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Hi, I had the same problem and fitted 215 R14C's and made it tolerable at cruising speeds (60'ish). Previously it was screaming at 50! Can't remember what gearbox is fitted but the original engine was a 1700 diesel.

its an 1989 original 1700 Non turbo diesel according to a mountain of documentation that came with the van so I'm pretty sure it is. I'd imagine that its to original fan too which I can confirm is a two stage motor. Is the motor from a TD different? As per your suggestion, I'm going to get another r...

Thanks for the useful info. I'll investigate next time its up on a ramp. Cheers lads

Will do HarryMann. Quick one though, what do you think of my suggestion to source a fan switch that comes in earlier than the standard 87 degree one (Part no. 223440110) ? I had to rev the nuts off my AAZ before it would kick in and then it only stayed on briefly. Do such fan switches exist??

Apologies for asking stupid questions, a quick search revealed what a setrab 13 is. I found another member offering an oil cooler, this time a Mocal. Slightly concerned about buying used, missing bits etc but beggers can't be choosers.

Good call, this member has something that might do, what do you think? Here's what he said about it... [ i]"Oil Cooler setup, based around a Setrab 13 row front mounted cooler, Mocal thermostatic take off, all hoses and fittings included ready to fit and go. Was used by me and worked very well....

Fair enough, I'm s bit cash strapped at the mo so looking for any angle to get by on a shoe string . You mention changing the stat for a 80 degree one. What's the standard one rated as? Also, I read over on brickyard about a guy who was having hot running AAZ issues. He found out the water pump was ...

Also after looking at the advert, it is just a direct replacement Water/oil cooler which you will already have on your engine. The brickwerks kit is for an additional front mounted Air/Oil cooler, take a look on the Brickwerks web page and you will see what I mean. It sounds expensive but it works,...

That's strange, A quick search brought up this... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/151291324789?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=108&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108" onclick="wi...

Ha, probably. Crying shame they don't fit. They'd look great on the van.

A big thanks to you Steve. I was seriously tempted by this bargain....

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I've a 1.9 TD AAZ conversion that screams along at 65mph. Its on 14" steels and the standard tyres. I'm desperate to get it to a nice 70 mph cruising speed that won't give me tinitus without out the use of spacers or any other mods and as cheaply as possible. I've come across 4 15" VW pass...

Thanks HarryMann....again! From what you've described it could be a lot of things. I did mention it to a mechanic that was working on it a while back. He had a look at the mounts which he reckoned were fine and came to the conclusion that it was most likely some issue with the injector pump. Sounded...

Thanks HarryMann, I think its just down to the engine being different than the original. Today I rev'd the nuts off it for a couple of minutes and finally heard the fan kick in, only briefly mind. The gauge stayed at 2/3 all the time. The engine ticks over and starts fine so maybe its just that the ...

Right. Thanks for explanation for what's involved. This might sound stupid but is there any way of finding out if there is a spigot there in the first place?