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I had the buzzer of doom this morning. 'Oh no' I thought, 'the oil pressure switch must be faulty, it won't be the engine'. But I pulled over anyway.

Engine cut out as soon as I put it into neutral, and then wouldn't restart. Actually it wouldn't even turn over on the starter and it smelt really bad and was very hot.
So I waited for the AA

30 mins later I tried to start it again and it fired and ran. Hooray!! But man it sounded rough, clattering and banging like it was full of spanners, but I managed to move it safer place off the road. Also as I drove it the clutch and gearbox felt really bad all of a sudden too, big knocks thru the clutch pedal.

I'm guessing the oil pump has done a knacker, but a trip to the garage is needed to find out what other damage had been done. Anyone in the west mids got a spare DG engine?

And a hug?

Sorry don't do man hugs but this is the right price to get it sent by pallet
https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=129182" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here's your hug ((((hugs)))) and yep I have a spare dg engine. ...but it mixes oil and water

Yaaaaay!! Just had a call from the Garage and it seems that our engine isn't economically viable to repair, and that we should get a new one.

a***!!!

Same here
Just had a call, engine's dead. Have you had any joy yet, any recommendations?

I've had the dreaded call as well this afternoon. Now going to have the van up for sale with no engine.

Lucky in that I've found recon engines that will part x for mine.

Unlucky that they will cost £1100 plus fitting.


Unless I just get one from eBay / scrap yard, but I don't won't to do that cos I need (some) reliability

Who is the supplier?

Surely this is what you need? Seems like a good deal to me - and maybe the chap will do you a deal with a part ex of your knackered engine?

https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=129567

P.S Hug!

Doh missed that post. In the mean time I'm sorted now by 'VWMagicBus' on eBay. £650 with all ancillaries and ready to drop in.

If you need one they've got a couple more, plus lots of other T25 stuff.

And I get to keep my old engine for spares / breaking / fixing as a project.

Sweet