Hope you enjoyed this week's episode. Meanwhile Paul and I are getting ready for our humanitarian aid mission to Ukraine with Yorkshire Aid Convoy so please help us raise funds to pay for the the aid and the fuel to get it there. Yorkshire Aid Convoy's last trip cost over £10,000 in fuel alone so every donation counts and helps to make a real difference and get the aid right to where it's needed. You can donate using these links... gofund.me/64b7e068 www.justgiving.com/fundraising/workshopdiaries? Thank you to everybody who has donated so far, it's great to have your support!

@moosecat

2 жыл бұрын

Great episode, but as I was watching you take out all the bolts and hoses, and disconnecting all the wires, I couldn't help but think that you would do less work--and spend less time--to get the engine out of a Beetle. (A REAL Beetle--air-cooled.) I'm not sure that's really "progress" on VW's part...

@Alexander_l322

2 жыл бұрын

Please be careful and everything else while your doing that. It’s a very nice thing you’re doing but we want you and Paul to come home safely, I think it will be fine.

@indegoadult

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Edd, what oscilloscope are you using in the previous few videos?

@alexandergreenfield91

2 жыл бұрын

Is there any need for extra drivers?

@alexandergreenfield91

2 жыл бұрын

And I know you're properly old school and we love that, but why on earth aren't you using a right angle powered ratchet or just a battery impact gun for whenever you have more than one nut or bolt edd?

Marveling at Edd's ability to hold a cup of coffee completely level while talking, without actually looking at it.

@stuartd9741

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. Reminds.me of my late Nan. She had an open fire in her living room. And when we were chatting she would throw stuff into it..paper, food whatever. Anyways she'd do this while looking at you talking! Was a perfect shot lol....

What a monumental faff! Who would buy a VW van (T5?) after seeing this? I admire your unbounded perseverance but I swear I saw you roll your eyes as each new issue manifested itself.

@ruinunes8251

2 жыл бұрын

I always moan about the location Honda placed the oil filter in my Civic. After watching this video, I will stop moaning.

@TheEverlasting911

2 жыл бұрын

When you ever see an engine full of spilled oil and rusted bolts which looks like a million miles and obvoiusly no maintenance you should refuse buying it whatever make it would be.

@mikkokannisto7657

2 жыл бұрын

I have T5 Multivan 2.5. I bought it with 135k(km) and now it has 400k. Nothing really serious. It does have quirks and some silly engineering, but I love driving it.

Blow the van up, blow the van up!

“Firing the parts cannon, Captain!”

As an aside- if a fan has uneven fan blade spacing, it is usually to reduce noise issues. The fan will not have a regular frequency which can cause resonances problems and annoying buzzing or beating.

@VeganAtheistWeirdo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you saved me a search! Is there some disadvantage to this design? Wondering why they don't just do it on all fan blade assemblies.

@andythomas5924

2 жыл бұрын

They are just a bit trickier to design as the blades have to be placed so that the centre of mass stays on the fan axis so as to minimise vibration. I suppose it’s only done if you find a noise problem otherwise keep the fan simple.

@ianmaltby

2 жыл бұрын

You will find the same thing on tyres, the tread blocks will be unevenly spaced to reduce road noise

@picklepee2771

2 жыл бұрын

My old 300SDL had this design pretty quiet fan.

As an ex Spanner Juggler, this is why repair cost so much everything is buried behind or under several other components, engineers verses mechanics, Engineers design things that some poor sod needs to fix eg the Mechanic. Good job Edd. I can understand why some just leave the aircon not working and open the windows.

@aredub1847

2 жыл бұрын

you forget about the accountants

@digitalrailroader

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, the way modern vehicles are designed is to be assembled as quickly as possible with as few assembly steps as possible to satisfy the bean counters and the shareholders.

@julianh9347

2 жыл бұрын

Had the same feeling the longer my apprenticeship got. It felt like whatever part you had to work on, the rest of the car was designed around it to have a maximum of crap to remove before even getting the the part that needs working on.

