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So i need to use van after its been sat for a month. Running fine prior to that and just was not required, so sat in drive. As it had been sitting, i stuck battery on charge, and checked oil (ok) coolant level in expansion tank (ok) and went to check level in header tank, and as i unscrewed dalek cap thick black oil came out.

know it cant be good, so what should next steps be?

not mechanically minded, so be gentle please

Thanks in advance

Wee

Engine type ?

Does it have an oil cooler fitted ?

Ian

oops.

1.6d

No oil cooler I know of

wee bugger wrote:oops.

1.6d

No oil cooler I know of

Sorry, can't really help then .... sounds like a head gasket or the oil cooler/warmer if it was on a VW petrol inline 4 or wbxer with oil cooler but d****ls are out of my comfort zone.

Ian

There is an oil cooler on my 1.6D. Likely candidate.Check if you have a large lump of aluminium with connections to the water system between the oil filter and the gubbins attached to the block.

ok, cheers...had a look and yes i have the oil cooler. Done a bit more googling armed with this new info and finding plenty of related info. have a better look tonight

Thanks

'Gubbins ' is a highly technical term!

Common failing on Golf/Scirocco/Jettas which is same oil cooler as the T25 wbxer (possibly same as yours ? ) ours went on the Scirocco a few months back with the symptoms you described .... hence why I suggested it.


Here's the standard cross-range one for the cars mentioned above .. http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Oil ... geToLoad=1

GSF also sell them.

Ian.