Recent content by Towpack

Coats of a suitable paint are undoubtedly the preferred and the best option on clean, sound metal or a brand new vehicle but a waste of time on an older vehicle, on top of various existing coatings and corrosion, unless that is your doing a complete strip, clean to bare metal and chassis up...

When a vehicle get's a reputation for reliability toughness and longevity, many people might read that as being able to get away with minimal maintenance, just put fuel in and change the oil now and again, nothing else required. A good reputation can often turn out to be a vehicle's Achilles Heel.

This happened on mine a few years back and I remember it very well as I was on the motorway towing the caravan to Scotland and had the phone to hand ready to take a pic but unfortunately a favourite track came on the radio and the resulting singalong made me miss the milestone by 2...

Usual thinking is black smoke = overfuelling/unburnt diesel and blueish smoke is burning oil. A blocked crankcase breather can cause high oil usage and force venting through the dipstick and oil filler.

The sensor in the block to the right of the oil filter is the oil pressure sender. The second part number you mention is the one listed for your engine by Roughtrax... Water Temp Sender

Here's a pic, post #15. The sunroof drains into the sills and there are 2 or 3 of these drainage slots each side, the one in the pic is the nearside front. A cable tie is ideal to poke them clear. If the sills fill up, which they will if all slots are blocked, they will overflow into the...

I've done this a couple of times in the past. The drains eventually get blocked with crap that gets past the dust seal round the glass roof. The drains on mine were still connected but blocked, causing the roof tray to overflow onto the headlining. I used a cable puller designed for threading...

It might have been "special" back in the 1990's when 80's were being built but nowadays there's stuff just as good or better off the shelf.

That doesn't sound right. Even with the courtesy lights disconnected you should get some reading from the clock, alarm, radio memory etc.. If you've used the 10A setting on the meter, did you move the pos lead to the 10A position?

I'd switch off the courtesy lights in the roof and take the bulbs out of the puddle lights.

I've been contemplating buying a VW Transporter motorhome since selling the caravan but late ones are mega £ so this idea might be cost effective way to go for me.

If the courtesy lights are 2x standard 5w filament bulbs thats getting on for 1A, almost 24Ah in 1 day so over several days it will add up.

Driver's side battery, between + terminal and disconnected + lead. I would select the 10A range on the meter to start with. Edit.....forgot to mention, disconnect the +terminal on the passenger side battery!

The door switches are open circuit with the door closed and apply an earth when the door is opened. If all the switches are OK I'd say it's more likely you have an earth contact where there shouldn't be one, bringing the warning light up, rather than a bad earth,