@Andy-co6pn

2 жыл бұрын

Design for manufacture

@cup_and_cone

2 жыл бұрын

I'll also add that manufacturers, especially VAG, design their cars in way that only certified mechanics are intended to service them. The average Joe at home doesn't have a lot of the specialty tools necessary for something as simple as a door lock module replacement (requires triple squares, VAGCOM programming, knowledge of only turning door lock retainer screws part way, etc). The days of a simple truck that can be fixed with a basic tool set have long sailed.

Having worked on many cars and motorcycles, I can honestly say working under the bonnet of my VW T5 has to be the worst. It’s like vw challenged their engineers to make a vehicle that is a complete bastard to work on. I have thought about setting fire to mine a few times!!🤬😂

@jeffreysalzman1497

2 жыл бұрын

I got that same feeling watching this episode.

@roblove2244

2 жыл бұрын

My mechanic winced when I told him I was considering a Eurovan. I bought a 1988 Vanagon instead and do my own work.

@scotty197878

2 жыл бұрын

T5 is a picnic compared to a chargecooled T6 or T7 though! 🙈

@jasoneldridge4738

2 жыл бұрын

I really don't see why everyone thinks T5 and T6 are a nightmare to work on ?,when compared to the likes of Renault, Peugeot and Transit vans !

I've started, so I'll finish. Unbelievable the issues with that AC unit. The costs would be so great if put into a garage to fix, it would be cheaper to get a new van. However, if anyone can fix it, then Edd can - we await the good news next week.

Love the "Can't argue with " mug. Just like the t-shirt Mike couldn't avoid in Season 15 episode 1. 🤣 That's probably the most epic *legitimate* troll I've ever seen on a tv show, btw! That's the season where you could start to see the writing on the wall!

The lengths some manufacturers go to in order to save money in assembly is astounding. I've no doubt that engineers pointed out the near impossibility of repairs, or at least the very complicated sequence to repair. As a comparison, about 25 years ago I worked for a couple of different car dealerships here in Australia doing things like pre-delivery inspections and fitting accessories over the course of about 6 years. I mostly worked on 3 brands. Subaru, Mitsubishi and Holden. The Subi and Mitsi were dead easy to fit genuine aircon systems to. This was a time when here in Australia, even though it's hot enough to justify aircon straight up, it was still an option on many models. In rough terms, somewhere between about an hour to an hour and a half from opening the box of bits, to driving the car out of the workshop. That included fitting thr compressor and bracket as necessary, any belys and pulleys, the evaporator under the dash - in both cases, that was a less than 10 minute job on it's own - all of the pipes, sondenser, receiver/dryer, plugging in the wiring (very straightforward on both) fitting up the vaccuum pump and testing, charging the system and testing for output temperature. Nice easy job on brand new vehicles, systems designed to be fitted and worked on independently from assembly. Holden was another matter altogether. If you bought a Commodore without aircon and wanted it fitted, the car was in the workshop for nearly two full days. To fit the evaporator under the dash, the entire dash had to be removed. The time Holden said the job should take for that dash remove/refit alone was 8 hours. I saw two of these have to occur where cars came without aircon but it was required, and I never saw a dash removed and refit inside of a complete work day. With TWO Holden factory technicians on the job. These guys weren't stupid or slack, it was just that much of a job. Now, unless you're buying the very bottom model of the very cheapest cars on the market, I don't think anything comes without A/C these days. I wonder though how many of them will turn out to be like this job for Edd though. I'd estimate he's at least 8 to 10 hours deep in the job now, fitted heaps of new parts but it's still not right. And he's no idiot. It's worth it to him to keep going because he doesn't have to pay for labour, but as has been said, I wonder how many owners will get a rough estimate to start with, beginning at somewhere around $500 or so to budget for a few hours worth of labour to diagnose and repair, and an educated guess at some parts and even then balk at the thought of it escalating to $1500 to $2000 or even beyond when good old windows open was largely good enough for our parents.

@philspencelayh5464

2 жыл бұрын

The trouble with A/C is once you have had it you never want to go back. In the UK its not so much cooling the car which is great for both weeks of our summer but the near instant demisting of the car when it rains which is frequent.

