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I used to have a simular problem on a Berlingo
After you let the van sit for few hours start up drive off and you would get a couple of brake presses then you would lose the brake servo so pedal went rock hard and made pulling up to junctions good fun then after a bit of reving she was fine for the rest of the day.
The problem was related to the vacuum pump they have a little sprung loaded ball to act as a check valve and it was sticking cleaned it all up and never had the problem again.
it is/was located on the pump you have the little spigot that the servo vac line pushed on, the spigot unscrewed from the pump and the sring and ball is in there.
but sounds like yours is only doing it on long steady braking so sounds like you have a vacuum leak.
start it up let run for a bit then engine off and see how many brake presses you get before the pedal goes hard you should get atleast 3/4 presses before you run out of vacuum assistance.
The PTC is fairly common place on diesels and do only run for short periods they are used to provide some warmth until the engine coolant has warmed up.
I cannot imagine they are anymore of a health hazard than the heater matrix itself.
Coolboxs are a different beast altogether they use Peltier module which is a cool bit of kit, apply power one side absorbs heat (gets cold) and the other side dissipates heat, reverse the current and the cold side gets hot and the hot side gets cold, hence these coolbox have a hot/cold switch.
Then the really cool bit is if you apply heat to Peltier module they generate electricity
Thats the way it feels, like it has a PTC heater (electric) installed in the heater box I have a 10 plate 1.6 tdci/hdi focus and that has a PTC heater and behaves like the van within a 1/4 mile theres warm air.
i might have a look see, its more out of interest than anything else, suposse its to do with diesels been cold blooded.
Hi just a quick question.
I have recently bought another dispatch it's the 1.9d flat diesel flavour,
My previous one was a hdi which had the coolant heater (the 4 glow plug things)
I have had a few berlingos with the 1.9d but I cannot remember how the heater behaved.
On this one start up from cold and with in 1/4 of mile she will start blowing warm air from the heaters just this seems a bit quick, is this right do they have a coolant heater like a hdi.
The engine if anything runs on the cool side temps never get above 65c (stat opens on the early side)no excess pressure, just seems a bit quick to start blowing warm air from the heater
Cheers
Well if not claimed by the weekend it will be going to the scrap yard seems a shame but its taking up to much room in the garage
as per title
I have removed the windowed bulkhead from my expert free to a good home
if no one wants it, it will be taken to the scrap yard
In all my years of working on cars/vans I am yet to see self adjusters that work, japanese cars with drums on the rears have self adjusters (legal requirement) but they put a hole in the back plate so you can manually notch them up
As title looking for the rear headliner for my 02 expert
The manual states you put key in ignition turn ignition on and press the central looking button, and thats it,
the button closest to the blade is the lock unlock button and the button towards the back is to disable (switch off) central locking,
However I cannot get mine to work had a look and the wiring has been butchered by a alarm install
The only real outstanding job is the n/s sill it has had 2 repairs and not done very tidy,
typical for one of these its rock solid everywhere bar these 2 sill repairs, If I never did anything with them it wouldnt matter but cosmectically it looks rubbish, so I will cut the repairs out and reweld properly fresh stone guard and paint on both sills,
Then the next jobs are to do a semi dayvan conversion I did this with my berlingo and was fantastic for fishing and weekend enduro events so hopefully with the extra room it will be even better,
Fortunately I am a hoarder by nature and have caravan cushions, 2 ldv sliding windows for the side doors, etc... so I think the only real expense will be some insulation plyboard and vantrim
eddie78 wrote:My old 1.9d xud dispatch had 420k orig engine never had the head off orig gear box,
I used it for multidrop deliveries was doing 1000mile aweek every 6weeks had oil n filter change, engine was still sweet as a nut didnt use oil or water
the only issues I had where the door locks and the ring gear was worn out
That's impressive. What happened to it in the end?
she was just generaly tired and rough
inner outer sills side door runners etc... and just starting to look and feel a bit beaten up
just got to the point it wasnt worth repairing, she drove herself to the scrap yard
My old 1.9d xud dispatch had 420k orig engine never had the head off orig gear box,
I used it for multidrop deliveries was doing 1000mile aweek every 6weeks had oil n filter change, engine was still sweet as a nut didnt use oil or water
the only issues I had where the door locks and the ring gear was worn out
Hi new member here
used to have a dispatch 1,9d about 15years ago and loved it she did 420k before I retired it,
my current van is berlingo 2.0hdi mk1 with only 173k runs like a dream, but needed something a bit bigger to fit my enduro bike in, so bought a 2002 Pug Expert 2.0hdi 139k,
Think I got a good bargain she was cheap due to needing general TLC and she had 2 major issues, main one been lots of black/grey smoke and no power and the power steering pump, both which I have repaired, the smoke/power I fixed outside the sellers house, did the deal handed over my £190 I paid for the van popped the bonnet blanked the egr vac hose and drove home with full power and all smoke cleared after 1/2mile, power steering was due to no fluid the return line had a pin hole which I tig welded up,
The other issue was the non working speedo, odometer still working but no speed, fault was the little plastic shaft in speedo servo snapped repaired with a bit of 1mm steel rod, fiddly work but working now,
just need to keep working through the rest of the issues most of which should cost money just time
Hi I have the same issue on my Pug Expert, the remote looks the same new battery in remote both buttons work and key is transmitting on both bottons,
how do i resync the key
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