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Not after advice, I'm typing this in between shakes of the head and some chuckling but the following text sequence is unfolding from the missus as I type. She's getting a lift with friends.
"Can we drive from Sheffield to London if the head gasket has gone?"
Needless to say, my advice has been ignored and they are still driving along...told them if they have to keep going to at least stop at each services to fill up water and give it half a chance,
New text - "The heaters aren't working either"
That will be lack of water then.
...last one to date
"Will it explode if we keep going?"
Think they're going to be in trouble when they hit the roadblock that's the M25, can see me picking them up on my run down there later tonight.
"Can we drive from Sheffield to London if the head gasket has gone?"
Needless to say, my advice has been ignored and they are still driving along...told them if they have to keep going to at least stop at each services to fill up water and give it half a chance,
New text - "The heaters aren't working either"
That will be lack of water then.
...last one to date
"Will it explode if we keep going?"
Think they're going to be in trouble when they hit the roadblock that's the M25, can see me picking them up on my run down there later tonight.
stewjohnst said:
Not after advice, I'm typing this in between shakes of the head and some chuckling but the following text sequence is unfolding from the missus as I type. She's getting a lift with friends.
"Can we drive from Sheffield to London if the head gasket has gone?"
Needless to say, my advice has been ignored and they are still driving along...told them if they have to keep going to at least stop at each services to fill up water and give it half a chance,
New text - "The heaters aren't working either"
That will be lack of water then.
...last one to date
"Will it explode if we keep going?"
Think they're going to be in trouble when they hit the roadblock that's the M25, can see me picking them up on my run down there later tonight.
Personally, if I had to drive a car like that, I'd not drive on motorways."Can we drive from Sheffield to London if the head gasket has gone?"
Needless to say, my advice has been ignored and they are still driving along...told them if they have to keep going to at least stop at each services to fill up water and give it half a chance,
New text - "The heaters aren't working either"
That will be lack of water then.
...last one to date
"Will it explode if we keep going?"
Think they're going to be in trouble when they hit the roadblock that's the M25, can see me picking them up on my run down there later tonight.
aizvara said:
Personally, if I had to drive a car like that, I'd not drive on motorways.
Indeed. I do wonder about the mentality of some people, she's traveling with friend of a friend so I don't even know what car they're in. Set off from York but I'f I'd only got as far as sheffield and had 200+ miles to London to go I'd be calling the AA, not gripping the wheel for grim death and hoping it doesn't blow 
My OH drove her MX5 8 miles home on a hot day after it overheated and steam started pouring out because she "just wanted to get it home".
A pipe to the heater matrix had gone and all the water had come out of the coolant system - it was literally empty of water.
Being an MX5 it was completely repaired with a new bit of pipe.
A pipe to the heater matrix had gone and all the water had come out of the coolant system - it was literally empty of water.
Being an MX5 it was completely repaired with a new bit of pipe.
my ex-wife did something similar to her spitfire, she had black smoke come out of the exhaust and it cut out and wouldn't start.
she walked to the guy who used to fix it for her's garage and he reckoned she had seized the engine. he stuck a few litres of oil in and rocked it in gear, she started up and ran like a trooper.
she told me this story 3 years later when i had just sold the car to a mate so i could buy a house with her. i wasn't with her when it happened.
explained a lot though, we only lasted another 4 years and i made a break for freedom.
she walked to the guy who used to fix it for her's garage and he reckoned she had seized the engine. he stuck a few litres of oil in and rocked it in gear, she started up and ran like a trooper.
she told me this story 3 years later when i had just sold the car to a mate so i could buy a house with her. i wasn't with her when it happened.
explained a lot though, we only lasted another 4 years and i made a break for freedom.
king close to water
admit it, you're bloody loving this!It might be that there's an oil/water gasket leak, in which case the oil will turn to crap and the engine will seize before the head cracks.
That said, I've managed to run two cars on the motorway with water issues that didn't become apparent until I stopped, and they did OK. First one was an MG Midget which was quite happy at 80+ with all of the air cooling the engine, but as soon as I got stuck in traffic it got distinctly unhappy. As it turns out there was a hairline crack in the waterpump housing that opened up at speed and it emptied the cooling system while on the motorway.
The second one was a BMW 316 which I drove all the way to the Nurburgring and around the Nurburgring. On the way back in the evening it got a bit chilly. I turned on the heater and it ran cold. I still don't know where all the water went; after I filled it up with water from a KFC toilet it was fine and didn't lose a drop until I sold it.
That said, I've managed to run two cars on the motorway with water issues that didn't become apparent until I stopped, and they did OK. First one was an MG Midget which was quite happy at 80+ with all of the air cooling the engine, but as soon as I got stuck in traffic it got distinctly unhappy. As it turns out there was a hairline crack in the waterpump housing that opened up at speed and it emptied the cooling system while on the motorway.
The second one was a BMW 316 which I drove all the way to the Nurburgring and around the Nurburgring. On the way back in the evening it got a bit chilly. I turned on the heater and it ran cold. I still don't know where all the water went; after I filled it up with water from a KFC toilet it was fine and didn't lose a drop until I sold it.
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