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Yo dudes Well as some of you may know I was experiencing a cool running engine. Long shot is went to change thermostat and found a chopped up one i.e had been running wiht no themostat. Questions is what was that done. Know I know if you have an overheating engine this is one way to cure it. But I h...

as anyone in the Midlands knows that's one long steep climb up the Cotswold escarpment. I know it well - never been up it in my camper though..... Was terrified of it but you know what, she went with no issues even overtaking stuff too !!!!!!!! :o did have to drop her into third about 3/4 way up.

oh how I love reading technical......mine behaves exactly like yours, Wibble :cry: so I guess I need a new thermotat too. How easy did you find replacing said thermostat? we have a 2.1 lump bolted to 1.9 pipework, so may be a little different, but any tips would be useful! Em x Bolts holding housin...

Simon, you were spot on with your description of what would happen if my thermostat was on the blink. Temp rising on hills and then falling off on straights. Pint of the amber stuff to you. Cracked open the thermostat housing yesterday to replace it and found...... sod all except the bottom flange o...

Not much of a consolation but at least you have some nice headrests to look at while you're working :run Yeap, they do look cool. As for the exhaust.... well, I tried everything in the book to shift the remnants of the bolt, tried welding a nut on, it just broke off again, tried heat, rust buster e...

Thanks Simon. I have to climb up fish hill tomorrow & as anyone in the midlands knows thats one long steep climb up the cotswolds escarpment. Will keep my eyes peeled on temp. And a bit on the road too !!!

Hi simon Its a 1.9 DG wasserboxer running on LPG. Only just recently rewired dash & checked it out to OK. Didn't really notice gauge position on hills exactly but it did move around slightly.Whether this was on an incline or not I can't remember. I off to Hastings tomorrow (5 hour drive) Can I d...

Checked thru wiki and searched loadsa post but could one of you techy geniuses please help me out cos I still ain't sure what my problem is, if indeed it is one. Has been running fine. Today took her out for a 20 mile run. Temp gauge only just made it it white area. Luke warm heater output. Touching...

CaptainStihllsaw wrote:lookin the nuts mate

Thanks, its been a slog but I am getting there.

added some new pic's. Will do more in depth write up later

well I'm thoroughly despondent now. 1 bolt left on head to go and will it budge.... Not bloody likely. Dunno who last put it on but it certainly wasn't am M8. The bolt was so brittle it crumbled apart the moment I got a spanner on it. Using rust buster and loadsa heat still make budge. All I ended u...

well. I spent 3 hours outside yesterday and.......... got 1 nut of box & 1 of the bolts of the head end using penetrating oil & blow torch. I am sooooo happy ( sad isn't it !)..... but wait the head of the 2nd bolt on head end is slowly disintegrating. Have left it to soak over night again &...

be prepared for it to end in tears before bedtime. Suppose I'd better get man size box of tissues then !!! Another weird thing was that when the BOD came on my speedo stopped working as did my handbrake light. I checked speedo with a drill and it works so must some odd earth fault in BOD. Where's m...

Pootle has been off the road for the last 6 moths with repairs & mods. Yesterday we took her for her shakedown run up to the Malverns. Wish I hadn't bothered. Changing over to LPG and she starts to mis-fire followed by a loud backfire. OH mentions that exhaust, which was quite noisy already, was...

3mm but double check