the snooper
getting older by the day
- Messages
- 21,084
- Location
- Hull UK
that does suggest he knew or is totally stupid
- Thread starter Woody.v8
- Start date
Woody.v8
Blue gluer
- Messages
- 4,222
- Location
- staffs
Plus when I went to see it there was rust/coolant stains on the header tank and he said no problems it's always been like that,
Then when I stripped it one or two small waterways in the head was full of bar seal, like that dog turd/oxo stuff you crumble in.
Then when I stripped it one or two small waterways in the head was full of bar seal, like that dog turd/oxo stuff you crumble in.
Woody.v8
Blue gluer
- Messages
- 4,222
- Location
- staffs
Hahaha, the thing is he used to work at the local enza Mercedes place as a fitter, don't worry I won't let it lie
Johnseat
Member
- Messages
- 807
That says it all, Enza is now Roenza and they are ****e!
arther dailey
Member
- Messages
- 6,899
- Location
- England
Probably just best to walk away and get on with your life,or drive!, obviously he knew, its fixed now and you can rely on it thats the main thing, its always a lottery buying a used commercial more so than a car because 99% of drivers dont own the van so couldnt give a ....Anyways glad you got it sorted properly.
Doesnt mean that you cant warn off all and everybody what a lying .......he is though does it
Doesnt mean that you cant warn off all and everybody what a lying .......he is though does it
dobbslc
Forum Supporter
- Messages
- 13,271
- Location
- Hertfordshire UK
If a jobs worth doing!
It's a shame it's gone on a low mileage van though.
I had the head crack on my old Surf it cost me about £1200 in total with all the bits, the replacement head is made by AMC so it's very good quality. Still going after nearly 4 years. Hear's a photo a crack between the valves and cracks in the pre combustion chamber, same on every cylinder! It still ran perfectly just got harder to start.
The sniff test showed very little though.
It's a shame it's gone on a low mileage van though.
I had the head crack on my old Surf it cost me about £1200 in total with all the bits, the replacement head is made by AMC so it's very good quality. Still going after nearly 4 years. Hear's a photo a crack between the valves and cracks in the pre combustion chamber, same on every cylinder! It still ran perfectly just got harder to start.
The sniff test showed very little though.
normspanners
Member
- Messages
- 8,853
HE well knew matey I'm afraid,
brown coolant is one of the signs of combustion leakage that has been leaking for a while !! two reasons the antifreeze has been diluted with constant topping up so coolant has no anti rust in it and the combustion gasses put fresh air and acids into the water and it corrodes like a brake disc thats been powerwashed ( ie as you watch it! ).
how long was he the keeper ? had he bought it cheap COZ the gasket was gone and then thought oh its not too bad i'll punt it on---- as is !
Woody.v8
Blue gluer
- Messages
- 4,222
- Location
- staffs
He was the keeper for the last 9 years!
normspanners
Member
- Messages
- 8,853
http://www.bba-reman.com/forums/Topic98299.aspx
someone else had found the same results as me !
someone else had found the same results as me !
normspanners
Member
- Messages
- 8,853
re The spring seats are they held on with the stem seals ? on many engines the stem seal has to removed to get them off, on most ally heads they are a requirement to allow the spring to rotate as the engine runs and not erode the ally away also makes it easier for the springs to turn.
Woody.v8
Blue gluer
- Messages
- 4,222
- Location
- staffs
I removed the stem seals before it went for skimming, so they either wasn't on in the first place or at the bottom of their hot tank
I'm sure I would have noticed them though, and you can see marks on the aluminium where the springs sat (i think)
normspanners
Member
- Messages
- 8,853
VERY likely----------- Fishing time ?so they either wasn't on in the first place or at the bottom of their hot tank
unless they are at the bottom of another engine repairer tank a few years ago ?
123hotchef
Member
- Messages
- 14,394
- Location
- Kent
that was lucky!They was in the bottom of the hot tank
That's with rushing, oh well all's well, I should get the valve stem seals tomorrow to build it back up
arther dailey
Member
- Messages
- 6,899
- Location
- England
close one!lol
lol
winchman
Member
- Messages
- 6,295
- Location
- Merseyside
Both have had injector issues I think each has had about £1000 spent on starting issues, one I can't remember but the current water issue one had a loom problem, both are ex police low milage full service history.
What does him is I paid buttons for an old Bedford CF camper, put an alternator, earth strap and two brake pipes on it, ran it for two years and sold it for 4 times what I paid !
normspanners
Member
- Messages
- 8,853
HEHE thought they would be what would we all do without this forum ??
Woody.v8
Blue gluer
- Messages
- 4,222
- Location
- staffs
I'd already guessed that they would be there,
But tbh , I was with a lad and everything is always 200mph and he had taken the head off the bench just as I'd taken the stem seals off and gone for a dump.
Lol , I'm normally meticulous with engines as I've built my own race engines for the last 20 years.
depends what you compare it to, pre-2000 transit had indestructible engines, and the rest of the van was pretty decent, lots of people complaining about rust, but that only really happened because the rest of the van was good enough to outlast the shell
post-2000 transits are junk, I've got 3 and had 3 others of others... all decent when I bought them, and well looked after while I had them... every one of them has blown an engine when I've had it, one has had 2 engines and one had 3 !
(doing miles, but not crazy miles, most do 40k/year)
modern sprinter parts are much more expensive than transit parts, but they hardly ever need anything doing to them, I've got 2, neither has needed anything but maintenance/servicing doing to it... clutch and dual mass flywheel in both of them... but DMF are considered maintenance parts now.. iirc one is just under 300k miles and the other is just over
all of above were bought with low miles and looked after well, oil change with good oil every ~5k miles etc..
if you need a decent load carrying van, the only real options are a transit or a sprinter
Iveco comes close second, but there's a bit of a body overhang behind the back wheels, so when you load it up the back end drops down to the ground pretty quick
(had a 6.5ton iveco daily, which was pretty indestructible)
other vans are ok with light loads, but load them right up and they don;t last long at all :-(
the last round of transits with the 2.2 tdci, even the ones that claim to be all powerfull seem very lacking compared to the older 2.4 
the TDDI and TDCI 2.4's have there problems mainly fuel pumps, teh cam chin bites about 200k but they do go well so you can sort of put up with it
the TDDI and TDCI 2.4's have there problems mainly fuel pumps, teh cam chin bites about 200k but they do go well so you can sort of put up with it 