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oktawian:
This van, as every van is heavy. Its weight is about 2 tons.
Now imagine you will put inside 10 maybe even 14 people multiply by 70 kg each of them , it will give You another 1 ton ...

So we have 3 tons van, now 1.8 petrol has 67 horsepower and 140 torque ...
67 hp /3000 kg give us 0.023 hp on each kg of the van's weight.
2.5 has 115 hp and 200 torque , and it's 5 cylinder not 4 like 1.8 !
115 hp /3000 kg = 0.038 hp on kg. So the engine is almost two times less stressed than this 1.8 engine.

And about fuel consumption, to drive normally with 1.8 like this 2.5 petrol you need to push gas pedal harder almost a double ... thats why this 1.8 petrol will burn much more fuel instead of this 2.5.

I dont know if you get me, but it is like that with the engines. Not always buying small engines will give you high MPG

And to be honest, i did not seen this vw T4 with 1.8 petrol engine at all, never.
2.0 yes but not 1.8.

If it will be short chassis it can be with 2.0 petrol, it's sharing the engine with Golf III and other vw cars. So to fix it will be really easy and cheap.

But if you want ot buy long chassi ... it's need to be 2.5 petrol.

So for me as a guy who know how to fix them, the best option for DANFO bus is 2.4 if it's vw T4, then you have this 2.5 and 2.0 petrol one.

Regards Oktawian

hello brother
Please i am planning to get a volkwagen T4 for commercial bus purpose. i have searched and the best type i could find at the moment is the vr6 engine with 6 cylinders.

Please i need your advice on how reliable and strong this engine would be for this purpose.

I have seen your post of 2015 on this very vehicle and i wish i could get a 2.5 petrol in good condition and that comes with auto gear box cause i dont know how to drive manual and i would not like to put the vehicle in another drivers care.

Thanks please help me before i make this very important decision

TalibTruth:
hello brother
Please i am planning to get a volkwagen T4 for commercial bus purpose. i have searched and the best type i could find at the moment is the vr6 engine with 6 cylinders.

Please i need your advice on how reliable and strong this engine would be for this purpose.

I have seen your post of 2015 on this very vehicle and i wish i could get a 2.5 petrol in good condition and that comes with auto gear box cause i dont know how to drive manual and i would not like to put the vehicle in another drivers care.

Thanks please help me before i make this very important decision

If you can sacrifice your credit, call me on number in the signature to hear my review on the bus.

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If you can sacrifice your credit, call me on number in the signature to hear my review on the bus.

If you put your reviews here, others in similar situations will equally benefit. Do it here pls.

[quote author=TalibTruth post=101454889]hello brother
Please i am planning to get a volkwagen T4 for commercial bus purpose. i have searched and the best type i could find at the moment is the vr6 engine with 6 cylinders.

Please i need your advice on how reliable and strong this engine would be for this purpose.

I have seen your post of 2015 on this very vehicle and i wish i could get a 2.5 petrol in good condition and that comes with auto gear box cause i dont know how to drive manual and i would not like to put the vehicle in another drivers care.

Thanks please help me before i make this very important decision[/quote

I think we have what you are looking for... automatic gearbox with 2.5 petrol in good condition...can we talk more on WhatsApp

keeper303:
If you put your reviews here, others in similar situations will equally benefit. Do it here pls.

I will try to update as requested. It is just that my schedule is tight, but update will come later.

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I will try to update as requested. It is just that my schedule is tight, but update will come later.

OK brother thank you very much. It will be benefit a lot of people of you put it here.

[quote author=marchemma post=101465004][/quote]Yes brother we can talk on WhatsApp for sure bro.

Is the vehicle here in Nigeria cause i wouldn't do abroad dealing. I want a cash and carry deal here in 9ja.

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Yes can you drop me your WhatsApp number then i can message you.

You can reach me on whatsapp with 08096147810

oktawian:
I'm based in Europe thats why i'm asking about the budget.

I'm assuming that you want to buy this T4 for a taxi purpose.
For taxi the engine need to be really strong, it's need to be with manual transmission :
This Vw - T4 , transporter, caravelle, from 1991 to 2003 year model all of them are the same. they put face lift in 1999 if i'm correct.
You have 2 version of chassis long and short.

You can choose between diesel and petrol engine.
Diesel 1.9 diesel, 1.9 turbo diesel , 2.4 diesel , 2.5 turbo diesel
Petrol 1.8 petrol, 2.0 petrol, 2.5 petrol, 2.8 petrol

The best choice for taxi will be 2.4 diesel, cos there is no turbo charger and this diesel engine it's really strong if ofc you will buy good car not typical trash.
It's burning much less fuel than the petrol one, cos normal consumption is about 6-8 l / 100km, in crowded cities maybe 9l.
So the best option for You will be to buy long chassis 2.4 diesel in good condition.

Best regards Oktawian

Thanks for your input. Does these models also come with automatic gear transmission? If yes , are they reliable?