driving home from london last night and the engine sudernly cut out.... temp was almost in the red, but there had been no warning lights :(
looks like the oil cooler that lives under the radiator had worked loose at one end and rubbed on the fan belt/end of the crank shaft, which worked a hole into it, so all my oil poured out all over the place, it overheated then went bang :(
havnt had time to look at it yet, but theres no compresion there at all :(
/me thinkis its time for a new engine
but on a side note... I freewheeled a couple of miles to get to the next slip road... ended up on the sliproad for junction 48 on the M1....... the EXACT same spot where I ended up after the sump plug fell out of my volvo gearbox and it went bang about 3 years back.... PLUS its the same spot where I had to rescure my brother a couple of weeks back after his fule guage stuck and he ran out of fuel !
/me thinks M1 junction 48 = evil
You just need to stay in safe distance of juntion 48 in the future and learn other routes (http://img116.exs.cx/img116/6469/g5cgrin.gif)
Spooky !
Sorry to hear that mate - hope youre soon back on the road with it.
Methinks Alan actually cant tell the difference between one junction of a yorkshire motorway and the next; they all look the same to him...;)
^^^
rofl..... anyway.... had the sat nav running :P
slightly more anoying is.... I was thinking about selling it and getting a newer one a few months back but changed my mind... wish id done it now :(
at least its RWD so theres planty of room for a nice easy engine swap :)
unlucky mate, sounds nasty.
have you had a look at the damage? is it seized?
whip the head off and have a look.
dont have to time look at it just yet, probably wont untill well after new year :(
it spins freely... a little too freely.. and theres a nasty nock on every rev :(
for the time and hastle etc... I might as well get a second hand engine for 150 quid :) (if im lucky)
for a while I was tempted to turn it into an electric car... I normally do naff all miles anyway... priced some stuff up earlier... but I just dont have the time anymore :(