thats torn it now with pics

just dropped her to work in the van and on the way i lost power then noticed the bottom pulley flying through the air  :cry:  :cry:

well guess thats the valves bent :cry:  :cry:

cabby time

ouch. new engine time it's so much easier than new valves and all the boring lapping them in with a swisal stick (always sounds like a sweet to me "willy wonkers swisal stick")

good luck with it.

2nd hand engine is about ?800 :cry:

ill get a new pulley and bolt and try it see how noisy the valves are before i strip it :wink:

just spent over ?200 on a diesel pump

even worse it's a diesel. you might straighten them but the guides maybe bent aswell. fingers crossed for you that it's ok you might be lucky

Never rains only pours!!   let me know how it goes as I may be able to get you a lump at a reasonable price

That sucks fella     Like collo said… never rains n all that  
Hope you get it sorted  
At least the cabbys gonna get some lovin and use lol  8)

looks like the engine is scrap the bolt has sheared inside the crank looking at it

not sure its worths doing anything with

got the cabby booked in for an mot at 2:30 this afternoon so best i go and do a few odds and sods to that

collo how much for a tdi lump its a ABL code

on a brighter note the suns out :wink:

The sun being out is a decoy! It makes you think i could be warm, but really its absoulutely freezing still!  :roll:

Blimey,I have spent the best part of the day calling mates,contacts and general no-gooders, and I cannot find a half decent motor anywhere plenty of "I will let you know" and a few "yeah got one but its done around 250K !",sorry mate will keep looking though ops:  ops:

cheers collo ive had a similar response


may be cheaper to drop a 20v in it

ive just bought a transporter t4 that has been run on biodiesel all its life and it wouldnt run, found out that it had a bad mix of bio in it, drained it put fresh derv in it, and a little electric lift pump and hey presto off she goes, it does need a new diesel pump as the lift pump has gone it it, and i cant find one anywhere, is your van a 1.9 or a 2.5 ben? it shoud be a 1.9 with  an ABL in it cus its the same as mine!! where did you get your pump from ben? paid 500 quid for the van!!BARGAIN!! the yamaha trike is in the back now ready for the snow tomorrow!!!

always look on the bright side of life






would that be a 1.9 tdi lump?

ye it is wooders

pretty sure neil's got a low mileage one of them. want his number?

going to try and get the sheared bolt out later my pump was rebuild by power  drive in portsmouth jamie ill get u the number

ive been told the early mk3s had the ABL lump in them so just need to find one now

jamie your a wealth of knowledge :wink:

pics for you to laugh at

how am i going to get this broken bolt out

could you not try welding a bolt to it or even sacrifice a socket and weld directly onto it?

bigdave said

could you not try welding a bolt to it or even sacrifice a socket and weld directly onto it?

What for? The pulley came off on its own, the main issue now is the piston/valve damage!!!

i thought about welding somthing on there but im not sure ill get the gun in close enough also the bolts right in the crank so dont want to melt the oil seal

i thinking along the lines of drilling it enough to whack somthing like a torque drive in the there

opinions welcome lol