That was a miracle you managed that pin hole repair. Well done. Many a man would have broke the tiles. I'm sure your customer was delighted

Pb plumber, without doubt the most proficient one handed plumber in the country 👍

Hi PB, a simple thing to try would be to disconnect the negative on your battery, wait 30mins - this will allow any capacitors to fully discharge for the ECU (as it sound like the interior weird errors you’re getting are all ECU /interior CAN related). Plug her back in and try. Worst case you’ll have to retune your radio. Probably caused by the ECU having a strop when it charged, possible voltage spike, but as it started after your detailing spray quite possible something shorted around the dashboard and spiked the ECU.

That pin hole repair was epic! Fair play for going the extra mile and not taking a floor tile up! Legend. Your vids are great. Thank you for taking the time to do them!! x

Best professional plumber on you tube and in the real world! Your temperament is so calm.

Check battery voltage first thing in the morning, You want over 12.6 volts. Batteries on modern vehicles have to be spot on, otherwise you get allsorts of issues. Get a decent scan tool and clear any codes

With regards to the van go to a garage where the bloke has a computer and ask if he can plug it in. It’ll come up with the faults and that then try to recent the ECU. That should reset all electronics with the van thus clearing the beeping and the Christmas tree on your dash. Quality video mate 👍🏻

The pin hole repair was so satisfying watching that being complete 💯- and the van 😂😂😂😭😭 I’d loose my head

Just to say my lad had a similar problem on a polo gti and when they took the dash out it was the washer bottle pipe split , this is all wrapped together with the wiring loom so it had corroded the loom which caused a similar problem to what you have vw did the work under warranty even though it was just out hope that helps good luck and great content 👍🏻

Great video Pete don’t listen to the haters out of 100 people you get one idiot don’t let the 99 overs miss out because of that one idiot who is not worth lacing your boots mate been watching you years and glad to see your back to more often

Great job on the pin hole repair - Shows the importance of protecting copper pipe running through or even touching concrete/brickwork.

Have you tried hooking up an OBDII scanner to see what codes/errors are being generated? Take a note of them - clear them - drive for a while and scan again to see what codes come back up.

Keep the videos as they are. What you say is helpful. It let’s some of us know that we’re not the only ones going through certain things.

Quality as always Pete... Your attention to detail and problem solving can't help but raise the bar for engineers to deliver quality over quantity.. Keep up the great work sir

All I say boss is that it's your channel and say what you want to, your words have helped me with stress and anxiety and ways of dealing with them. Keep it up and thank you

Great video Pete 👍 And what a pig of a job that pipe repair was, hats off to you for the way you resolved it with minimum damage 👍 Look forward to the next one

I can’t imagine running service calls, filming, and editing all the content down, while running and training for marathons…but I live for your videos. You could film a piece of 1/2” copper and talk about football, and I’d still watch 30 minutes. Keep them coming Pete. You’re a legend. I appreciate you homie

I wish you lived near me Pete. I am looking to replace my back boiler next year and would love you to do it. I would let you play with my Westie all you wanted and keep you supplied with all the tea, coffee, biscuits and bacon sarnies you could eat/drink.

I absolutely love these videos now. Watching them constantly every day. Seem like Sucha nice fella and so handy on the tools. Legend👍🏻

As always a great video to watch and learn from. Most garages have the OBD scanner and may help you out but it may be a coincidence with the age of the battery. One comment mentioned about dehumidifier that could help as this time of year is awful with clearing moisture from vehicles

Great repair, it was nice that you were thoughtful about the customers floor tiles

Don’t listen to them shit bags mate you do so much for the industry. Your videos are great mate. Thanks

Nice work on that leak repair. As for the van. Try and disconnect the battery for about 1 hour. This should reset the engine management and clear the fault which is causing the beeping

From a fellow plumber your doing a brilliant job mate keep up the good work. I've learnt allot from your video,s and thank you.

