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

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

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