@whitemonkey7932

2 жыл бұрын

in this case the boys proved they don't have a clue about AC Diag and just threw parts at it and it's still not done

Oohhhh the joys of owning a Volkswagen!! I have for my sins a 2001 Passat TDI 130 sport 6 speed manual and I live in New Zealand ( another sin so it seems) who only seem to know about autos (spit split) so compound your problems with living at the arse end of the world with a car with problems and vertically no one with any idea to help fix it!!! Thank the gods for the postal service and people in the UK willing to help. HELP! Love your channel and looking forward to more cool content from you boys 😁👍

Fair play to edd. Not a single swear word 🤣

@ruinunes8251

2 жыл бұрын

If it was me, the swearing would be phenomenal.

A man with a plan for a fan in a van.

I used to think I was a very patient man but after watching this episode.....my hat is well and truly off to you Mr China. Until next time.

What an amazingly obtuse bit of engineering! VW has made a van that manages to make a Citroen SM look simple to work on by comparison!

Great show Edd👍👍👍

Lovely gesture to do the trip to the Ukraine lads, acts of kindness like that restore my faith in the human race. The very best of wishes and stay safe 👏

@stuartd9741

2 жыл бұрын

Just hope you the vehicle they drive in has AC🤣

Just got my first pair of Ansell hyFlex gloves for my 1977 Porsche 2.7 build I'm doing and wow! Great sponsor and great tip on those gloves Edd & Paul. Top notch quality and so worth the price!

Best ad ever for a Ford Transit van (or any other marque other than POSVW).

Very good Edd

A beautiful bit of diagnostic logic.

@whitemonkey7932

2 жыл бұрын

the worst I have ever seen

Be worth looking into the VW service pins, they allow the front end to move out and may have let you get the fans off without removing anything else.

What a lovely piece of German Engineering...

VW were famous for their engineering simplicity. Vehicles that were easy to maintain. Those days are clearly gone. Although the latest vans have all the bells and whistles I think I will stick to my 1972 camper. If I want some cold air I will just wind down the window.

The layout of the engine compartment of that van can only be described as nightmarish. Nice fuse location. Nice.. everything! Great video tho Edd

The music really makes your videos even more enchanting and enjoyable.

for a man who has never had a car . I cant get enough of watching car programmes . loved Edd in wheeler dealers . and this with the addition of Paul is brilliant . bell been hit and subscribed . KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK .

What an insane place to put fuses....

This is a perfect example of a case of the “might as wells”. With this many miles on it, and the Rubik’s cube design, you might as well swap out as many hidden parts as possible.

@whitemonkey7932

2 жыл бұрын

ya if youtube is paying for it...this is the worst diag I have ever seen....goes around the block 3 times and they diagned nothing.

@Flyingspann3r

2 жыл бұрын

@White Monkey, yup and it was only luck that the compressor kicked in after its replacement as seen by the relief by dancing around when the gauges started to move. Didn’t show the new compressor being spun over as it would have done the same as the old one. No technical diagnosis, just replace with shiny bits?? Not one of his better videos for me, I will stick with Mechanic Mindset, ATS’s Bernie Thompson Scanner Danner and Steve at Simply Diagnostic to fill my tiny brain with expert diagnostic techniques. This was a Halfords special, weekend DIYer repair in comparison, but that is only my own opinion which usually means nothing anyway.

@21jimmyo

2 жыл бұрын

@@Flyingspann3r I agree that his path to problems is often the long way around. I like to think this is so he can show different testing technics rather than just fixing the problem.

@Flyingspann3r

2 жыл бұрын

@@21jimmyo I would like to think so too, but if that is the case, how many hobbyists have a bench power supply or compressed air. I would have thought he would show how to fabricate a protected circuit with insulation protection on the terminals to avoid shorts when powering components on the bench. So I can’t make my mind up which way they are pitching this particular video (others I’ve seen are fine, but very few would be able to afford a laser cleaning rig😳), which is why I was confused with the direction this and the previous AC video took. Hardly a diy job as to recover R134a you need specialist kit and an F gas handling certificate as a minimum. He also has the luxury of a ramp and workshop, if it is directed towards professional mechanics/technicians/grease monkeys or what ever you want to call us, it falls woefully short.

Never thought one could get so much pleasure from watching bolts being unscrewed on youtube..🤣 that is what I am missing from the "newer" wheeler dealers. I do enjoy your attention to the detail and appreciate those shots must be taking some time to get perfect so thank you! A bit of rust here and there on the Transporter isn't there..