Pete there’s a switch down in behind the handbrake disconnect it and blow it out with an air line, there’s potentially dash spray shortening out the terminals, or the actual switch could be shorting out. Try driving with the switch disconnected it should solve your issue. As for the levels I don’t know but with vehicle electrics today you’ll probably find they’re connected in some shape or form. Worth a rattle rather than blowing £1700 on it for them to tell you it needs another £3k

1 you cleaned your van 2 radio came on causing flat battery 3 after charging battery lots of strange faults So either you have dislodged something or maybe static from cleaning and polishing has damaged electronics. I suggest unplugging and reconnecting any connections in the cabin. Maybe disconnect the radio. Alternatively put tape over the buzzer.

Great video mate. I have said before you can please everyone all the time mate. Do what you want to do. I love your videos. It's because of you that I am now doing my gas and would love to have half the knowledge you have. Keep up the good work mate 👍👍

Great video. I felt the pain with that leak. Long arms needed 💪 🙂

I have had the same problem on a T6 van you might have bent the switch on the handbrake lever it’s really easy to bend. Hope this helps

Best one yet late at nights vans allways look like that great viewing love it

Pb. You do you bid. I personally don't mind that talk. It's OK not to be OK. I'm a plumer/gas engineer and this job gets to you man. I'm about 4minutes off a mental breakdown. More than once considered jacking it all in. Keep doing what your doing my man. Keep your chin up 👍

Great video, thanks. Sorry to hear about the van, hope it's sorted out soon.

Excellent content and workmanship

100% respect for that job in the airing cupboard Pete👊👊, absolute nightmare of a job but you saw it off.

Epic pinhole repair 10/10👏🏽

Hope you got your van sorted pal,regards from a fellow plumber

Another excellent vid 👌

Another great problem solving video Pete. As for your van beeping, I can't offer any solutions but, will say thank goodness I don't have a modern "computer car" ....there are so many imponderables with regard to these - from what I hear, read and see - that it's a simple way of making money at the expense of drivers/owners. Mos things needs a digital check instead of a mechanical check nowadays. Not all change is progress !

Love your videos Pete, always watch first going through the KZfaq channel list. Thank you for everything that you do and stand for!!🙂👍🏻

hats off to u PB, that was a bugger off a job, wouldnt wish it on anyone

Good job on the pin hole, think I would have used solder ring for the exact reason you put loads of solder in it.

Check all of your door switches,one could be indicating and open door,even when its closed

Another good vid pete, hope get van sorted soon would do my head-in that beeping. Nowt like an untidy van to make things more challenging

Hi Pete regarding your van troubles, I used to be a mechanic so know a little about cars. There’s a company called BBA Reman, they specialise in automotive electronic repairs. They’re very reputable been on wheelers dealers to, try giving them a call about your issue may have been something they’ve dealt with before and shouldn’t cost you an arm and a leg either 👍🏼

Hi Pete excellent repair on the leaking pipe as regards to the van I would try and get a dehumidifier in the cab of the van this weekend as I think you have a problem with water ingress ,detailing spray aside ,which I don’t think it is the recent heavy Downpours caused no end of problems with cars it certainly sounds like you have an earthing problem and that £1700 control unit will not fix it. There are several earthing points under and around the dashboard only takes one bad joint and things will randomly trigger themselves on an off

Absolutely love the dog jobs too lol. Always spend more time there

Quality video as always

Little tip on the stepper motor for the worcester, I have found the plug for the motor pushed in the wrong position causing the boiler to fire for heating when hot water is being used. Someone hand fisted had made a repair to the hot water flow turbine and then plugged the motor in wrong, the same person then quoted for a repipe because of reverse circulation lol.

My van is Knackerd! Broken gear box got to get a new one. Keep up the vids there great 👍

As for the van problem, those little yellow sponge thingys that you roll up and stuff in your ears, followed by a pair of ear muffs should do the trick.

You are such a talented guy. The pinhole would have beaten a lot of people who would have walked away or gone hell for leather and made a much bigger hole than you did. Well done. I wish you lived closer to me as I would have you replace my boiler 😂. With regards to the van, try a new battery. I watch another channel and they have lots of weird stuff happening on cars they buy and they always start with the battery as the ems needs a specific voltage and current. Good luck.

