it had to f**k up now didnt it,steam and water,nice.

[Riley 0]

supposed to be going supporting a m8 tommorow at the 3 sisters go kart track in wigan,he's rallying his mk2 escort.

 

so i took the c for some optimax earlier today ready for the trip,its around a 10 mile drive but a nice open roaded one.

 

everything was fine,temps etc.

on the way back i wound it up a bit along the way,watching the spoiler jerking up and down real fast like it didnt know what to do :mad:

 

anyway all was well,got home,turned it off and stood talking to the g/f for 5 mins,decided on polishing the c for tommorow.

 

got in it drove forward a little,reversed back to get on the drive and i was leaving a trail,switched it off and stuck my head under front bumper and coolant was dripping from the cambelt side.

 

water level was down but not by much,started it again while looking and coolant was pouring out,but i cant tell where the hell its coming from!

 

took out the airbox and started it again,still couldnt tell,plastic shit everywhere,does my head in. :mad:

 

fuck me all that to say,yeah water pouring out from cambelt side.

 

im pissed off man.

neil.

[marcus 0]

Hope you get it sorted neil. cars are so crap really-hundreds of things to go wrong. Anyways the least the G/F could do is to relieve you or your stress.

[Andy D 0]

sounds like it could be waterpump or there is a plate behind the cambelt on the block that has a big oring sealing it that could be leaking.

[Riley 0]

stress releif,aye i could do with somma that lately :(

 

cheers guys,suppose ill have to have a better look tommorow,great! the bit of money going towards the rallying will probably need adding too for sorting the c out :mad:

 

and ill have to do it myself as well,cant afford labour at the mo but im sicka pissing about with cars lately.

 

neil. :roll:

[marcus 0]

Im not an expert but it doesnt sound like anything majorly serious.

how you involved in the rallying then Neil?

[Riley 0]

my m8 calls me his chief mechanic :lol:

 

but i just make any adjusments or changes to the car when he comes in,theres normally a few of us working in the pit area,guess they will have to cope without me :lol:

 

its his first rally of the year since 5 linking it and rebuilding the vauxhall engine/changing the box,diff and final drive etc.

 

its just my luck really.

neil.

[Riley 0]

indicater stalks decided to die now as well :(

 

what the hell ?!?

 

neil. :cry:

[gibber 0]

My offer is still open if you ever need a hand! :scratch:

[andihaz 0]

Could be a core plug, I had one of these start leaking from behind the cambelt, very cheap replacement but a pain in the arse to do as the cambelt and pulleys have to come off. Just a guess though!

[Riley 0]

cheers guys :)

 

gibber thanks for holding the offer open,i had to carefully drive it to my mates garage today,ive ordered a waterpump and the front plastic flange from vw,dunno how much they are yet but no doubt the credit card will feel the pain :(

 

had to leave it in there overnight,so tommorow im gonna have a look.

 

ill let ya know what happens.

rado ownership aint off to the best start really.

 

neil.