Tanks Edd and Paul👍🥰🍺🍺👌

Always fun to see Edd’s latest adventure, but man does this one make me never ever want to own a VW. Toyotas and Hondas may be boring but soooooooo much easier to work on.

I really do enjoy these Workshop Diaries Mr China! Keep 'em coming 👍

Quality German engineering. The same materials as any other vehicle, just assembled in a way that is unnecessarily complicated. I bet if you found the manual to replace this fan the first steps would be; 1) Clear calendar for 6 weeks 2) Clean workshop area and polish tools 3) Check spring tension on bonnet release latch 4) Check for corrosion on cooling assembly bolts and screws. 5) Scrape corrosion sample and send to laboratory for analysis on torque required for removal.

@cudak888

2 жыл бұрын

Best "German-engineering" quip ever. Thank you for making my day.

@jeffhager7787

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!

you are an very genious edd! ad you are an very expert mechanic! good job edd!

My word, what a nightmare!! I stay 100 meters away from any air conditioners. I don't mess with them a bit and this is exactly why!! Great work tho!

A heroic amount of work going into this van.

I chased a fault in my old car's AC for months before I just gave up. I feel the frustration Edd, I do. (One day the AC just stopped working and nothing I did made it work. System held pressure fine. Relay was fine. Temp sensor replaced. Switch in the dash replaced. Fans replaced. Nothing. I gave up. A few months later, the AC just randomly kicked in again, without me doing anything. I was driving along and suddenly I could smell that faint AC air smell. I stopped the car, turned the AC button off and heard the click of the compressor pump, turned the AC back on, sure enough, the click from the clutch again. Worked all day. Was marvellous. Then the next morning, nothing again. Oh well. Car ended up being scrapped a year later when I got a newer car.)

TOP TIP - I keep the tops off old aerosol cans to use as organisers for the little parts that get removed from the cars I work on. Costs nothing and they are just the right size for most jobs. Easy to wipe out and use another day.

Hello Ed, just one more problem solved and then comes another to make It more mysterious, well why if it`s easy it doesn't give that satisfaction to beat the failures.good luck I like the challenge and your sense of humor.to get things done.🇬🇧☮🍀🙏🏻🇳🇴 Greetings HCS

Most fun series of videos yet. Not just cause I also have a T5 so it's useful potential info but just love the prolonged oorblem solving. No jazzing up, just trying something, explaining what it's supposed to do and moving onto the next thing when it doesn't work.

@whitemonkey7932

2 жыл бұрын

don't use this to learn by...it's terrible

It will be interesting (frightening?) to know how much this diagnosis, repair, send off anything to a third party would cost, parts and labour. It would definitely be scary.

Ed When disconnecctin a Battery always do the negative first, if you spanner hits the chassis with the it does not matter once the negative is disconnected it does not matter if the postive touches the chassis - Postive first and the spanner touches a BIG BANG! - reconnect the reverse + first

Good luck next time Edd! 👍😁

what a pure meditation experience watching this is.

Edd, you are still the best mechanic on youtube.

@PhD63

2 жыл бұрын

@ Art Layton. Yes, Edd is good but Sreten on M539 Restorations is probably the best, his attention to detail is bordering on OCD.

Just had to call out the excellent pacing in the edit on the ‘working’ segments. It’s too easy to fast cut/ramp them these days, very well restrained and regulated to whomever is doing the cutting. Cheers.

As usual great video. Paul has a super memory. My comment is related to your tool Ask Ed section. One thing to remember is if you are going down the route of air tools as I did you must have an adequate volume of air storage. I made the mistake of purchasing a 25litre compressor and a load of air tools and on using my air grinder it emptied the tank in about two seconds. And the compressor could not keep up with it. It’s ok with nail guns etc but not any rotating tools. I now have to make the decision of getting an add on vessel for extra storage or a larger compressor. Just a warning for any of your subscribers going down my route

Great team keep up the great work boys

Can’t help but feel you need the ‘Right said Fred’ Bernard Cribbins track running in the background on this particular project

Edd has far more patience than I could ever hope to have! In a nutshell this is exactly why I utterly despise modern vehicles with all their ludicrous complicated systems. A friend recently made the observation that I have never owned a vehicle built this century and this is exactly why!

