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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:53 pm |
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buggered.
Surprised hes not been on yet.
Got texts from him, seems int he middle of london the cambelt idler siezed and made the belt skip and mashing valves! |
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Roger Red Hat
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Joined: 13 Oct 2004
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:54 pm |
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oo ouch.
thought the idler was done not so long ago.. |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:55 pm |
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I thought so to, but maybe that was the white ph1!?! |
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Roger Red Hat
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:56 pm |
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no im sure it was the ph2,
cos it happend when he drove it back from were he brought it? |
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Dan
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Joined: 28 Jan 2005
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:56 pm |
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ouch! seems that hes got to do a quick engine change from the ph1 into the ph2 |
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Roger Red Hat
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:57 pm |
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hes really not having much luck is he... |
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JB
Mr Quoter-vator
Joined: 16 Feb 2004
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:59 pm |
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he did the tensioner...not the idler iirc.
unlucky man.
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Chris H
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:59 pm |
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well he sounds like a 12 year old so youth is on his side! |
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Neal
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Joined: 18 Feb 2004
Posts: 7432
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:59 pm |
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ive got a head he can have... its no prob. |
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Roger Red Hat
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:00 pm |
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sounds like a 12 year old? |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:25 pm |
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yeah he phoned me from bladey's house the other night, I thought I was talking to a small child. Maybe its just us scots that get deep voices.
I told him just pop in new valves no biggie. |
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Gentle Ben
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Joined: 07 Oct 2004
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:35 pm |
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Sounds like he's having a whale of a time!  |
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Wicked Neo
FCS Event Manager
Joined: 04 Jan 2005
Posts: 3680
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:41 pm |
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just got home!
10:40 pm:
M25 was chocka with 3 accidents plus i got stuck in another bomb scare just west of Oval tube station where it happened yesterday.
15 riot vans and the old bill not too happy about my car being stuck there, i was not too happy cos i was in the middle of a bomb scare.
they took 90 minutes to let my mate chris into the zone so we could tow it away after it had been investigated by the bomb squad to ensure it was not a ploy.
It may make it on the main news cos 8 camera crews were filming.
anyway battery then dies on me as we exit the M25, no brake lights / hazzards or side lights.
car is now at work, with the windows half open cos not enuff power left in the batt to do them up.
I am off to work in a min with a battery charger to give the batt some life so i can close and lock the car.
i will take my cam too and get pics of the mashed idle pully and state of the cam belt.
the idle pully and the tensioner were swapped out on cambelt change back in Jan of this year - gen renault parts too!
and i am going to make my company pay for the work to get it sorted as i was on company business at the time.
Pissed Off but home thank god. |
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Gentle Ben
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:48 pm |
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LOL, what a way for a Renault 19 to get on the news, in a bomb scare.
Sounds like you've had some fun today mate. Fair play to ya! |
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Wicked Neo
FCS Event Manager
Joined: 04 Jan 2005
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:04 pm |
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Pics of the mess - just taken
just before the car came to a grinding halt, i noticed some smoke coming up from under the bonnet, this is what made me pull over in the first place, the smoke was where the cam belt was rubbing on the cam cover due to it being out of line thanks to the seized idle pully! |
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mals
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Joined: 04 Jul 2004
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:09 pm |
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F*$k me mate it never rains but it pours! not having the best of times are you lately! |
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schakal
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:15 pm |
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i thought i was unlucky myself ,sorry for you neo mate . hope you can get all sorted soon.
so none of the cars are running now are they ? |
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Dan
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:21 pm |
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atleast it was held on by the cambelt cover, it would of just jumped straight off! |
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Wicked Neo
FCS Event Manager
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:24 pm |
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all 3 19's are broken lol
and i just looked up on the map for the tube station i was broken down at,
it was bloody STOCKWELL!
where they shot the suspected bomber!
i was right on the edge of the cordon but i got there a good few hours after the shooting, they must have extended the cordon after i had got there, i could not see the tube station from where my car was. |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:46 am |
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it would have been better had it snapped tbh. As it sound sliek it skipped teeth and ran out of time mashing the rest of the valves, just like simons megane! |
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JB
Mr Quoter-vator
Joined: 16 Feb 2004
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Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:23 am |
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wat a bastard hey. makes me paranoid abut my idler ive benn meaning to change for yrs
did u say it was relatively new? any come back? shouldnt have failed so soon...guess not tho as u fitted it yourself |
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