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I went for a drive yesterday in the van and when I arrived where I was going I noticed it was dropping a significant amount of oil from underneath. When I got home I had a look and it was pouring from between the gearbox and engine I think. It seemed to slow or stop leaking when I turned off the eng...

y Ramsden15 » 1 minute ago Probably a silly question but have you got the fibre (similar) wash fitted to the fan switch? its a copper washer if that's what you mean ? Yes probably, mine was an pre 84 so from memory it was fibre but I think later ones are copper. I wouldn't reuse the copper sealing ...

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y Ramsden15 » 1 minute ago

Probably a silly question but have you got the fibre (similar) wash fitted to the fan switch?

its a copper washer if that's what you mean ?

Yes probably, mine was an pre 84 so from memory it was fibre but I think later ones are copper.

Probably a silly question but have you got the fibre (similar) wash fitted to the fan switch?

It sounds a lot like something is adrift inside and changing the oil moved it. I think you need to call Dr Talbot and get it booked in for repair. Yes that's possibly the case, I want to just check all other, if any, possibilities before looking at a bill for £1000+ when that's a third the value of...

I am no mechanic but my girlfriends van seem to have developed most faults since getting her :? Usually if its turning over ok then its either fuel or spark. To check fuel I would take the air filter off, remove the fuel pipe to the carb, at the carb, put it in a clean container and ask someone to t...

My girlfriends van, that she bought earlier this year, has had a whole host of problems that I am working my way through. The latest being the gear change. When she got the van gear selection was vague and it would stick in 4th gear if you stopped the van with it in gear. So my first job was to chan...

Hi, I'm the OP, I used my girlfriends login to originally post. The fill plug is a later Audi/VW plug so I have sourced the specific tool for that. IIRC you should not fill up the transmission oil to the overflow (filler) opening. The correct filling level is a little below that. From what I learnt ...