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sally_in_wales Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 20809 Location: sunny wales
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 06 2:11 pm Post subject: I may have just killed my car |
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Headed off after lunch to go to the pictures, a bit of a day-off treat. Half way there and there is an almighty bang and the universe fills up with smoke. Pulled over to the side, popped the bonnet, and the oil cap had blown clean of and everything was covered in oil. Got it tidied up, checked there was enough oil to get moving again, and managed to limp with much grinding and stalling into a nearby industrial area and called the RAC (only got cover last week, reckoned we might need it for the elderly van, didnt think we'd need it for my nice reliable low mileage no frills Skoda )
Anyway, turns out that something has exploded, sucking all the water and oil in through the engine and the RAC man managed the most teeth sucking and head shaking I've ever seen a mechanic do.
Got towed back to find our usual garage aren't up to sorting it out, but on the plus side we have now been pointed to a little backyard garage run by an older chap a few streets away who apparently specialises in bizarre engine faliures and who seemed positively delighted to be offered a challenge ("Never known a Skoda do that in all my years...etc etc"), so at least the work is going very locally.
Poo! Somewhat less than happy really, though it could have been much worse I suppose, at least we didnt go bang in a way that endangered anyone or anything beyond our bank balance.
Going to have a restorative cup of tea then try to turn Gareths compost heap of a car into something driveable til we know the verdict on mine(we were about to scrap it, glad we hadn't) |
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sally_in_wales Downsizer Moderator
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gingerwelly
Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Posts: 419 Location: Wales ...in cardiff at the mo but from mid wales
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sally_in_wales Downsizer Moderator
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Silas
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 6848 Location: Staffordshire
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 06 3:34 pm Post subject: Re: I may have just killed my car |
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sally_in_wales wrote: |
Headed off after lunch to go to the pictures, a bit of a day-off treat. Half way there and there is an almighty bang and the universe fills up with smoke. Pulled over to the side, popped the bonnet, and the oil cap had blown clean of and everything was covered in oil. Got it tidied up, checked there was enough oil to get moving again, and managed to limp with much grinding and stalling into a nearby industrial area and called the RAC (only got cover last week, reckoned we might need it for the elderly van, didnt think we'd need it for my nice reliable low mileage no frills Skoda )
Anyway, turns out that something has exploded, sucking all the water and oil in through the engine and the RAC man managed the most teeth sucking and head shaking I've ever seen a mechanic do.
Got towed back to find our usual garage aren't up to sorting it out, but on the plus side we have now been pointed to a little backyard garage run by an older chap a few streets away who apparently specialises in bizarre engine faliures and who seemed positively delighted to be offered a challenge ("Never known a Skoda do that in all my years...etc etc"), so at least the work is going very locally.
Poo! Somewhat less than happy really, though it could have been much worse I suppose, at least we didnt go bang in a way that endangered anyone or anything beyond our bank balance.
Going to have a restorative cup of tea then try to turn Gareths compost heap of a car into something driveable til we know the verdict on mine(we were about to scrap it, glad we hadn't) |
If only everything in life was as reliable as a volkswagon ( big joke!) |
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sally_in_wales Downsizer Moderator
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