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Voltage does not mean that there is a good connection - Take off and check/clean all connectors involved. You can see good voltage but current cannot flow due to corroded connectors/wiring.

Oldiebut goodie wrote: ↑11 Oct 2025, 17:37 Unfortunately pictures are no longer showing in the forum from the UK.

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"Hi ,would anybody know about the codes on my 20ltr Aircooled gearbox ,its DL14 025X .
I've checked on the web and cant find any information."

20 litre - that's one heck of an engine you have there!

Which controller? ( It is an Eberspächer )

Cold start lever shaft o-ring leaking is a favourite - if you have one on your pump. This looks like coming from underneath without close inspection. Can be done in situ with difficulty on some pumps.

I seem to remember posts about this years ago - general consensus was that early vans didn't have the handbrake switch at all IIRC.

No problem! Nothing to worry about - it isn't a highly tuned racing machine
Any diesel bug should be caught by the filter - highly unlikely to get it in a small tank anyway. I have used 10 year old diesel in heaters!

AIDAN!

Rob's got it!  https://vwpartsinternational.com/shop/e ... s-oem-part
Around £35 on ebay.

Looks like a water pump to me - not a sensor!

Possibly tree sap?

My engines had them here - but yours doesn't have any there! This is the trouble with non-standard engines.
Should have https://brickwerks.co.uk/product/coolan ... mall-metal or a 3 hole one. Like this:

You are in the wrong place - you should be at the rear of the head not the side of the block. The metal coolant flange here should have 2 or 3 positions for sensors/switches. What do you have here? :

If your starter has been down to 9.4v you have almost certainly fooked it!