drawing in air from places whi...

Hi everyone, Haven't been here for a few years sorry to say but now it's come to crunch time, just decided to go to T.E.S. in Kent? to get them to recon our exsisting engine but they are too busy to say when they can take it in!! We have a 2.0l C.U. engine 1983, wich is taking in too much air appara...

Thanks Emma for the quick reply and info, camperteqchnique agreed it could be done that way, though said it would be a day job in itself and not one to be done on the roadside! So reccommended that we steam clean the engine now that all the other seals have been done and see if there's still another...

Hi all, just a quickie as I'm having the work done this minuite, campertechnique is changing my seals etc, and was going to do the oil cooler seal too but said he can't cause he thinks he has to drop the engine for it, but I'm sure someone said on here that you don't have to do that....is that true?...

Yes please to the pm kthla, my hubby would like to know how to get to the push rod seals.
(Not sure if you read the updated version of my last message, I edited in some more info.)
All I can say is I wish I lived in York!!

Well whatever you do don't go to Beetle repairs under the Itchen bridge Soton. I only asked them to check out an oil leak to see if they would give the same answer as another garage....and they charged me an hours labour, plus a tenner to put some oil in "as it was low"...If he had looked ...

Oh well that sounds a lot more do-able!! thanks then. P.s by the way Beeetle Repairs Garage are complete C***'s.....they only charged me £60 for looking at it, (£49.50 an hours labour) and for putting some oil in!!! He only had to say it was low on oil and I could of done it for nothing!! Had he loo...

Hi all, Just to let everyone know I've taken the van to Beetle repairs under the Itchen Bridge, Soton, to get another quote on the leak. He reckons its the push rods and the oil cooler..for which you have to drop the engine. He quoted £600 plus parts, and did say that it may not cure the problem, al...

Oh thank you mate, your a star. This whole 'owning a van thing' is a bit like being sherlock bloody holmes at times eh! But thats half the fun, the main thing to avoid is the worry!!! Still we knew we were taking on a project....much like our house at the mo. Oh well at least he got us to the peak d...

Hi Bowton...the van is 1983, so not sure if that constitutes as a worn engine or not! ? :lol: Hey by the way this site and everyone on it are bloody fab you know....its soooo nice to be able to get such good advice and banter for free!!! :lol: Oh and forgot to say no blue smoke thank the Lord of cam...

Ok, thank you Lee and Kthla, i'll be getting more quotes and my hubby will be loking to change rocker cover gaskets, as for a fuel pump gasket...can you get them for a 2 ltr pump seperatly? Any one know of a good engine specialist in the Hampshire/south area...looking to get it on a rolling road and...

A-ha! Thanks Bowton, will try VW Herritage. The recon engine seems like a good idea, though seems drastic for a few seals, though the price issue makes sense. How come it costs less to get a recon engine, than re-con your own!!

Hi all, I've been to Blackfield Garage Southampton to have oil leak checked out been getting a smell in the cab where oils been leaking on the exhaust, and he said there a a few leaks but that the one near the exhaust is a leaky fuel pump and that I'd need a new one. A. I just wanted to confirm this...