Hi Dirk, I had a Bongo which was a nightmare with the cooling system and I use a vacuum filling system which needs an air compressor but basically it pumps the air out of the system, to the point where all of the hoses are flat. You then see if it can maintain the vacuum for a few minutes (showing t...

Hello again, I’ve just found I misquoted mikeWalsall from 2012 - it was ‘nipping up the bands’ sorry, not belts. User avatarmikeWalsall Supreme Being Re: Auto transmission fluid drainage removal DIY suction dev Post Wed Dec 26, 2012 4:48 pm I popped into my local Auto gear box specialist recently .....

Oh and I’m normally in Weston-super-Mare but this week I’m in Suffolk and Norfolk.

Ta v much, just posted

Hello all I’ve got a bit of a problem with my Gearbox. I have a 2002 Aero pop top 2.5 Diesel and when cold will not take off in D(rive) but will in L(ow). I can then put straight into D and it will carry on happily unless I stop at a junction and then I need to knock it back to L to take off. After ...

Hello, I’m based in Weston-super-Mare, got a white Aero Pop Top and I previously had a black P reg with constant cooling problems (thanks for the advice on the post ‘Bleeding Nightmare’). Eventually the crank cracked which was pretty much the one thing I couldn’t fix outside my house so I sold as no...

Bob - yes definitely bled and it worked as per the videos recommended. :) Just a quick final note to readers to say that while thermostat removal has worked as a ‘get you home’ or in this case ‘get you to finish your North Wales tour holiday’ even in the middle of June the van runs a bit cold which ...

Sorry Teenmal, I missed your question, it was a cracked cylinder head (probably) which was pressurising the cooling system after a history of cooling problems going back a few years. Drove about 60 miles yesterday with no overheating problems and dipped the coolant level and it was exactly on full t...

Hi Bob, Geoff, Mike and Teenmal. Thanks for your responses, I have had a new radiator in the last 6 months so I hope it’s not that. Following the tip about the ‘stat I have done a very bad thing and taken it out, replacing just the rubber seal. I forgot to mention I’m about 300 miles from home so my...

Hello I hope someone can help me. I am at the end of my piece of string. I have followed the 3 sets of instructions on the fact sheet for bleeding the cooling system and I can’t get the bottom hose warm (thermostat open) before the water in the funnel attached to the bleed pipe starts to boil. I hav...