Keep at it Edd 💪👍

Nice episode folks! Love 2000's vw

Parts cannon working well there

Nice job Edd.

Side Note: on Heating and Cooling. I made a comment on a previous video. Towards the end of the comment I mentioned how I needed to replace my heater core in my 2009 Nissan Frontier. Turns out there was a leak in one of the hoses that heads through the firewall. Cheap fix, thankfully (around $30). Then one morning when I got home I had steam coming up from under the hood on the passenger side (right side here in the States). The other hose (a mix of plastic and metal) gave out. Replaced that too (new parts don't contain plastic, just aluminum), a $20 dollar fix. In all that I discovered that the heater core wasn't working because I had enough coolant to keep the engine temp down, but not enough to flow through the heater core. Once everything was back together and I had the right amount of fluid, the heater worked great. Just goes to show how 'diagnosing' a problem can take a bit, but persistence ( and the clue of steam) gives way to getting it done right. Thanks Ed for that. So now I don't need help replacing the heater core, so you can just come over for tea and biscuits. It's Florida, so wear shorts.

Hell of a job just for a fan.

If the system is working correctly the gauges should respond instantly the engine is started with the aircon switched on. Depending on the outside air temp you should see something like 200+ psi on the high side and about 10" hg on the low side. The low side pressure must never fall below 0" hg or air will be sucked into the compressor through the shaft seal. With a high system pressure differential you should have icy cold air at about 5 dec C at the air con outlets on the dashboard. All vehicle air conditioning systems must work the same way due to the gas laws of the refrigerant in use. If you can't obtain a pressure differential (per the video) I would head for the t/x valve to see if it's stuck open.

@joshputtick7919

2 жыл бұрын

The way it didn't respond instantly also struck me as thermal expansion valve too

@Weq5ter

2 жыл бұрын

lol at watching these guys look at the gauge is disbelief as the pressure didnt respond the way they knew it shoulda, then the denial set in and excuses come out. We have all been there! thats what youtube is for, plenty of good videos of AC for ed to study up on for next ep!

@whitemonkey7932

2 жыл бұрын

hahahaha..it's the UK it will never see 200psi...as for sucking air into the system...what happens when you vac it? I'm not sure you understand the way a variable displacement system works mate....still laughing...how the hell can yo pull less than 0" mercury? And you are talking about gas laws that you clearly don't understand/

@richysee

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I'm a licensed refrigeration mechanic and yes of course when you evacuate the system there's no gas in it is there duhh. I design and build a lot more than just basic refrigeration systems so yeah, I do understand fully!!!

@whitemonkey7932

2 жыл бұрын

@@richysee good for you...have a biscuit....I'll stop vac ing systems now...air will get in through the shaft seal🤣

Might as well go the whole hog and strip the van from the front right back to exhaust tip to change a fan. VW really did a number on this!

That Detonator looks very attractive right about now :)

Personally I would have replaced both fans. When you've evacuated your AC and coolant last thing you want to do is have to go through the pain a second time.

@mrdeadworry

2 жыл бұрын

And replace all the coolant hoses, just so you don't have to go there again any time soon.

@jagboy69

2 жыл бұрын

Personally, the easiest thing to do is never park a VW in the driveway.

@mrdanielvdmolen

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely, no brainer. They can’t be that expensive and they probably will wear out equally-ish. The other one looked quite rusty as well

@HansDelbruck53

2 жыл бұрын

@@jagboy69 Where would you park it then?

@jagboy69

2 жыл бұрын

@@HansDelbruck53 Either YOUR driveway or the junk yard. Today's VW is garbage. They can keep their trash.

Great perseverance to sort out the problem Edd - and informative too. I got rid of my 2012 T5 after changing the alternator cost nearly £500 because the garage had to remove the whole front of the van to do so. Stupid design. Not to mention a ridiculously complicated and expensive wing mirror replacement. Now got a more simple 2009 T5 1.9 and happier with it. Progress at VW means over engineering and complicated repairs. Buyer beware.....

Ed if those screws weren't so badly corroded, you could potentially put a dob of valve grinding paste into the heads (maybe wire wheel the detritus out of them first) and then knock the socket into it - which will give the screw a death grip onto the socket so you can apply Mr Muscles to the wrench and break them loose!

