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Futbus Daves' recent experiences with an AAZ make me wonder what actually passes for reliable, petrol or diesel...
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My Multivan is fitted with a Flux Capacitor but even it acts up funny in a thunder storm ......
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Not fair!!! Of-course tractors are better off-road! :lol:
I was shocked to hear about Dave's, I thought diesels never went wrong! :shock:
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AAZ..... it was only a matter of time...
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v-lux wrote:AAZ..... it was only a matter of time...

You never did get round to fitting an oil cooler did you Al :lol:

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A big plus for petrol is that when you run out, you pour more in and it starts again.

Unlike a diesel :run
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a good plus for diesel is that's unlikely to turn your van into a inferno :cheese
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silverbullet wrote:A big plus for petrol is that when you run out, you pour more in and it starts again.

Unlike a diesel :run

What? Go back and get your prescription changed Ian, you're on the wrong stuff (again)
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You never did get round to fitting an oil cooler did you Al :lol:

Errrrrmmmm, .....maybe not......but still, i'm fairly sure it wouldn't have stopped Dave's pulley falling off. :lol:
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syncropaddy wrote:What? Go back and get your prescription changed Ian, you're on the wrong stuff (again)
:lol: You know it's true! Bleeding air from fuel lines and filters, guffing around...

I only said it 'cos I did indeed run it dry the other evening :oops: forgot that the end of the red bit does truly mean "there's no more juice, man. Go direct to Morrisons". But brimming the tank still only reads 3/4 full :?
I think something's fallen off inside the tank as the last time I ran it down to zero - to drop the tank - there was still 3 gallons left in it. Came as a bit of a surprise when I pulled the hose off :shock:
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silverbullet wrote: :lol: You know it's true! Bleeding air from fuel lines and filters, guffing around...

Who does that these days?? Bought my first diesel in 1981and have yet to bleed a system ... !!
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Probably why I keep my distance from oil-burners these days...

Anyway, we've gone to all this trouble posting up an entertaining thread for Neil and he can't even be ar$ed to join in! Ungrateful bu66er!
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When my 1.6D ran out of fuel I just put more in and it started no problems.
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v-lux wrote:
You never did get round to fitting an oil cooler did you Al :lol:

Errrrrmmmm, .....maybe not......but still, i'm fairly sure it wouldn't have stopped Dave's pulley falling off. :lol:

Did Dave change the pulley and the bolt before he fitted it? I was advised to do this as apparently there was a problem, but changing for the newer design alleviates this.
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Yup, fairly sure i remember the bolt being changed.
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