So I’ve been lurking on here for a while, now I’ve got a van it’s time to say hello!
T6 Kombi DSG 204ps feb 2017 in indium grey with 92k on it. I believe it’s old owner is on here somewhere! Sat on some nice wheels and B14s.
It’s been 8 days and what a rollercoaster. I travelled from the midlands to Scotland to buy it. Thankfully it appeared to be a good one! Super chuffed it drove the 480 miles back just fine.
However I stumbled across a thread on here discussing the oil consumption issues related with the 204 hours into my new ownership. What an emotional ride that was, I was sure I was going to sell it immediately after receiving the V5. It’s still on my drive so I’ve calmed down a little!
Decided I needed to throw some miles on the van to see what’s what. First trip was to a theme park where I discovered the T6 has a low coolant warning light. Gutted. Couldn’t see the leak so began to assume the worse. Anyway, off to Torquay I go. Leak gets worse and thankfully it was a split pipe on the dsg oil cooler seemingly damaged when the egr cooler was changed just before I got the vehicle. RAC to the rescue as I had no tools with me.
Finally home bound and I’ve acquired a strange noise under acceleration between 1700 & 2000rpm. Brilliant, what now! Well it still drives fine so I guess I’ll go hunting for that noise another time. Oh, and the power steering is dam noisy! Rack is dry as are the gators. Maybe it’s just the noise a van with 90k on the clock makes. Having come from a mk7.5 GTI, then into a 2021 Tiguan, maybe I’m being too fussy!
Now we’re 1000 miles in and thankfully, though I’ve used some oil, it’s a not a horrifying amount. Still 3/4’s showing on the dipstick. Maybe my engine is still alive. I’ve come to terms with the idea that it’ll need replacing.
Anyway, camper build pending! But for now, some black bits to make it more moody.
Sam
T6 Kombi DSG 204ps feb 2017 in indium grey with 92k on it. I believe it’s old owner is on here somewhere! Sat on some nice wheels and B14s.
It’s been 8 days and what a rollercoaster. I travelled from the midlands to Scotland to buy it. Thankfully it appeared to be a good one! Super chuffed it drove the 480 miles back just fine.
However I stumbled across a thread on here discussing the oil consumption issues related with the 204 hours into my new ownership. What an emotional ride that was, I was sure I was going to sell it immediately after receiving the V5. It’s still on my drive so I’ve calmed down a little!
Decided I needed to throw some miles on the van to see what’s what. First trip was to a theme park where I discovered the T6 has a low coolant warning light. Gutted. Couldn’t see the leak so began to assume the worse. Anyway, off to Torquay I go. Leak gets worse and thankfully it was a split pipe on the dsg oil cooler seemingly damaged when the egr cooler was changed just before I got the vehicle. RAC to the rescue as I had no tools with me.
Finally home bound and I’ve acquired a strange noise under acceleration between 1700 & 2000rpm. Brilliant, what now! Well it still drives fine so I guess I’ll go hunting for that noise another time. Oh, and the power steering is dam noisy! Rack is dry as are the gators. Maybe it’s just the noise a van with 90k on the clock makes. Having come from a mk7.5 GTI, then into a 2021 Tiguan, maybe I’m being too fussy!
Now we’re 1000 miles in and thankfully, though I’ve used some oil, it’s a not a horrifying amount. Still 3/4’s showing on the dipstick. Maybe my engine is still alive. I’ve come to terms with the idea that it’ll need replacing.
Anyway, camper build pending! But for now, some black bits to make it more moody.
Sam
