compression

Hi All, Bought a T6 new in 2016. Absolutely love it. 130k miles and has never missed a beat, never let me down. It has never used oil until recently. Oil light came on, oil was low so topped it up and kept an eye on it and it is using oil. Had a garage compression check it and they have...

I asked my local VW dealer to measure and report on the compression as a guide to whether it is worth investing in a "Proper" camper van conversion or not. The report stated: 1: 19.25 BAR 2: 19.5 BAR 3: 21.0 BAR 4: 20.5 BAR They didn't supply any reference information so I rang them and they...

Hi, quick post. Just wondering (for my understanding) is it a simple task to compression test a cfca 180 engine? Interested in process, A- Z and an indicative cost? Thanks

Hi All, I have a T6 panel 204 bop high line van which has covered 60,000 miles. Last week the engine started to make a noisy tapping noise, I plugged in my Carista and this gave me fault codes P1007 and 24840, which a friend who is a mechanic diagnosed as misfire on cylinder four, we decided to...

The other day, I started my van, started normally. ( It was cold outside but it started without hiccups) Made a few miles in the city, all was fine but when I get on the motorway, the van started to shake. Initially thought some motor mounts failed, wheels unbalanced something like that. After...

Hi, My 204 kombi dsg is poorly sick. It broke down while on the motorway at about 75, heavy juddering and smoke from rear. Pulled over and really bad misfire. RAC diagnosed as turbo to get me home to the NW from Brighton. Garage diagnosed EGR valve, replaced and no better. They then swapped...