There's 'er problem I hate Volkswagen part 2

[MildredHubble]

Just for context, this is what I would be working on and in! Lol! Not fun this time of year

 

[Outdated]

You need one of these.

 

[MildredHubble]

You need one of these.

Lol! Oh that would be quite wonderful! I would very much like to launch this car into the surface of the sun. It would certainly be a bit warmer to work on it there!

I haven't ventured out today. Just the faffing round so far in the cold has already knocked me sideways and I've been a bit hamfisted with it all so far already. So I don't want to push my luck.

So the plan as it stands is to try and deal with it a bit more carefully tomorrow.

 

[Lysholm]

It wasn't warm though.

My bad - I thought I read he drove to the gas station and it died there.

And, you may be 100% correct and re-timing and re-torquing everything will bring the car back to life. If not, you'll want that stuff sorted before troubleshooting anything else.

It's just I've worked on tons of stuff and every time I thought I had an inexplicable problem the cause turned out to be simple and dumb. If this car only had 20 miles of range left in the winter I'mma guess there's water in the fuel. But I don't have to fix it so my opinion is worth what you paid for it, LOL. We're all with you, though. One time I had to replace a ball joint in a snow packed ditch because it popped out while my friend's mom was driving. She slid right into the ditch and I had to dig it out, jack it up, and fix it right there. But I was lucky because they didn't salt the roads in that spot and it wasn't warm enough that day to melt the snow, so it was very pleasant versus what it could have been!

 

[MildredHubble]

My bad - I thought I read he drove to the gas station and it died there.

And, you may be 100% correct and re-timing and re-torquing everything will bring the car back to life. If not, you'll want that stuff sorted before troubleshooting anything else.

It's just I've worked on tons of stuff and every time I thought I had an inexplicable problem the cause turned out to be simple and dumb. If this car only had 20 miles of range left in the winter I'mma guess there's water in the fuel. But I don't have to fix it so my opinion is worth what you paid for it, LOL. We're all with you, though. One time I had to replace a ball joint in a snow packed ditch because it popped out while my friend's mom was driving. She slid right into the ditch and I had to dig it out, jack it up, and fix it right there. But I was lucky because they didn't salt the roads in that spot and it wasn't warm enough that day to melt the snow, so it was very pleasant versus what it could have been!

I sure hope so! It's just never ending with this car!

I guess some water or condensation getting in there is possible too. Though I would have thought diesel should be less hydroscopic than the new E10 petroleum.

I really don't like working in the snow and ice particularly when it's melting. I once had to do new brake lines in the snow and bleed the system. I had a bunch of ice get into the hood of one of the layers I was wearing which caused a constant flow of ice and water to roll down my back lol!

Also the inevitable grazed knuckles hurt more in these conditions.

I still haven't gone out to look at it yet though! It's somehow even colder today! It's just sitting out there, taunting me!

 

[Lysholm]

It's just sitting out there, taunting me!

LOL, yeah...Story of my life.

 

[Forest Cat]

I guess some water or condensation getting in there is possible too. Though I would have thought diesel should be less hydroscopic than the new E10 petroleum.

I was thinking about that, I make sure to keep the gastanks topped up during winter, I have experienced problems with condensation because the tanks were almost empty and the temperature changed.

 

[Billthecat]

Voglio raccontarvi una parabola:

La parabola dei tre asini e del Ford Transit:

Ieri sera, asino 1 parcheggia il transit sopra un mucchio di neve.

Stamattina, asino 2 non riesce a farlo partire e chiama asino 1 in soccorso, asino 1 risponde di poter arrivare dopo un'ora.

Quando asino 1 arriva sul luogo del crimine, osserva lo spettacolo di asino 2 che si sta facendo trainare da asino 3,giunto alla riscossa con un grosso trattore.

Quando il meno asino decide di pulire il filtro carburante e infilare un po di benzina nel gasolio, trascorsa circa mezz'ora il transit si mette in moto, ma ormai per la cinghia di distribuzione è tardi, e il motore non è più in fase.

Smontando la distribuzione, è stato possibile vedere che non ci sono riferimenti sul monoblocco, solo sulle pulegge.

Questa parabola ci insegna che non importa la nazionalità del motore o del proprietario, il vero problema è sempre tra il sedile e il volante

Vaffangoogle translate

I want to tell you a parable:

The parable of the three donkeys and the Ford Transit:

Last night, donkey 1 parks the transit on top of a pile of snow.

This morning, donkey 2 is unable to get him started and calls donkey 1 to help, donkey 1 replies that he can arrive after an hour.

When donkey 1 arrives at the scene of the crime, watch donkey 2 being pulled by donkey 3, who has come to the rescue with a large tractor.

When the least donkey decides to clean the fuel filter and put a little petrol in the diesel, after about half an hour the Transit starts up, but by now it's too late for the timing belt, and the engine is no longer in phase.

Disassembling the distribution, it was possible to see that there are no references on the cylinder block, only on the pulleys.

This parable teaches us that no matter the nationality of the engine or the owner, the real problem is always between the seat and the steering wheel