Great video. As for your van that would drive me crazy too. I wish could help but I’m pretty sure someone on here will be able to help you. Good luck. Deffo silly time going by your van lol

Interior module! It’s like a central unit that all your controls go to then it gets distributed wherever needed. Transit custom did similar thing no lights, van (engine) wouldn’t turn off when the key was taken out the ignition it had had a full melt darn, ps transit customs are proper headaches, turns out some damp had got into and fried it. Yours sounds similar thing. Inspire auto on storforth lane, chesterfield opposite plumb centre try them 👍

The big 💯 upload next pb 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

Great job on the pin hole.

Had the same issue on our company issued Transporter, in the end the mechanic deleted the fault using VCDS and it never returned. Must of gotten itself in a fizz and needed to be reset. Avoid main dealers as they charge a packed for diagnosis or a simple fault delete. Try and find a local VAG garage as the rates are more reasonable.

Keep the talking. It’s the bit of your videos that are about your experiences, which is what is engaging

I had a similar fault on a T6 Needed the whole dash taking out and replacing under warranty by VW😮 Turned out a leak caused it to short the electrics The wipers would go on without me switching them the temperature gauge was out of whack all sorts of weird stuff

should have spent time cleaning out the back of the van not detailing the dashboard 😂

I enjoy the videos .I’ve got a request if possible , i would like to see you hang a really heavy rad or decorative rad on a plaster board wall , whare u need to put timber in behind the plaster board and make it look good after it’s done , if u come across that situation make a vid please as most guys do it different , would like to see how u do it

old expired batteries can cause this sort of problems, it happened to my Mazda, power surge would rest anything with a computer in it, climate control unit would rest and sometimes would lockup for days, car battery started going flat. I worked it out after a few months studying batteries for my Roadside assistance work I was doing as a car qualified mechanic. try changing batteries

I love watching these - always top vids. I'm not a plumber, but it makes me feel like I've done a bit!

Pete if you're over Coventry way I've got vcds and will gladly plug in for you. From the fault you have said its the CCM or BCM. Its going to be a network issue as you have so many circuits affected but first is to start identifying the issue. ...you can open up the CCM and BCM and clean them out with IPA.

You could try doing an after service reset for your van, which may clear all the faults.

Chin up mate soon be Xmas!

That pinhole repair was next level! The van fault have you tried putting your other seatbelts in just to see if it's them? That's the only thing I can think of off the top of my head, hope you figure it out though

Do a Google for the location of the Bcm /Uch module on your van. I had one where on a Vivaro a can of coke had been spilled by the instrument cluster and had dripped down onto the Bcm causing the indicators to flash and the lights coming on . Might be in a similar position. Might be just a case of removing and getting out the hair dryer like on boiler Pcb's .

Hi mate hope you are well, wright you can try this out just disconnect your battery count to 20 then reconnect if no good you could try and jump start your van as some times the power surge can reboot all back to normal well I hope this helps you out and happy Xmas to you and your family. Woody x

Easy Fix We Buy any Van problem over 😂

The wire connections may be corroded on the inside and sending off bad signals so underneath the dash you should have multiple plug-ins and wire harness connections that plug into each other pull one of them apart one at a time check and make sure that there’s no green corrosive if there is clean it out that’s part of the issue I only know this because I had the same issue with my car telling me that my ABS wasn’t working and other things and what it was is that some cleaning staff got into the wire harness connecting to the one that goes to the body module and it was just corrosion it wasn’t getting a good signal so try that

Have a look at the micro switch on the hand brake and see if it's damaged or moved out of its clip.

Try changing the battery Pete, a friend of mine spent a small fortune on his golf but turned out to be a battery fault all along. Roll on episode 100!

find a good vehicle tuner and get them to block the warning codes in the vehicle, bit of a bodge but cheaper than 1700

Iv got a similar problem with my vw crafter- oil pressure light other warning lights coming on speedometer reads engine speed and rev counter reads vehicle speed ! Iv had/done exhaustive diagnostics all sensors wiring etc checked everything is order including all the canbus wiring! Came to conclusion it is the instrument cluster thats been damaged after the van was jump started, spoke to a company who repair instrument clusters and they agreed cluster has been corrupted and would need replaced and coded to the van, Sounds like yours may have shorted something with the cleaning spray which has in turn damaged the cluster or a module you need to find somebody That understands canbus network and Maybe speak to someone that repairs instrument clusters. I hate to say dont think VWs quote Of £1700 prob isnt far off🤦🏻 thats what the cluster repair company told me to expect !

