Recent content by V.R.M.

Despite having driven a fair few aircooled VW's the first time I drove a friends bay i could not get through the gears no matter what I did. I actually gave up and my friend took over and had no problem due to his familiarity. Later when I was lucky enough to find my crossover bay with 76K miles...

Apologies if its been mentioned already but do you have the flaps in the fanhousing still and are they working correctly? They direct flow over the heads to help the cooling and also speed warm up which is important particularly in winter. You mentioned not having blocked the fanhousing outlets...

Was the van driving and sounding normal when you got to the campsite - it seems odd to seize with no warning. No rattles or smell of burning? A new engine can be hard to turn over just pulling the fan belt by hand I wouldn't call it seized till it can't be turned with a spanner or socket on the...