Awesome in depth as always Edd, std bs with modern ish cars, they’re a bloody nightmare!!! I spent 25yrs so far having to explain to customers why their bills were high….. they should watch this and save me having to explain! Funniest one was a customer that with a water leak into the interior of the car asked “why can’t you use the computer to tell you where it is?!” I did smile but was laughing inside! I simply said computers help techs go in the right direction but sorry technology isn’t that advanced as yet🤷‍♂️😂

Funny you have a bad control head on your Volkswagen van and today I found out the control head on my 2007 Chevy Silverado is bad. In my case GM does not stock that part anymore and the Dorman brand is not really that reliable. Thank you and your team for the great videos. Nothing makes a man feel like a man after a hard days work then coming home and watching Ed China, Paul and the gang. Of course some men working outdoors feel more like a men if they can have a bottle of suds.

Just watched your cameo in Car SOS with Tim & Fuzz... loved it...well done Edd. 👍

I definitely want credit for attending your classes. You explain everything in minute detail and I love it.

After having seen friends working on VW's I am not at all surprised how archaic this car is put together, vw-mechanics deserve every cent of their salary.

Brilliant new vid edd. Thank you. Every time I went for the remote to skip a little you started playing at 3x. 👌🏼

you are amazing edd china the best 😍😻

Those are some interesting looking fuses, I've never had to work on a car that has that style of fuse.

Thank you edd. Good job 👏

Used to work at a garage that specialised in vw couldn’t believe how complicated they made things and how easily they rusted and how easy there plastics broke

@turquoisecat761

2 жыл бұрын

*their

@gettogo0159

2 жыл бұрын

@Patrick Barber >>> Well that how they all gone manufacture wise, cheap over priced & designed to need to replace *plastic parts + extras* just for a simple repair !!! It was done on purpose for pure profit & *DEALER ONLY PARTS/REPROGRAMMING* That why they only last a average life span of 8-10yr before they become money pits. Advice buy a classic car & upgrade it ! It plenty cheaper & you can work on yourself with no fancy electronic controls !! unlike today's rubbish.

Edd you know you’re the legend! I really like the chemistry between you and Paul. He’s a great addition to your channel!

This is frikin epic!

13:24 Top tip: if you need to re-use the part and don't want to risk cutting into it, you can drill the heads off a screw with a good, sharp drill bit. Especially a Torx or hex head, as it centers the drill nicely. The tapered drill bit will reach the shaft of the screw before it starts cutting into the material. This method also doesn't create any sparks, which can be nice in certain situations. Do not try this with a worn drill bit, as it will wander and cut into the part.

The most important lesson I learned is...stay away from T5's. I was pretty much convinced when Edd had to remove the bumper to change the oil filter...but having to remove the battery, battery tray and yet another plate...put the final nails into any dreams I might ever have, to own a T5. And I thought my 2000 Volvo V70 was a pain to work on. Yikes.

I love these problem solving videos Edd, great work. Please can we in the future see you spend a day helping Paul in his workshop! this I think will be just as interesting.

Edd you’ve got amazing patience I’d have lost the Will to live long ago!

Bonita camiseta! CAMINO ABIERTO... Y EN ESPAÑOL!

What an absolute palaver that AC is!!!

Vairiable displacement compressors do use the pressure differential and the valve bleeds the required pressure to the back of the swash plate to get it to change angle. I believe teh signal is normally a PWM. The unit on the front of teh compressor will have a shear mechanism built in in the event of a compressor failure disconnects the compressor main shaft from the drive, this is new as in teh past the clutch could just slip. My guess is thats what made the compressor 'spin' so easily you were only driving the outer part of teh coupling. A good practice is to run your compressor on a regular basis even through winter as it keeps the oils moving around the compressor and prevents early failure especially in VD Compresors as they are always spinning. Refrigerants carry the oils - eg R134A which circulate through the whole system and only used for lubricating the compressor.

Great episode! Decades ago I had a Mitsubishi whose screws and bolts were invariably rusted beyond use. I eventually started replacing small fasteners with stainless steel stuff. I thanked myself every time I redid things.

Should have tried operating the original compressor with external power supply before replacing it. Now make sure to check the continuity on the wires leading to the AC controller before replacing it :-).

