a thank you.

ruby bay · Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:57 pm Post subject: a thank you.

ruby has now gone

, but i would like to thank everyone on this site for their help and useful info, such a wealth of knowledge i know i could not have done without so....thanks a zillion, happy new year to all !!!!
cheers, mike.

sven · Jedi Guardian Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 814

Sell or?..

ruby bay · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:27 pm Post subject:

sold, quite depressing tbh. now on the lookout for a t4 velle tdi, hope she wasnt my last proper vw though.

13 window deluxe · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:19 pm Post subject:

you got a tdi t4 velle yet? not cheap to run compared to a bay after i sold my tdi bay i bought one and it only does 30mpg driving steady round town and bits arnt cheap neither :-( when i first got it did cambelts, water pump (runs off cambelt and known for failling) and swapped coolant cost £200 trade for bits! if your planing on working on it yourself i personally think the 1.9td abl engine is better might be a bit slower but no electronics to cause problems and you can run round the engine there is so much room in the engine bay plus most engine bits like belts, alternators, gaskets glow plugs etc are same as golfs so are easier and cheper to get hold of

only thing better about the 5clylinder tdi is that growl when you give it some loud pedal Grin

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1964 rat 13 window deluxe 1Z tdi,
1975 rhd twin slider tintop (TBA)
1991 golf 2 gti with tweaked AHU tdi,

previous tdi swaps: gone but not forgotten
1979 rhd twin slider tintop bay ahu 1.9tdi
1990 T25 1Z 1.9tdi
1993 suzuki samurai with 1Z 1.9tdi

ruby bay · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:13 pm Post subject:

still looking for one at the moe, my galaxy uses the vw 1.9 and its a great engine(110ps) but the good thing with the older vw 2.4 is the cooking fat(apparently?) without adjustment. galaxy going too, just want one car that can double as daily and be holiday transport etc.

richbaker78 · Teacher of Padawans Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 1298

i had a 2.4 5 cylinder t4 and it was a good van - gearbox went on mine apparently a common problem?! so give it a good long test drive and watch out for jumping out of gear under load.

IF you planning on running 100% chipfat then make sure you go twin tank set up as per me and JP as otherwise youll never start in the winter. I know the bloke in the pub always says you dont need to do this but mixing never really works out that economical esp this time of year! but i guess it also depends on your mileage and how you drive (short/long journeys).

IM coming up for 50000 miles on veg oil in my merc vito (another van well worth considering as much cheaper than t4....I bought a low mile vito caravelle equivalent for t4 panel high mileage van money)

all the best with the search and thanks for your input to VWKD.

ruby bay · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:50 pm Post subject:

cheers Rich, we did consider the vito/v class route, i have never been one to buy a car for investment purposes but i cant see,for instance, a 95 velle now losing any money if its tastefully messed with. the vito has the interior to go for though, leather and picnic tables eh!! cheers, mike.

13 window deluxe · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:23 pm Post subject:

the 2.4 is probably better with chipfat being indirectly injection and mechanical pump,but running twin tanks a 2.5tdi should be ok. Going from a 110 hp galaxy to a guttless 2.4straight diesel think you will be disapointed my mate had a 2.4d panel van up until a few months since and you could beat it on a push bike Grin

. I would say if your looking to keep it a while and drive it daily the 2.5tdi caravelle is easist to live with, will resell easy and hold it's value best. i love driving mine been driving it daily for last month or so while my golf gti's been off road and its ace just wants a little bit more power think a remap and injectors could be on the cards in the future to get power up to the german spec 150 bhp multivan
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1964 rat 13 window deluxe 1Z tdi,
1975 rhd twin slider tintop (TBA)
1991 golf 2 gti with tweaked AHU tdi,

previous tdi swaps: gone but not forgotten
1979 rhd twin slider tintop bay ahu 1.9tdi
1990 T25 1Z 1.9tdi
1993 suzuki samurai with 1Z 1.9tdi

13 window deluxe · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:33 pm Post subject:

ruby bay · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:55 pm Post subject:

the 2.5 velles seem a bit over budget tbh for us at the moe,(want to spend maximum of £3k really). hoping to look at a long nose once the snow stops, it must be one of the last 2.4s perhaps? on a p plate 97.

andewilson · Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:31 pm Post subject:

your not wrong about the price of the 2.5's. ive just payed 3 times the price of my current sharon for a t4 the same age Eeeek

i work at a hotel so the hoarding of chip fat begins now. i want to build a filtering storage device and then start looking into refining it. a friend of mine has been reading up on how to refine it on the web. apparently you clean it with caustic soda crystals.
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most bad experiences ive had included cars that werent german. never again

richbaker78 · Teacher of Padawans Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 1298

theres a couple of nice looking ones on pistonheads in that price range.

you gona make biodiesel then andewilson? or do you just mean cleaning up the veg oil for use a WVO?