Maybe take fuse out for ur handbrake light and everything and that might get the alarm Away just a thought

In relation to the cost of putting the van right, it may be worth speaking to your van insurer (or even your home insurer), because it may be covered under "accidental damage".

i am having problems with my van. engine ,anagment light service now, then limp mode. had it serviced, had some sensor changed, glow plugs changed as it was firing on one glow plug. egr valve last week went. spent about 1200 and its going back in on wends and thurs. 4 weeks of 1 to 2 days of not working. vans only 0 yr old. vans and sensors just blow my mind. all it takes is one sensor to start to fail and it will bring engine managment lights or warning notices.

Pete you need to take the van to a vw specialist. They'll get vcds on it which will pin point where the errors are. Dealers are idle rip off bastards.

Ey up Pete, only reason I watch is to listen to you moan 🤣✌️ Gives me ammunition for my day after 🤣 Brilliant content as always 👍 Some of us oldies ain’t on Instagram so enjoy your KZfaq channel 👍👍👍

It’s a fault code you could try disconnecting the battery leave for 30mins then reconnect.

Not sure it would work but might be worth buying a good dehumidifier and sticking it on the front seat for the weekend? Just incase there's a small amount of water somewhere causing issues?

Tight that. How did you cut the pipe between the other 2

I know what will sort your van out and it would definitely work..... Take your van to VW and tell them to sort it. I'd take a loan out if need be. That noise would do my head in! 3 MONTHS!!! And it's crazy season!!! Just think how happy you'll be when the noise is gone

Have you tried disconnecting the battery and leaving it for a bit and reconnect? Also a lot of newer cars have a backup battery, just a thought.

Great video again, I would say take your van to an actual independent auto electrician, cost me 45 pound an hour, they'll be able to tell you exactly what's wrong.

People watchers are the worst but tool passers are a another level.

When this kind of issue occurs on a vw. Its the control module

I would try resetting the diagnostic codes with OBDII scanner and see if that solves the problem.

Any really good autoelectricians local to you Pete, and hopefully they can sort that horrible noise.

Ask if anyone local has vcds it's a laptop based vag scan tool. Have you tried disconnecting the handbrake connector as maybe switch is stuck or has moisture in it

did you try to disconnecting both battery cables for approx an hour or so to reset the computer SIMPLE BUT WORTH A TRY GOOD LUCK FROM U S A

On old transporters the switch/button for the hand break could fall off so it would think the handbrake was on when it isn’t. The button/switch is under the boot on the handbrake. Hope it’s that for you pal let me know if this is it?

Have you reset the fuses for your van?

This might be a bit daft but in the short term why not unplug the speaker so it can't beep at you until you can get it properly fixed

Weird how the faults don't seem connected like the handbrake binging and low oil pressure or something, I reckon the ECU is packing up but i'm not an expert.

You should braze that it won’t leak there ever again I do this and never had a problem

Disconnect the battery and leave it off for a while reconnect .

**I'm a hobbyist mechanic over the internet so take this with a pinch of salt** Sounds like a bad battery but I cant be sure. I always find it best try a new battery before doing anything else but a decent Bosch battery for that Van is like £250. Maybe a more experienced mechanic viewer will be able to help you better buddy. Side note; If you have stop-start on turn that off as the starter motor is a expensive repair and there is only so many times (5,000'ish times) before breaks and that needs replacing.

have you plugged an OBD reader into the car and read error codes ? tried clearing them? could be few things without codes hard to solve

So my diverter valve been replaced, hot water comes on but then it shows low pressure on boiler and goes into error mode. Pressure on system is fine. It runs hot ish water inconsistently when I run the taps on lowish stream. On full blast it goes into limp mode error again. I think the heat exchange might be blocked. What you think??