I swear my car knows that im violating it and that its internals are going to be ripped out in the next month if it likes it or not!
I broke down on the M61 tonight, outside lane going along about 80ish and heard a noise similar to running over stones. Thought it was funny as i didnt see anything, but it went away so thought all was good, 10 seconds later, same thing followed by the battery light coming on...
Uh oh was my first thinking, pulled over to the inside lane and started thinking about what could have gone, my guess was alternator belt. Was considering if i could carry on driving like this as i was most of the way home, but then noticed the temperature start to creep up.
The next junction (Botany Bay/Chorley) was just around the corner so thought about trying to make it but decided to coast to a halt before it instead of risking any damage!
Bonnet up quick and i see that the belts shredded completely and it seems to be leaking coolant from somewhere.
Some swearing later, AA call out, 90 min wait in the ******* freezing! Good thing i had a big coat and gloves and hat in the car!
Get told i only have roadside assistance, which is pretty useless since i told them on the phone what the fault was, and they could take me 10 miles. I guessed at it being about 12 to my house, the guy phoned up his boss, then stuck my post code in tomtom, came out as shortest route to be 10.4!
So i got a lift all the way home.
Radiator looks to be leaking a little by the bottom left corner as you look at it from the front, and then also a little in the bottom left quarter, near one set of fins. Topped the coolant up and drove it onto my drive (Had a 1/4" set, 4L of coolant and 2L of oil in the car). But theres no PAS or anything now so was REALLY heavy (heavier than non assisted steering i swear!)
Ill look at it tomorrow, but i think ill get away with a new belt and i have the radiator off the coupe turbo anyway (its just not at my house so cant do it this week). I dont rely on my car, but i was going away this weekend with the girlfriend and i was suposed to be driving as her cars getting serviced, at least its not broken on the way there i supose!
Belts were due to be swapped when i changed engines over, went and got them all priced up last week, and would be doing them in two weeks time!
Hasnt killed my enthusiasm anyway, gives me time to finish the dashboard and concentrate on uni work!
I broke down on the M61 tonight, outside lane going along about 80ish and heard a noise similar to running over stones. Thought it was funny as i didnt see anything, but it went away so thought all was good, 10 seconds later, same thing followed by the battery light coming on...
Uh oh was my first thinking, pulled over to the inside lane and started thinking about what could have gone, my guess was alternator belt. Was considering if i could carry on driving like this as i was most of the way home, but then noticed the temperature start to creep up.
The next junction (Botany Bay/Chorley) was just around the corner so thought about trying to make it but decided to coast to a halt before it instead of risking any damage!
Bonnet up quick and i see that the belts shredded completely and it seems to be leaking coolant from somewhere.
Some swearing later, AA call out, 90 min wait in the ******* freezing! Good thing i had a big coat and gloves and hat in the car!
Get told i only have roadside assistance, which is pretty useless since i told them on the phone what the fault was, and they could take me 10 miles. I guessed at it being about 12 to my house, the guy phoned up his boss, then stuck my post code in tomtom, came out as shortest route to be 10.4!
So i got a lift all the way home.Radiator looks to be leaking a little by the bottom left corner as you look at it from the front, and then also a little in the bottom left quarter, near one set of fins. Topped the coolant up and drove it onto my drive (Had a 1/4" set, 4L of coolant and 2L of oil in the car). But theres no PAS or anything now so was REALLY heavy (heavier than non assisted steering i swear!)
Ill look at it tomorrow, but i think ill get away with a new belt and i have the radiator off the coupe turbo anyway (its just not at my house so cant do it this week). I dont rely on my car, but i was going away this weekend with the girlfriend and i was suposed to be driving as her cars getting serviced, at least its not broken on the way there i supose!
Belts were due to be swapped when i changed engines over, went and got them all priced up last week, and would be doing them in two weeks time!
Hasnt killed my enthusiasm anyway, gives me time to finish the dashboard and concentrate on uni work!
