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Biodiesel => Vehicles => Topic started by: K.H on October 01, 2012, 08:44:21 PM
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Come on then Julian,ive started a thread for you,spill the beans!
As it probably cost you,i will not take the mickey,in fact i could tell you about my VW that came back from the welders after 13 months today,now that cost!
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All to do with electrons trying to find their way home ... but I'm reluctant to say any more for fear of a thread about too many car posts.
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Ha bleedin Ha!
I've altered the title so it doesn't look like a car thread!,happy now?
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You're coming over as rather disgruntled this evening ... are there any other forums on which you've caused havoc?
Must have been a VERY big bill for the van.
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Think i got out of bed the wrong side as the saying goes ;D
im going to take back the no mickey taking bit if you dont spill the beans soon
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You must have left Mr Logic in the bed when you departed from the wrong side ... if I don't spill the beans, there won't be anything out of which you can take the micky!
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Me and Mr logic have never been close
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At this rate I'll have to tell my (still sore, recent) story of what happened after a 60l drum fell over in the back of the Delica and the top popped off. Actually, no, I think I'll just bottle up the trauma inside and let some psychotherapist deal with it in a few decades time. Just so long as he doesn't show me ink blobs I'll be fine.
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I can take a picture tomorrow that would cheer you up,under the VW is about 5 ft of Osma downpipe and a couple of 90 bends,all part of the Polish cooling system,i wonder if Osma would sponsor me?
£1000 worth of panels,exc labour this on a vehicle that had a current polish mot! ;D
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Sounds intriguing. Why does your van have downpipes? Did they fit a dormer to the roof?
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Sounds intriguing. Why does your van have downpipes? Did they fit a dormer to the roof?
;D
The Polish are cunning these aren't "down" they are "along"pipes
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Come on then Julian,ive started a thread for you,spill the beans!
As it probably cost you,i will not take the mickey,in fact i could tell you about my VW that came back from the welders after 13 months today,now that cost!
What sort of VW? The BIL's camper has been at the welders for 2 years now, should be ready for paint in a couple of weeks apparenlty ::)
Asked him what parts were still original. Front doors (which were replacements when we picked it up so not really) the roof, parts of the floor and the side door (there may be more, but not much).
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Come on then Julian,ive started a thread for you,spill the beans!
As it probably cost you,i will not take the mickey,in fact i could tell you about my VW that came back from the welders after 13 months today,now that cost!
I hope it will end up Bio powered?
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Indirectly!
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This just to brighten Keith's weekend ... whilst grovelling in the bowels of the engine, the manifold, which was floating on the exhaust pipe, strayed too far aft and made contact with the live feed to the starter motor. It took me a few seconds to work out what the crackling noise was and locate the source of the smoke.
Grabbing the manifold assembly, I felt a searing pain as I burnt my hand on a very hot turbocharger drain hose. It would appear that the best return path for the current was via the hose and due to the gauge of the braiding around it, it worked very efficiently as a heater (scope for further experimentation as a heated fuel line me thinks).
Unfortunately this wasn't the end of it. Having got the engine back together and taken it out on a test drive, the satisfaction of a job well done was marred by a trail of oil running down the road and onto my drive. This resulted in another two day delay to order, obtain and fit a replacement hose!
Slowly falling out of love with my car!
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I get the feeling that if you look closely on your drive you will find a very flat black cat
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No, it was defiantly engine oil.
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I've recently raked the gravel on my driveway to spread the "black pebbles" more evenly.
Rather entertainingly my mother-in-laws cat is called Pebbles though I insist on calling it Puddles.
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For those who are interested ie other Disco owners (sufferers) here are some photos of the snapped cam belt damage ...
Rockers and push rods.
(http://www.palmergroup.co.uk/Bio/Pushrod and rocker damage.JPG)
Broken pulley flange
(http://www.palmergroup.co.uk/Bio/Broken flange.JPG)
Belt shreddings and missing flange ... you can see broken spot welds in front of the teeth.
(http://www.palmergroup.co.uk/Bio/Shredded belt.JPG)
Comparison of new and old belt.
(http://www.palmergroup.co.uk/Bio/Old and new belt.JPG)