I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
Still waiting on the call...
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
Just got the call and....
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The radiator's fucked!
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But it seems like the head gasket is OK... Once the new rad is fitted then further cooling system testing will take place,
but it looks like the old girl is not yet quite ready for the scrap heap.
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The radiator's fucked!
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But it seems like the head gasket is OK... Once the new rad is fitted then further cooling system testing will take place,
but it looks like the old girl is not yet quite ready for the scrap heap.
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
Van now home (having parted with £641.40) and besides the new rad has also had large amounts of the gear linkage replaced (5th and reverse were getting very, very hard to select). So it's time to take it on a medium sized journey to see how it responds...
Sheffield to Tamworth (AP Workshops) with the Falco in the back next Thursday? Sounds about right...
Sheffield to Tamworth (AP Workshops) with the Falco in the back next Thursday? Sounds about right...
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
Hey that's not a complete disaster then
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
No, just par for the course in trying to keep a 22 year old van on the road...
Not happy with the misleading diagnosis from the French garagiste, mind. He jumped to the wrong conclusion and worried the shit out of me.
But anyway, all's well that ends well...
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
Well, a fresh rad and few bits and bobs seems like a result to me.
Nice one.
Nice one.
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
Yeah, I'll take that any day of the week. Way preferable to the alternative.demographic wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 5:45 pm Well, a fresh rad and few bits and bobs seems like a result to me.
Nice one.
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
Whats the rest of the van like?
If it's in half decent condition I'd just keep chucking bit's at it til its knackered.
If it's in half decent condition I'd just keep chucking bit's at it til its knackered.
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
Not bad for a 22 y.o. van. Underside seems solid enough, van has done 260k miles but engine still feels strong. I'm intending to do just what you describe. Had the head gasket really gone then that would realistically have been time to consider options but I appear to have found a get out of jail card that's not free, but comparatively inexpensive.demographic wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 7:19 pm Whats the rest of the van like?
If it's in half decent condition I'd just keep chucking bit's at it til its knackered.
These things are renowned for doing starship mileages. A mate who now lives in Germany bought an ex-AA van like mine a couple of years before I did from the same dealer. His is still going, and he drives all over Europe in it.
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
Yeah, bloke came upto me at a service station a while ago (trying to buy my Hiace) said he knew of a Hiace that had done 700k with just two clutch changes.
Mines done 240k and is a bit rough looking but still trogs on well.
Mines done 240k and is a bit rough looking but still trogs on well.
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
Get yourselves a rusty old Merc!
https://mercedesblog.com/this-is-the-me ... ilometers/
3.4 million km in 28 year is 120,000km a year though - which feels alot. Cab driver though.
https://mercedesblog.com/this-is-the-me ... ilometers/
3.4 million km in 28 year is 120,000km a year though - which feels alot. Cab driver though.
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
I'm sure I once read that American MB dealers are encouraged to buy mega high mile cars from punters to show off in the shops.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 4:09 pm Get yourselves a rusty old Merc!
https://mercedesblog.com/this-is-the-me ... ilometers/
3.4 million km in 28 year is 120,000 a year though - which feels alot. Cab driver though.
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
It's not a van ?Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 4:09 pm Get yourselves a rusty old Merc!
https://mercedesblog.com/this-is-the-me ... ilometers/
3.4 million km in 28 year is 120,000km a year though - which feels alot. Cab driver though.
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
Dunno about Mango but I'd struggle to fit my massive toolsafe on any car.
Well, it just wouldn't happen. Plus an old Merc might do one thing but modern ones seem full of dead tech and I wouldn't tough one with a ten foot pole.
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
All the genuinely long-lived and tough engines were designed and built at least 20-30 years ago. They weren't festooned with emissions gear (EGR, DPF etc.) and were built to do big mileages. I'd list the VW 2.5 Tdi in my van as one of them, along with the 2.0 HDi Peugeot, the 5 and 6 cylinder diesel engines in late 80s/early 90s Mercs, the VW 1.9 TD, Volvo's 2.4 D5 and Ford Duratorq engines. There are plenty more, but they are all 'old' technology.
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
This increasing complexity is getting a bit daft. I keep calling our (Japanese) shopping trolley a laptop on wheels. Umpteen levels of menus and a load of really non-intuitive controls.
When I bought my (German) car I thought it was a tad OTT when the manual was about an inch thick and half of it seems to be screen shots rather than actual stuff like how to find the jack and change a wheel, where to put oil, water and that sort of thing (+ endless safety stuff).
However, when I get in a newer, loan version my heart sinks and getting back in mine feels like 'back-to-basics' driving.
Now they're putting all the gubbins on motorbikes!
I think I'd stick with what you've got and chuck some £££s at it - it'll still work out cheaper than buying another.
When I bought my (German) car I thought it was a tad OTT when the manual was about an inch thick and half of it seems to be screen shots rather than actual stuff like how to find the jack and change a wheel, where to put oil, water and that sort of thing (+ endless safety stuff).
However, when I get in a newer, loan version my heart sinks and getting back in mine feels like 'back-to-basics' driving.
Now they're putting all the gubbins on motorbikes!
I think I'd stick with what you've got and chuck some £££s at it - it'll still work out cheaper than buying another.
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Re: I have a horrible feeling my T4 van's head gasket is toast
I've also failed to find a car that can transport motorbikes or full sized sheets of plasterboard around the place...demographic wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:29 pm [Dunno about Mango but I'd struggle to fit my massive toolsafe on any car.
Agree entirely about the complexity. I'm a big believer in simple. Simple stuff works, doesn't take a degree in physics and/or AI to figure out and is almost always more reliable.Count Steer wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 10:00 am This increasing complexity is getting a bit daft. I keep calling our (Japanese) shopping trolley a laptop on wheels. Umpteen levels of menus and a load of really non-intuitive controls.
That is precisely what I intend to do...Count Steer wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 10:00 am I think I'd stick with what you've got and chuck some £££s at it - it'll still work out cheaper than buying another.
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