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Hi all - got a cracked carb and pretty desperate to get this replaced by bank holiday - anyone know a specialist in manchester area that would be able to help me out with a replacement?

toomanytoys wrote:He's on about his petrol engine...!!!!!

d'oh! apologies all

just checked done a search for Carburettor and found some stuff.. but truth be told i'm a bit of an eidjit with this kind of nonsense... my carb is shagged.... there is a great tory about five hour wait in the dales on new years day, but thats for another day - now my friendly rac man told me that a...

The smoke is quite dark for a minute or so after starting up, not really afterwards though. What would be the reason for it burning oil? Surely it isn't meant to do that. It's only been on one longer trip since we noticed this (Bristol-Manchester and back) and at least one bottle of oil has just di...

Got a locking one spare, trouble is any key fits it and I mean any even a small screwdriver but your welcome to it for the cost of the postage or a pint of the black stuff Mike thats not a bad thing in my estimation, i lost my keys before and a screwdriver did the trick.... still acts as a visible ...

Nicola&Tony wrote: (20 quid for a lockable one though!)

ouch!

right - its time for me to drop som technicals on y'all - its a blue van with a big plastic roof - it also smells faintly of unleaded, more so on corners.

I've got the round lights, they don't so much light the road as much as 'bathe it in a soft mood lighting' which is bordering on downright dangerous on late night dashes around west-lake district trying to find a spot.... i toyed with the idea of getting big square lights tbh... sorry i don't have a...

so i'm driving around and i look at the patch of rust where my petrol cap sits and i notice something weird.... the petrol cap isn't sitting... or if it is its not sitting in the patch of rust where it should be... so i go to halfords to be told that they are out of stock... and i get diverted by ba...

the hitop will be no where near the bike rack at anytime, not even when the bikes are on it and someone helps you lift the tailgate...... and as for bumpers, unless it falls of, it will be miles away from the bumper cheers mocki - i'm the artist formally known as joshrogan so you know what kind of ...

been looking at fiamma bike racks and was wondering whether these things will be ok with: A) A High top (fixed) B) rear bumber skirt type kit anyone got any suggestions of other bike racks that are just as good? http://www.agentfiamma.co.uk/images/cb_vwt3_exp.jpg http://www.agentfiamma.co.uk/erol.ht...

or you could try putting"flashing temp light"in the search facillity of this site(top right hand corner).and you will get loads of threads on this very very very annoying light :) cheers - yeah sorry - thanks to all for your help - i poured gin in it last night and the problem seems to ha...

If everything else is ok--waterlevel etc, it can be a faulty sensor-the black plastic thing with wires plugged into it screwed into coolant tank in engine compartment--get a new one from vw or gsf-- it may well be my water level - not checked in a while but it has gone empty before without flashing...

Arvi wrote:I have come to the conclusion that when your red light flashes its a warning for you to start saving your money to spend on the next thing that breaks on your van

baws....

does anyone have any happy answers like "check yer oil ye balloon" or similar?

on the way to work today.... cleverly i ignored it... its above the engine temp thingy - over there on the right hand side of the dashboard thingy - you know the dial that tells you if you van is about to explode - but the needle is happily in the middle so what is this mysterious flashing red sign ...