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 Iwish4aSynchro
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| posted on September 14th, 2006 at 09:29 PM |
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Thermostat light on dash????
Hey all, brother in laws t3 is showing the temp light flickering on his dash, asides from the obvious what else does that mean? Dropped about 6
litres of coolant out whilst replacing "elbow 2 Water pump" hose, the little sucker. Thermostat opens when in a bucket of hot water. and even before
the hose bust temp gauge never read much above the cool line about 2-3mm into the white was as hot as it got even whilst towing another kombi on a car
trailer.
Keep the steering and the propulsion seperate . Still a Kombi...
It's all good, until it's bad, i suppose
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| posted on September 14th, 2006 at 09:43 PM |
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The light flicking means low water in the coolant bottle. did you check the coolant level?
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Iwish4aSynchro
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| posted on September 14th, 2006 at 09:47 PM |
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Yep
Going to bleed fully tomorow morning.
Phew is that all. Gotta get the t3 bible.
[ Edited on 14-9-2006 by Iwish4aSynchro ]
Keep the steering and the propulsion seperate . Still a Kombi...
It's all good, until it's bad, i suppose
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| posted on September 16th, 2006 at 03:56 PM |
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bleed thats what bneeded make sure that the big sucker is facing uphill about 15% than all the air tryes to get to the highest point tand that will be
the bleeder good luck
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kombi kountry
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| posted on September 18th, 2006 at 10:47 AM |
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mine would flash from time to time....mechanic said it was just a dirty fuse...gave it some WD40 and it hasn't flashed since (although i haven't
really driven it that much since).
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| posted on September 18th, 2006 at 10:16 PM |
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Turned out to be connections, they were very sloppy gotta modify it at some stage, i know there is water/coolant in there.
Oh bleed worked fine had to force feed the radiator through the bleeder the intake line from rad to head was full of air and each time we bled it in
either direction it just lost flow, answer force feeding nose uphill and filled the line, works a charm.
Keep the steering and the propulsion seperate . Still a Kombi...
It's all good, until it's bad, i suppose
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greedy53
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| posted on October 2nd, 2006 at 09:08 AM |
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well what about this the water from the header tank won't flow into the inner tank causing the low water light to come on when the level drops a few
ml's any ideas this started for no reason
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| posted on October 3rd, 2006 at 12:46 AM |
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Hi Greedy
It could be the cap is not letting the coolant pass when the pressure inside the system drops.
Steve
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| posted on October 3rd, 2006 at 09:05 AM |
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well mine has started to flash again as well (although coolant is topped up). Due for a major service so will get it checked then
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| posted on October 3rd, 2006 at 05:14 PM |
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changed cap still doing it bloody queer
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kerry daley
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| posted on October 17th, 2006 at 09:14 AM |
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1991 transporter, 360,000 klm on the clock, bubbles in the water system and occasionally overflowes out the rear plastic bottle.. I have been told it
is gas getting into the water jackets and given that the stud bolts will probably be eroded it's a big $ job.. To all those helpful peoples who can
id this and give advice.
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| posted on October 17th, 2006 at 09:46 PM |
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your water lose is due to headgasket leakage..at 360k's you have a better than 75% chance the studs will be fine.....from experience high miler t3's
dont suffer from coroded headstuds ......have rebuilt many higher mileage units without touching a stud.....t3's love taxi philoshpy..drive them hard
and they love it!!!!!! ps use higher oct fuel and headgaskets also last a lot longer
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| posted on October 17th, 2006 at 09:53 PM |
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well mine should last forever
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