2000 VW T4 Panel Van

The recirc air function is also non operation. Quick poke around revealed the vacuum pipe has snapped. On the to list. Quick fix = "Oh look I can see smoke" Hold your breath, drive past. Breathe again

When I bought the van, the windscreen washer jets only worked on the drivers side. With some lost mojo due to the rain and not been able to finish the inner wing I thought an easy job would help matters. Quick Google revealed I could get a replacement jet for a fiver or so. Great.

To remove the grill that houses the jets, remove three screws along the bottom.

Carefully prise the lower RH corner until it pops of. At this point put a towel or something similar down to protect the paint.

Repeat process on LH side and then the grill comes off.

So there be wires under ere! Heated jets, unexpected luxury. Also, 65 quid to replace.

Removed pipes, cleared blockage. Jet still blocked. Unplugged and removed it.

The jets are metal. There's a plastic 90 degree elbow where the water pipe connects.

After much poking with a needle still no joy.

Soaked in white vinegar overnight.

Bit more prodding.

Remember to blow not suck! 20 odd year old sludge tastes grim, but it did do the trick.

Bit more prodding resulted in air now passing though. Fitted back up to the van and now have a working jet. 65 saved to put towards the rust fund!

I had one of these, fantastic vans.
It used to return a genuine 38 mpg. Brilliant for a 2.5 5 cylinder engine.
Common faults are the wiring breaking in the loom this causes intermittent limp home mode escapades. My current VW T6 2016 suffered the same fault!
The front exhaust pipe rotted out on mine, it has a cat in it. I swapped it out for the 2.4 front pipe, exactly the same but no cat, significantly cheaper, the difference to performance and economy was quite noticeable.
I sold mine at 478,000 miles and it was mechanically strong, this I put down to the very regular oil changes.
Get the rear brakes in pieces before the winter and clean and lubricate. If you don't you'll be into rear calipers in the next year or two.
Enjoy, I did

On a slightly off topic tangent...

The daily suffered some rodent damage last winter to the coil pack wiring. The also ate Peppa pigs legs and half pack of Bensons out the glove box.

When the roads get salted, I'll keep use down to dry days but regular enough to keep everything moving/charged.

Some research suggests tumble dryer sheets are a good detereent. My god do they stink and the van now smells like a B&M shoppers dream. Let's see if they work!

Passenger side wing removed today for rot assessment. Full on ecosystem removed!

Yeah it's surprisingly good on juice. It's the intercooler so I think 102bhp? Remapped, de-cat and side exit. Was looking at doing the EGR but it looks like someone has already pulled the vac hose. I'll investigate further as I don't want to lose the antishudder valve.

The steering wheel on my T4 Caravelle is the same. I was looking for a replacement but I think I'll try your trick.
Thank you for the write up.

the Heater controls is almost certainly busted gears on the cab end of the controls. this is a classic T4 issue. I had a 1.9 TDi converted 800 Special (as per my profile pic), but sold it about 5 years ago in order to get a Crafter MWB, because I wanted to be able to stand up to out my trousers on.