@T4Abyss

2 жыл бұрын

Came here to say this, as clearly the issue is still present and elsewhere.

That reminds me to order some gloves. 🖐

You could fix the pacemaker with the lazerrrrrrr 😂😂😂

That dead fan and blown fuse may well be the reason the air conditioner isn't working. I have a VW Jetta that had a seized fan and blown fuse. For that reason, the air conditioning did not work until I was driving on the highway. On the first really hot summer day after I bought the car, it also overheated in stop-and-go traffic. At that point, airflow alone did all the cooling. Once that mess was fixed, the engine stayed cool and the AC worked.

o no, breath, you will get it. enjoying the video, thanks :)

A couple things that you may consider with doing another radiator fan replacement. Id replace both of them as the work to do one was pretty time consuming. Also, before putting it all back together would be to test the fans just to make sure the new fans work. They sure put that unit in together as one and a pain to take apart.

I love watching your videos.. you would make the best instructor for technicians … your path of thought 💭 processing when diagnosing a problem is what I enjoy the most. The way you work through problems is Brilliant… been following you for a while… really enjoyed all your content.. stay well! Greetings from USA 🇺🇸

@whitemonkey7932

2 жыл бұрын

generally yes but sorry to say this is a shambles.

Edward i think your T5 Van has had its day. Time for a spanking new one i think

nice job Edd don't be in a hurry do it right

Great video Edd. Also a big hello to Paul. I really really enjoy these type of repair videos. Too bad that you can like the video only once because I watch the video when it comes out and then again later because I might have missed something and I always learn from it. Keep up the good work.

I will say it's amazing how the German engineers of the day found a way to package all the ancillary components and driver comforts into that engine bay. I will say though that if it was a Japanese vehicle it would've been fixed by now but, what fun would that be. Bring on the solid state component complications!

Hi Edd and John I can certainly feel your frustration on doing all that work only to find yet another problem. I have a 1959 MGA roadster and have bought the Vitesse Mazda 5 speed full synchro gearbox upgrade for it. There are two ways to take out and replace an MGA gearbox 1 as you have done in the past remove the engine but in this case with the gearbox still attached. Or 2 remove the seats, all the wooden floorboards and tunnel and disconnect the gearbox from the engine and remove it from the cab. I decided to do the latter as the engine was running spot on and I didn't want to disturb it. When I got the old gearbox off and out of the car I decided to remove the flywheel and change the main seal while I was there. It was then that I noticed that the teeth on the ring gear were badly chewed up on one side. Not ever removing a flywheel and starter motor before I assumed that the starter motor engaged the teeth from the engine side back and heated up the flywheel, removed the ring gear and flipped it around the other way as the teeth are in good condition on that side. I put the car back together again and everything worked ok and I drove it for a few months. It was then that the starter began playing up and not cranking properly. After viewing some progress photos that I always take so If I forget how things go back together I can check I realised with horror that the starter engages the teeth on the ring gear with a pulling action not a pushing action as I thought. Apparently someone else had already flipped the ring gear in the past and muggens hear had flipped it back on the damaged side. SO I had to pull it all apart again and take the gearbox out again and re flip it and refit it all GRRRRRR. Oh well at least I'm getting to know my MG and have ended up with an MGA that can keep up with modern traffic on the freeway. Thank you Edd and John for your wonderful channel and for inspiring us home backyard mechanics so we can work on and repair our own cars.👍

nice to see you can just replace the individual fans and not have to replace the whole unit love watching your videos Edd always learning new things

Watching this fascinating video makes me appreciate the promise of electric cars all the more for the average consumers wallet. So much less complexity.

@stuartd9741

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm, but be live in a world of planned obsolescence.....? Tesla retractable door handle 1000£s which have wiring fault and sometimes fail...?

@ptk4476

2 жыл бұрын

A/C systems in electric cars aren't a whole lot different than those in IC cars.

@fensoxx

2 жыл бұрын

True and true. But overall maintenance costs are currently recorded as lower. Specific cases notwithstanding.

"a donut with some teeth on the inside", what a lovely image

There comes a point you just want to buy a new van! kudos for sticking with it, you'll end up replacing half the system but you'll get it working eventually.