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The interesting thing was that the pump impeller was plastic and had broken the bond with the metal driveshaft, That sounds like the right sort of explanation. Impeller losing its grip for a while and now something has "snagged" so it's working OK until the next time. Assuming I get to wh...

I just bought a set like this from mybusparts.de and I seem to recall them selling fixings as well. The site's available in English, but my shipment was held up by customs for nearly a month. I got a letter saying if I didn't pay import tax they would send everything back to Germany, which was fine ...

Could it just be a problem with the temperature sensor?

Scratch that, the radiator was cold to the touch. So were the water pipes feeding it. Air lock that magically cleared itself?

Open the bleed valve on the radiator with it running and see if you get any air out of it. It should be hot all over when the engine is up to temp. Also check your heater, if that doesn't go hot or it goes hot cold hot cold then you got air in the system. so you'll need to top up the coolant. Thank...

Either an air lock or a stuck closed thermostat Thanks for that. I've removed the casting from the top of the engine, the one with all the water pipes connected to it, but no thermostat inside. Is it somewhere else or has it been removed previously, do you know? Weirdly, I've just started it up fro...

That'll be why I can't hear the cooling fan.

Aha! Radiator is cold to the touch after driving another 30km.

Under floor in cab is also cold, so no coolant flowing?

Does that mean water pump is dead?

I hope someone can help, I'm on a long journey and have hit a snag. I just packed up and hit the road out of the town where I spent the night, and ten minutes down the motorway noticed the temp gauge was beyond its normal point. And the red light was flashing directly behind it. Needle normally only...

Yeah, they look pretty ratty and are obviously of differing origins. Will replace the lot with the proper thing.

😆 Left it at a garage while I went and got breakfast and waited for you good chaps to educate me. They said it would cost 2-300 euro just for parts! So I drove it half an hour to the local equivalent of BnQ and spent a tenner on tube and screws, which seems to have done the trick for now. Plus I hav...

While I have your expert attention... My van has always started first time, even after standing unused for 6 months or more, but recently it took several tries after standing for just 3 weeks. One of the articles I read said that a hole in the leak off pipe can allow air in and cause the fuel system...

Thanks for the advice. I guess today is the day I get to start learning about diesel engines, lesson one being leak off pipes. Can someone sanity-check what I think I understand? Fuel comes in to the injectors under pressure and any excess goes into the leak off system. Each injector has two outlets...

Thanks guys, it's the injector. https://i.imgur.com/ygC3MPI.jpeg Is this something a knucklehead can fix in a dirt car park? I have spanners, sockets, screwdrivers, and a lovely hammer, but have never worked on a diesel before. I've done carb strip-down and clean in the past (20 years ago) but I sus...

1.9 diesel, non-turbo, of unknown origin, fitted decades ago, van was originally petrol. No pool of liquid under the van when I got in it, but I started it up and was distracted by the sound of flowing liquid from the back. It turned out there was diesel dripping rapidly (possibly flowing, not gushi...

When I say measure, I mean with a tape. No fancy tools in my toolbox.