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@Casper
Wow...I am impressed how clean your coolant expansion tank is...and how clear and pink it is!

That thought did cross my mind. After the first flush the coolant looked cleaner, but after the 2nd coolant replacement due to replacing the timing belt and water pump the coolant seems to be more dirtier with oil. If anything it should be cleaner after the 2nd flush. Something is a miss.

I previously said to a friend 'Maybe one of the previous owner had put oil in the coolant expansion tank by mistake' to which he replied ..'don't we all' ha ha. Wishful thinking!

I will have to keep an eye out on it and not go the full hogg on the camper conversion - but instead just do the bare basics...insulation, lights, leisure battery and sky line.

Cheers for your input.

The van has recently had the timing belt and water pump done. Coolant flush and replacement has been done twice now. Although there is no external oil leaks - could it still be a head Gasket leak?

If the oil level remains constant - I'll be happy to keep on doing a coolant change once a year. If it gets worse ie froth in oil, loss of oil level then I'll have to spend some money in investigating it further.

On the 1st flush and coolant change, there was a lot of oil in the coolant = so it is leaking in from somewhere.

I think worse case scenario would be a cracked engine.

It would be interesting to hear about other experiences.

Oh the woes of buying an old van1 I went for this engine as they are known to be bullet proof - not so from my experience so far.

Thanks for the response JDM,

I know a guy who has a Peugeot Expert who doesn't really look after it, and it has 135, 511 on the clock and as far as I am aware it has never had a timing belt changed.

There is a short trip (non motorway) to do in my van (106, ?47miles)  - to get stuff checked over, and I am in two minds whether to risk it or just next drive it to a garage to get the timing belt changed. 

I've been told my van has come from a cleaning company who had used it as a spare van so therefore has low mileage for its age, but still... I know it needs doing asap. I'm hoping to get it fixed by the end of this week (hope it doesn't snap on way to the garage - that would be really unlucky!)

I've never heard of Gates timing belt brand before so I will do a quick search on them.

Regarding the metal fan in the water pump - I would prefer to not risk having plastic bits breaking off and damaging the engine (I am also aware that people say having all metal pump puts more pressure on the units).

Rejuvenation spray is a clever idea - wonder what is classed as rejuvenation spray. But either way the water pump bearing has a pre determined life span too.

28yrs on that BX is a result!

Thanks bro.